Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
Currently reading 'Panenka' by Rónán Hession
This month has been a good month for reading including actually enjoying audiobooks for the first time, it’s also been a good month for my blogging in general. At the start of the month I decided to do some blog consolidation and have now ended up with just four blogs: Big Bearded Bookseller – my …
I was given this to preview by the publishers to include in the www.indiebookshops.com monthly newsletter as well as review on here, so watch out for the newsletter to see what extra terms are being offered for Independent Bookshops on the release of this book. I’ve always loved these small biographies when I read them, …
I had previously read Fish Soup by Margarita Garcia Robayo and thought it was absolutely stunning so was really looking forward to reading this and wasn’t disappointed at all. This sounds simple, and in a way it is but Margarita takes this simplicity and shines it to perfection. An exploration of a couple, Lucia and …
It’s been quite a while since I read this and I remember it being a book that helped me navigate the social phenomenon of the Internet and how it has developed. Mainly humorous, definitely tongue-in-cheek, this book still makes points that are worth exploring today even though it is almost 20 years old. Developing the …
From the moment he saw Mr. October in the graveyard, Ben Harvester’s life changed. Ministry of Pandemonium is the first in a series of supernatural YA books by Chris Westwood, exploring the hidden side of London, the supernatural ‘behind the curtain’ type of story that I love. The stories that explains things that work behind …
I’ve read and enjoyed some of Cerrie Burnell’s book for younger readers (as have the younger people that I read them with and to) and was looking forward to reading this Middle Grade outing. The adventure in The Girl with the Shark’s Teeth centres around Minnow’s search for her mother who has been taken whilst …
In Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes we follow Murph, Hilda, Nellie, Mary and Billy in the continuing adventures of the Super Zeroes against an even greater danger than that wasp guy, you know the one. Another well written and funny book by Greg James and Chris Smith showing that heroes don’t need superpowers to …
This is the story about William Trundle, Santa Claus and The Christmasaurus. William’s mum had died a long time ago, so it is just William and his dad. William is really into Dinosaurs so there are many wonderful surprises for him in the book, and William’s dad is really into Christmas so there are many …
I got caught on Galley Beggar Press when I got a copy of Wrestliana to review. I was blown away, and this was one of the first small indie presses I had read and the fact that they had t he freedom to publish such wonders as Wrestliana, Ducks, and Francis Plug fascinated me. They …
I’d been waiting on The Promise Witch forever, or that’s how it felt as the first two in the trilogy were soooo good. From the start I realised that I was really going to enjoy this adventure with Mup and Crow, we see old enemies return and new friends step up. There were some solid …