Book Review : Black Spring by Alison Croggon.
Inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, BLACK SPRING reimagines the passionate story in a fantasy 19th century society sustained by wizardry and the vengeance code of vendetta. Anna spent her...
View ArticleBook Review : OMG! Is This Actually My Life? by Rae Earl.
Fourteen-year-old Hattie Moore doesn’t actually know who her father is – but that’s the least of her problems. How can she become a TOTAL HOTNESS GODDESS when Miss Gorgeous Knickers at school hates her...
View ArticleGuest Post: Nicola Morgan, author of Blame my Brain.
Nicola Morgan’s book on the teenage brain, Blame My Brain – The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed, has been popular and praised ever since first publication in 2005. It’s been translated into several...
View ArticleBook Review : Blame My Brain by Nicola Morgan.
A comprehensive guide to the biological mysteries that lie behind teenage behaviour. Contrary to popular (parental) opinion, teenagers are not the lazy, unpleasant louts they occasionally appear to be....
View ArticlePicture Book Mini Reviews [4].
One of my 2013 reading resolutions was to read more picture books. I’m going to share my thoughts on these books in mini reviews throughout the year. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems....
View ArticleRecent Reads.
A round up of some of the books I’ve recently read. Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge. Nosy Crow. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old heiress of the best selling magazine,...
View ArticlePicture Book Mini Reviews [5].
One of my 2013 reading resolutions was to read more picture books. I’m going to share my thoughts on these books in mini reviews throughout the year. Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson and Karen...
View ArticleBook Review: The Night Itself by Zoë Marriott.
When Mio steals the family’s katana – a priceless ancestral sword – from her parents’ attic, she just wants to spice up a fancy-dress costume. But the katana is much more than some dusty antique and...
View ArticleBook Review – The Adventures of Tooki: The Secret of the Stones by Jamie...
An exquisitely illustrated and enchanting adventure story that will capture the heart and the imagination and show us that nothing is what it seems and anything is possible. When Tooki loses his way...
View ArticleQ and A with Vicky Kimm and Jamie Courtier – Part 1.
Today I’m thrilled to be posting an interview with the creators of The Adventures of Tooki: The Secret of the Stones, a lovely graphic novel for children aged 7+. I reviewed the book yesterday, you can...
View ArticleQ and A with Vicky Kimm and Jamie Courtier – Part 2.
Today I’m thrilled to be posting an interview with the creators of The Adventures of Tooki: The Secret of the Stones, a lovely graphic novel for children aged 7+. I reviewed the book yesterday, you can...
View ArticlePicture Book Mini Reviews [6].
One of my 2013 reading resolutions was to read more picture books. I’m going to share my thoughts on these books in mini reviews throughout the year. Ruby Nettleship and the Ice Lolly Adventure by...
View ArticleTrouble’s coming.
A boy. A girl. A bump. Trouble. Hannah’s smart and funny … she’s also fifteen and pregnant. Aaron is new at school and doesn’t want to attract attention. So why does he offer to be the pretend dad to...
View ArticleRecent Reads: See You At Harry’s by Jo Knowles and Frost Hollow Hall by Emma...
See You At Harry’s by Jo Knowles. Walker Books. Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. Her dad is preoccupied with the family restaurant. Her mom is constantly going off to meditate. And then there’s...
View ArticleBook Review: Double Crossing by Richard Platt.
It’s 1906, and David O’Connor, newly orphaned and alone in the world, has had to leave his home in Ireland to go and live with his uncle and aunt in America. His journey to New York and his new life …...
View ArticlePoPB: Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian by Jessica Spanyol and The Day the...
Pair of Picture Books Tuesdays on Juniper’s Jungle bring two reviews of picture books. Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian by Jessica Spanyol. Walker Books. In a simple storybook adventure, curious...
View ArticleJuly and August 2015 Reads – Part 2.
Day two of my catch up with the books I read in July and August. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton. Bantam Press. I’ve read a few of Sharon Bolton’s earlier books and really enjoyed them so I jumped...
View ArticleSeptember 2015 Reads.
September was a slower month for me, I was on holiday for the first part of it and so didn’t read anything. I read a total of 9 books, I’ll be rounding up 7 of them here. One of the … Continue reading →
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