Sunday, 31 March 2013
Rivers of London | Ben Aaronovitch | Review
Peter Grant has spent the past few years training to become part of London's Metropolitan Police Service. However, when he gets the news that he's going to be spending the rest...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Ashfall | Mike Mullin | Review
“For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd...
Monday, 25 March 2013
My Mum's Going To Explode | Jeremy Strong | Review
I had never read or heard of Jeremy Strong before September and now suddenly I’ve read 4 of his books! I’m not sure if that was by my own doing or my classes’ enthusiasm for them. Strong...
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Dune | Frank Herbert | Review
Dune, by Frank Herbert, is, apparently, one of those books that, if you love fantasy and science fiction novels, you have to read. Apparently. I'd heard good things...
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Blogger's Bookshelf Review Round Up #5
Missed any of our reviews this month? Never fear, find them all below! Tempest by Julie Cross | Reviewed by Anjali Dear John by Nicholas Sparks | Reviewed by Laura The Reapers...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
If You Find Me | Emily Murdoch | Review
“Carey must face the truth of why her mother abducted her ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won’t let her go… a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Features | The Lowdown On Upcoming YA Adaptations
Images via Goodreads Following the success of films such as The Hunger Games adaptation just over a year ago and the growing popularity of the genre many more of our favourite...
Monday, 18 March 2013
The Rosie Project | Graeme Simsion | Review
*image via GoodReads “I am thirty-nine years old; single, intelligent, fit, in excellent health and I have a relatively high status and above-average income as an associate...
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Noughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman | Review
In Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman swaps the prejudices from this world regarding race and puts them into this amazing series. In this world, which is modern day London,...
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Group Collaboration | Team Paper vs Team Plastic - The Great eBook Debate
This month we're talking ebooks, a controversial subject in the book blogging world. Since the introduction of ebooks and ereaders opinion has been divided as both ways to read...
Friday, 15 March 2013
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | Review
'If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
2013 Reading Challenge Update #1
Back in January we set ourselves some reading goals for the year - five books or series we vowed to read in 2013 and a total number of books to be read over the year as well. Here...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Tell the Wolves I'm Home | Carol Rifka Brunt | Review
“I thought of all the different kinds of love in the world. I could think of ten without even trying. The way parents love their kids, the way you love a puppy or chocolate ice cream...
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Guest Post | The Fall Of The Good Book?
*image sourced via Pinterest Book being the operative word here. Not books, trilogy or series – book. It seems that many authors have simply forgotten how to write a good story...
Monday, 11 March 2013
Is It Just Me? | Miranda Hart | Review
The first thing I should admit before I start reviewing this book is that I’m completely obsessed with Miranda the TV show! I love it. I laugh out loud, literally have fits of...
Sunday, 10 March 2013
A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket | Review
I actually haven’t read this series in a while, but one of my goals in life is to buy the full set. Ridiculous goal, I know. I first discovered Lemony Snicket when...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Guest Review | Paper Towns | John Green
The Paper Towns' blurb goes like this: "Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar....
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Culling | Steven dos Santos | Review
“Lucian "Lucky" Spark has been recruited for training by the totalitarian government known as the Establishment. According to Establishment rules, if a recruit fails any level...
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Guest Review | Graceling | Kristin Cashore
An average young woman’s life consists of the same simple elements: education; friends; crushes; heartbreak. Katsa, however, is not an average young woman, nor does she have an...
Monday, 4 March 2013
Struck By Lightning | Chris Colfer | Review
“...Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.” Struck By Lightning is the novel companion to the movie of the same name (still to come out in the UK unfortunately) written...
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