Title: The Night Before Author: Wendy Walker Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Publication Date: 16th May 2019 Cover: Summary: Rosie Ferro and Laura Heart are sisters, but as different as it is possible to be. One is lucky in love and has a conventional family: a husband, and a small son. The other has … Continue reading The Night Before by Wendy Walker – Review
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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
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – ARC Review
Title: Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Author: Casey Cep Genre: True Crime/Biography/Non-Fiction Publisher: Random House UK, Cornerstone, William Heinemann Publication Date: 16th May 2019 Cover: Summary: Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the … Continue reading Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – 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
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
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