The Seed Savers series by Sandra Smith has been one of my joys to read over the last few years. I didn’t really understand Sandy’s use of the Bible as a teaching method in book 1, but now I realise
Book Review | Seed Savers – Unbroken by S.Smith
Book Review | Salt by Helen Laycock
Salt has been in my kindle for at least three years (on my list for four!). It’s not the first I’ve read by Helen Laycock, whose Mandrake’s Plot I featured at the end of 2018. Helen gets over the ‘absent
Book Review | A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths
A Girl Called Justice is for middle graders who like a good mystery. And Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway series, Brighton Mysteries) is READING IT ON FACEBOOK! She started 1st May, with the aim of finishing it May 14th when a
Book Blast | Voyagers: The Third Ghost #IWSG
I’m delighted to announce a third ghost: IT’S OUT TOMORROW… Voyagers: The Third Ghost An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology Journey into the past… Will the third ghost be found before fires take more lives? Can everyone be warned before
Book Review | The Star Agency by R E Weber
The Star Agency is book 1 in the series of the same name by R E Weber. If you find it sounds vaguely familiar it’s because I reviewed book 2 in the series, The Voyages of the Seven, over two
Book Review | What Stars Are Made Of by Sarah Allen
What Stars Are Made Of came from Penguin Random House Childrens UK, via Netgalley. I absolutely loved the blurb and was delighted to be granted a review copy. It’ll be published on Thursday next week. This is the NetGalley blurb:
Book of the Year 2019 – the long list!
My Book of the Year for 2019 is… one of the following. Book of the Year 2019 long list I long list nearly all of those I’ve given five stars on Goodreads during the year. So those are (links to
Book Review | The Earthkeepers by Shawn Underhill
The Earthkeepers: I thought it might have survived a few passes of Down the TBR Hole, as I knew I had the cover in my system here. It turns out I uploaded it in 2014 for a blog tour. I
Book Review and Tour | Secrets of the Great Fire Tree by Justine Laismith
Today is a book review on Justine Laismith’s blog tour for Secrets of the Great Fire Tree. I ‘meet’ Justine on the GMGR Goodreads group, and I’m delighted to host her today. The tour organiser is Aurelia Leo. Secrets
Chronicles of Marsh – OUT TODAY!
Chronicles of Marsh hits the online bookstores today! Join in the celebrations by getting your own copy, reading the interviews, and entering the giveaway! If you have your own blog, you still have time to make your own post –
Cosmic Colin, and The Witches | Double MG Book Review
Cosmic Colin: Hairy Hamster Horror and The Witches both came from my library. MG means middle grade, a period of schooling in the US that translates into the roughly 8-12 age group in the UK. I regularly peruse the childrens
Book Review | Witchbone Book One ~ The Goblin’s Winter
Witchbone Book One ~ The Goblin’s Winter: a paranormal fairy tale is a very long title for a book. Several other things make me wonder whether the author took heed of editorial advice for MG tales [also demonstrated by the
Book Review | Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
Castle Hangnail is the GMGR Book of the Month selection for October, Halloween month. I’m very grateful to the Amazon resellers for getting a copy to me in time. It arrived around 12, I started it at 3.30, and finished
Book Review | Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
Witch Week caught my eye as I was browsing the mobile library shelves. The GMGR and other book of the month choices eluded me, so I hunted for something else that fell into the categories MG and suitable for Halloween
Book Review | After Zero by Christina Collins
After Zero was published on 1st September. I got a pre-release copy from the publishers via Net-galley on August 31st. Had I not have been in the middle of something else, I might have got this review out by the