This Series Spotlight features one of our favourite series from the last few years, The Lunar Chronicles. 1. Cinder – Jan 2012 2. Scarlet – Jan 2013 3. Cress – Jan 2014 4. Winter – Nov 2015 3.5. Fairest – Jan 2015 Collected short stories – Feb 2016 Cinder was… Read more »
Publisher: Penguin Group
Review: The Infinite Sea, Rick Yancey
– An exciting and heart-breaking continuation of the alien invasion story started in The 5th Wave. The Others launched their attack on Earth, wiping out most of the human population in just a few days. Now, the survivors are scattered and in hiding, except for a few military locations. Cassie,… Read more »
Review: Pennyroyal Academy, MA Larson
A young girl is lost in an enchanted forest, her only idea of where to go a flyer depicting a princess of the Pennyroyal Academy. The academy is taking in all sorts of boys and girls and training them to be princesses and knights, just like the famous Princess Cinderella and… Read more »
Review: Dreamwalker, JD Oswald
There are two intertwining stories in Dreamwalker. Benfro the dragon kitling and Errol, a young human, don’t actually meet each other in this book, but their stories are quite similar as they grow up in their separate little worlds. Each of them learns to use the Grym, the magic that connects… Read more »
Review: Immortal Crown, Richelle Mead
Please note, this is the second book in the Age of X series, so this review contains spoilers for the earlier books. You may prefer to check out my review of Gameboard of the Gods on this blog. I am just going to gush because I totally love this book,… Read more »
Review and Giveaway: The Time Tutor, Bee Ridgway
Bee Ridgway’s The River of No Return was one of my favourite reads of last year – a story of time travel and romance set both in Regency times and modern London. To celebrate the paperback release, Penguin have published this special prequel novella to the series – The Time Tutor. The Time… Read more »
Review: The House at the End of Hope Street, Menna van Praag
“It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life.” What an absolutely delightful read! If you enjoy heartfelt and uplifting literature with a generous sprinkling of magic on the side, then The House at the End of Hope Street is for you…. Read more »
Review: Bringing up Bebe. One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting, Pamela Druckerman
Before I begin my review, I think it is only fair to warn you that I read Bringing up Bebe at a time when my son was 13 months old, and still not sleeping through the night. I had also just made the very difficult decision to resign from… Read more »
Review: Gameboard of the Gods, Richelle Mead
We’re pieces on a gameboard, Dr. March, and some of us are more powerful than others. You. Me. Her. We’re the ones the gods want. We’re the ones they’re fighting over. I was so excited to read this book it sounded right up my alley with its sci fi/dystopian genre… Read more »