“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz
I received this book in a large packet of Middle Grade books in exchange for an honest review, and honestly it’s taken me ages to write this review as I’ve been so slow in my reading over the last year and a bit. This is the first in a cracking series from Simon and Cherie, …
Makiia Lucier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. (416p) ISBN 9781328604293 A land devastated by betrayal, full of intrigue and beset by sea serpents. Isle of Blood and Stone has been one of my favourite recent reads. It is set in a low-fantasy setting with ghosts and sea serpents with as flavour of the Spanish main. …
Lissa Evans. David Fickling Books. (250p) ISBN 9781910989449 Wed Wabbit had been kicking around my TBR pile for quite a while and kept getting put down until I decided to go for it as it was going to be the 8-12 book club book for the month. I instantly regretted it, by it I mean …
Neil Gaiman. Headline Publishing Group. (736p) ISBN 9780755322817 An American road trip with a difference, new gods meet old gods to fight it out for supremacy and Shadow is at the centre of it all. From the first chapter I was entranced at Neil Gaiman’s imagination and writing. Together they developed a story that was …
Frida Nilsson. Gecko Press. (368p) ISBN 9781776572007 The Ice Sea Pirates is set in a frozen North, not unlike the North of our world, in Siri’s North though there are Pirates, Mermaids and more. Frida Nilsson’s book follows Siri in her quest to rescue her little sister, Miki, who has been abducted by the notorious …
The Boy Who Grew Dragons had (shamefully) been on my TBR list for a long time, I initially got it to join in with #PrimarySchoolBookClub but in the end didn’t have the time to join in. From the start of this wonderful book I was gripped and really wanted to know what happened and was …