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
The One Memory of Flora Banks: heartbreaking, engaging and memorable. "Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day, and has since the age of ten, when the tumor that was removed from Flora's brain took with it her ability to make new memories. That is, until she kisses … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Emily Barr
Hello. For those of you who are unaware I am a HUGE fan of Melinda Salisbury. To me she has yet to write a bad book. I'd like to devote a blog post to The Sin Eater's Daughter trilogy and what it is I love about it so much. Hopefully you're all of sane mind and … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Melinda Salisbury
The Scarecrow Queen: the perfect ending to a wonderful trilogy. "As the Sleeping Prince tightens his hold on Lormere and Tregellan, the net closes in on the ragged band of rebels trying desperately to defeat him. Twylla and Errin are separated, isolated, and running out of time. The final battle is coming, and Aurek will … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Melinda Salisbury 2
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:
Poles Apart: Fun and beautifully illustrated! Perfect for the classroom! I spotted this a few weeks ago in Waterstones Newcastle but didn't pick it up at the time so when it came to buying it again I had totally forgotten what it was! In fly the amazing friends of twitter I have! They came to my … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: JEANNE WILLIS, JARVIS
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
Welcome to guest blog number 2, this time coming from my wonderful friend Kelly - This Northern Gal (her details are at the bottom of this blog post!). I’m not a very good book-worm, or book-blogger for that matter. I think Shakespeare is kind of over rated, and way too overvalued in English schooling. I … Continue reading 3 stars and above, please
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
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