"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
Phil Hicks, Keith Robinson. Usborne Publishing, (256p) ISBN 9781474972154 I absolutely loved The Haunting of Aveline Jones and had to get this as soon as I’d finished that, and I had read this pretty much straight away, and then forgot to write my review… The hardship was that I had to suffer reading it once …
Hannah Peck. Piccadilly Press. (164p) ISBN 9781800780132 I was given the first in the series out of the blue by the publisher and I liked it so much that when I found out there was a second coming out I had to ask for a copy to read and review. And I wasn’t disappointed. The …
Louie Stowell. Walker Books. (240p) ISBN 9781406399752 I’m being so slow at getting these reviews out into the world, had read this quite a while ago now, but still laughing at some scenes that pop into my head. Odin’s had enough of Loki and his behaviour and has exiled him to our world in the …
Ian Mark, illustrated Louis Ghibault. Chicken House. (304p) ISBN 9781910655030 Picked this up as it’s been on my shelf for quite a while now as an ARC, apologies, and from the beginning I was entranced. We follow Jack (I know) from a very boring life in a very boring school where he has worms put …
Philip Reeve. David Fickling Books. (288p) ISBN 9781788452373 A book I’d requested through work as I’m a huge fan of Mortal Engines (plus Philip Reeve’s other works). This latest book is a magnificent middle grade fantasy adventure following Utterly Dark, the ward of The Watcher of Wildsea. When her ward drowns it sets a chain …
Philip Pullman. Penguin. (592p) ISBN 9780241365854 I’ve had the special edition of La Belle Sauvage with the Lynx daemon sat on my shelves since it was released but never got around to reading it. I found this on the RBDigital service whilst looking through for a fantasy or sci-fi book to listen to and thought …