Book Review: The Library Book – Susan Orlean
My thoughts on a meticulously researched book by Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief.
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Book Review: The New Boy – Paula Rawsthorne [YA]
There’s a new boy at Zoe’s Sixth Form College. What’s so unusual about that? Perhaps all is not what it seems…
Read MoreBook Review: The Trauma Cleaner – Sarah Krasnostein
A book that is brutal, beautiful, and over-wrought with emotion. You’ll never forget The Trauma Cleaner.
Read MoreBlog Tour and Review: Blood Orange – Harriet Tyce (No spoilers)
My stop on the blog tour of Harriet Tyce’s exceptional book Blood Orange.
Read MoreBlog Tour and Review: The God of All Small Boys – Joseph Lamb
This will leave you longing for hot, dry Summer days.
Read MoreBook Review: Guardians of the Wild Unicorns – Lindsay Littleson
Title: Guardians of the Wild UnicornsAuthor: Lindsay LittlesonPublisher: KelpiesPublication date: 21st February 2019 Synopsis ‘Across the moor galloped a huge dark beast; a heavily muscled horse with a gleaming, rippling black mane. The animal reared up, its hooves cutting the sky, its silken tail streaming like a banner. Its spiralled horn glinted in the sun.’ Lewis is cold, wet and […]
Read MoreBlog Tour and Book Review: The Year After You – Nina de Pass
Synopsis On New Years Eve in San Francisco, Cara is in a deadly car crash. Incredibly, she survives, but her best friend Georgina is not so lucky. Consumed by guilt and grief, Cara is sent to a Swiss boarding school by her mother, believing it will be the fresh start Cara needs. But Cara knows […]
Read MoreBook Review: The Star-spun Web – Sinéad O’Hart
Title: The Star-spun WebAuthor: Sinéad O’HartPublisher: Stripes (Little Tiger)Publication date: 7th February 2019 Synopsis With her passion for scientific experimentation and her pet tarantula Violet, Tess de Sousa is no ordinary orphan. When a stranger shows up at Ackerbee’s Home for Lost and Foundlings, claiming to be a distant relative come to adopt her, Tess […]
Read MoreMini Book Review: Two Can Keep A Secret – Karen M. McManus
Title: Two Can Keep A SecretAuthor: Karen M. McManusPublisher: Penguin BooksPublication date: Out now Synopsis Echo Ridge is reeling. This picturesque town, nestled near the Canadian border, experienced its first tragic loss in 1995 when high-school senior Sarah Corcoran vanished while walking home from the library. Then five years ago, homecoming queen Lacey Kilduff was […]
Read MoreBook Review: The Binding – Bridget Collins
Title: The BindingAuthor: Bridget CollinsPublisher: Borough Press, HarperCollinsPublication date: Out now Synopsis Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice – but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.He […]
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