Have you ever wondered how we get earworms? Or whether unborn babies really hear the Mozart played to them? If you’re curious about how music affects us throughout our lives, you might find You Are the Music an interesting read. It’s been a while since I’ve read a non-fiction book… Read more »
Fractured Fairy Tales of the Twilight Zone is a collection of four short stories, each with a supernatural element. Each story was quite engaging, some of them kind of creepy, but they all had a thought-provoking moral. All are set in the present-day, with no fairies in sight! As with… Read more »
Please note: this is my review of the third book in the Children of the Black Sun trilogy and so contains spoilers for books one and two. You may prefer to read my reviews for Winter Be My Shield and Black Sun Light My Way instead. After the defeat of… Read more »
Welcome back, Armchair BEA readers, Angelya here! Today is Friday and we’ve been given a free pass to write about our own topic. I thought I’d share with you the Phases of the Book Reviewer, with the help of the Tenth Doctor, because basically, I’m a big nerd. This topic… Read more »
Welcome back, Armchair BEA visitors and other lovely readers! Today’s topic of choice takes us Beyond the Borders to books that “transported you to a different world, taught you about a different culture, and/or helped you step into the shoes of someone different from you.”. We’d like to share a… Read more »
Hello Armchair BEA visitors! Welcome to Tea in the Treetops! The Book Expo of America is on this week in New York City. The Tea in the Treetops blogging team is made up of reviewers from around the world, but since none of us live anywhere near New York, we’re… Read more »
On the sunless world of Eden, a small group of humans live among the warm, glowing trees and six-legged creatures. Several generations ago, a ship arrived on Eden by accident. After they tried to repair the damage, the crew decided to try to return to Earth, but two remained –… Read more »
Melanie is a ten-year-old girl being kept in a secure facility somewhere north of London. Each day, she and several other children are taken to a classroom strapped into their wheelchairs, and all precautions are taken to keep them away from each other and the adults on the base. Britain… Read more »
Marni is the Dragon’s daughter, born after her mother ran away to the woods and was one of the only women ever to make it out again alive. For carrying a half-human monster, her mother was killed by her own brother, the prince. The infant Marni was spared and sent… Read more »
This audio review is an excerpt from Tea in the Treetops Podcast episode 5. Our ratings: Angelya – Philippa –
