• Adult,  Big Book

    Christmas at Woolworths

    Elaine Everest Even though there was a war on, the Woolworths girls brought Christmas cheer to their customers. Best friends Sarah, Maisie and Freda are brought together by their jobs at Woolworths. With their loved ones away on the front…

  • Adult,  Big Book

    A Very Merry Manhattan Christmas

    Darcie Boleyn Lucie Quigley hates Christmas. It’s the time of year when everything goes wrong in her life. So this year, when she’s asked to be a bridesmaid at her friend Petra’s Manhattan wedding, she jumps at the invitation to…

  • Big Book,  YA

    Bookish Brits Book Club: Let It Snow

    The December book choice for the Bookish Brits book club is Let It Snow by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle. An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes…

  • Big Book,  Little Book

    Daisy's 2012 review

    What is your favourite read of 2012? My Favourite read of 2012 would probably be the Templeton Twins by Ellis Weiner and Jeremy Holmes as it was hilarious and well illustrated. What book are you most looking forward to reading?…

  • Big Book,  Little Book

    Karen's 2012 review

    What is your favourite read of 2012? There have been so many books that I have enjoyed this year, that whittling down to just one seems like such a disservice to all the rest! I’ll therefore slightly cheat and say…

  • Big Book

    Spoilt Rotten

    I hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas and a fabulousley Merry New Year. I wanted to write a quick post of thanks to a few wonderfully bookish people. My first round of thanks goes to Lynsey of…

  • Big Book,  Little Book

    Lesley's 2012 review

    What is your favourite read of 2012? Gosh, looking through my list of reads from 2012 and it’s hard to pick a favourite, but I think I will say Divergent and its sequel Insurgent by Veronica Roth. These are fab,…

  • Big Book,  Little Book

    Keith's 2012 review

    What was your favourite book of 2012? My favourite book of 2012 is Heartstone by CJ Samson. It’s the fifth of the Matthew Shardlake series and the best of them so far. I love the writing style and how the…