The Christmasaurus: fun, engaging and exciting! I KNOW I KNOW. IT'S MARCH. We've just finished The Christmasaurus in Year 4 and it was SO GREAT. I get 1/2 afternoons a week to read to Year 4 (hence why it's taken us so long to get through it!) and listening to me read is their favourite … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Tom Fletcher
Caraval: magical, beautifully written, well crafted. "Welcome to Caraval, where nothing is quite what it seems. Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year, week-long performance where the audience participates in the show. Caraval is magic, mystery adventure and for Scarlett and her beloved … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Stephanie Garber
Beauty and the Very Beastly Beast: perfect for this week! I LOVE BOOK POST. I love Beauty and the Beast themed book post EVEN MORE. Thank you so much to Katrina at Scholastic for this wonderful book post! It certainly put a massive smile on my face on Saturday morning! "A fun and feisty picture … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Mark Sperring
Who Let The Gods Out: Funny, moving... a joy to read! I recently started seeing 'Who Let The Gods Out' from my tweacher friends and thought I would get my hands on it and man am I glad I did! "Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes … Continue reading BOOK BLOG:
Woah. It's the end of February already? HOW. DID. THAT. HAPPEN. February was a wonderful bookish month for me thanks to half term. I got SO MUCH reading done in half term (I think my grand total was 7 books in half term in the end!) So here we go... I'm currently reading... NOTHING. I've … Continue reading February wrap up!
Margot and Me: heartbreaking, soul filled and beautiful. The first I heard of Juno Dawson was when I read the Crisis 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' short story anthology and I absolutely loved her short story about a Geordie boy (see my review here: BOOKBLOG: Tom Becker) and as soon as I heard there was a … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Juno Dawson
Edie: adorable, cute and perfect story to read aloud. I was very lucky in that I saw this on Bookbairn's instagram and I managed to get my hands on a copy! Thank you so much Sarah from Penguin Children's Dept for sending me a copy! "Hello! My name is Edie. I am EVER so helpful. … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Sophy Henn
Traitor To The Throne: fast paced, heart wrenching, glorious. For those of you who haven't read Rebel of the Sands (Alwyn's first book) you can find my review here (Book blog: Alwyn Hamilton). Important to read that before this! As soon as I had finished Rebel I knew I needed the second book and now … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Alwyn Hamilton 2
So I'm now invested in the British Book Challenge for 2017! Woohoo. I have to make sure that I'm keeping track of my books much better! Eeeeek. That's pretty scary. In 2015 I was really good at tracking my books on Goodreads but this year I've been really shocking so I have NO idea how many books … Continue reading 2017 reading challenges
So here we come to that part of the year when I get to FINALLY think about books that are being released next year that I can look forward to and MY WORD there are SO SO SO MANY. Some that I've been waiting MONTHS for, some that have just recently come into my mind … Continue reading 2017 books!
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