The Great Revolt
Paul Dowswell It’s 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new tax on the people. In the village of Aylesford, Tilda and her ploughman father were already struggling to make ends meet. As serfs they have no rights…
Two Ticks Tuesday; More Than We Can Tell
Brigid Kemmerer Rev Fletcher is battling the demons of his past. But with loving adoptive parents by his side, he’s managed to keep them at bay…until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood…
Witch Wars Review and Author Interview
Sibeal Pounder and Laura Ellen Anderson (illustrator) When Fran the Fabulous Fairy turns up in Tiga Whicabim’s shed to tell her she’s a witch, Tiga doesn’t believe her. Or at least not until Fran points out that TIGA WHICABIM is…
Drawing With Light
Julia Green Kat and Emily have grown up without their mother for almost as long as they can remember. And now Dad is with Cassy and they all muddle along together well enough – even though they are living in…
The Legacy
Gemma Malley When a Pincent Pharmaceutical van is ambushed by the rebel group known as the Underground, its contents come as a huge surprise – not drugs, but corpses in a horrible state. It appears that the pharmaceutical company’s top…
Netgalley November: Week One Round Up
Personal Target: To read and review eight netgalley titles and improve my approved/feedback rating. Books read this Week: 2 ( + one non Netgalley read – Time Between Us) Running total: 2 Netgalley Approved-Feedback: 53.1% Currently Reading: Time After Time…
Shhh! Don’t Wake The Royal Baby
Martha Mumford and Ada Grey (illustrator) It’s chaos at the Royal Palace – the Royal Baby just won’t go to sleep. Waaaaah! Waaaaah! Waaaaah! The Royal Family has tried everything to pacify the little bundle of joy – from proferring…
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows It’s 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can’t think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – by chance, he’s acquired a book that once…
All Our Yesterdays
Cristin Terrill A brilliantly brain-warping thriller and a love story that leaps back and forth in time – All Our Yesterdays is an amazing first novel, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games. Em is locked in a bare, cold…
All Our Yesterdays Trailer
I was absolutely blown away by All Our Yesterdays, the time travelling, dystopian novel by debut author Cristin Terrill. If I can manage to form some coherent sentences I will post a full review in week or so. In the…
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