Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday. This one … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday : Favourite Books Released In The Last Ten Years
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Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan – ARC Review
Title: Keep This To Yourself Author: Tom Ryan Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQIA Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, AW Teen Publication Date: 21st May 2019 Cover: Summary: It's been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killing four people before disappearing without a trace. Like everyone else in town, … Continue reading Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan – ARC Review
Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young – Review
Title: Girls With Sharp Sticks Author: Suzanne Young Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Children's Publication Date: 18th April 2019 Cover: Summary: Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns. The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved—it says so on their report cards. Under the watchful gaze of their Guardian, … Continue reading Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young – Review
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews – Review
Title: The Boy Who Steals Houses Author: C. G. Drews Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hachette Children's Group, Orchard Books Publication Date: 4th April 2019 Cover: Summary: Can two broken boys find their perfect home? By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is a gorgeously told, powerful story. Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic … Continue reading The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews – Review
The Choke by Sofie Laguna – Review
Title: The Choke Author: Sofie Laguna Genre: Fiction Publisher: Aardvark Bureau, Gallic Books Publication Date: 28th March 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon "I never had words to ask anybody the questions, so I never had the answers..." Abandoned by her mother and seldom visited by her unpredictable, violent father, 10-year-old Justine is raised by her … Continue reading The Choke by Sofie Laguna – Review
The Silver Road by Stina Jackson – Review
Title: The Silver Road Author: Stina Jackson Genre: Crime/Suspense/Mystery Publisher: Corvus, Atlantic Books Publication Date: 7th March 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost … Continue reading The Silver Road by Stina Jackson – Review
You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman – Review
Title: You Asked For Perfect Author: Laura Silverman Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: 5th March 2019 Cover: Summary: Senior Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant: first chair violin, dedicated community volunteer, and expected valedictorian. He works hard—really hard—to make his life look effortless. A failed Calculus quiz is not part of … Continue reading You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman – Review
The Burning by Laura Bates – Review
Title: The Burning Author: Laura Bates Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Children's Publication Date: 21st February 2019 Cover: Summary: Fire is like a rumour. You might think you’ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if … Continue reading The Burning by Laura Bates – Review
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Title: The Glass Woman Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin UK - Micheal Joseph Publication Date: February 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . Betrothed unexpectedly to Jón Eiríksson, Rósa is sent to join her new … Continue reading The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea – ARC Review
Book Subscription Box Review: Books That Matter
It's only in the past year or so that I've really been aware of book subscription boxes and now that I am, I am always on the lookout for unique ones. I was very kindly gifted a Books That Matter box recently so I thought I'd do a review on here! As ever, my review … Continue reading Book Subscription Box Review: Books That Matter
