The good, the bad and the bookish

Biased, candid and subjective book reviews of whatever we happen to be reading

Wednesday, November 25

Brigands MC – Robert Muchamore

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After a long absence the Cherubs are back! Eight year old Dante Scott’s father is an official in the South Devon chapter of one of the most ...
Tuesday, November 24

Shattered - Dick Francis

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Gerald Logan is a master glass blower whose pieces are already receiving acclaim. His studio, where he creates work and trains up three youn...
Monday, November 23

Lie By Moonlight - Amanda Quick

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Concordia Glade was happy to find a position as governess after revelations about her past were revealed to her previous employer. Her duty ...
Sunday, November 22

Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris

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After much debate, the Weres have decided it's time to let the human world know that vampires are not the only paranormal creatures dwel...
Saturday, November 21

No Corners for the Devil - Olive Etchells

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Concerned about the increasing level of crime in Manchester, Rob Baxter left the city and brought his family to South Cornwall. He and wife ...
Friday, November 20

First Lady - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Cornelia Linchfield Chase is America's most perfect First Lady. She should be - from birth it's the role she was groomed for. But a ...
Thursday, November 19

Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book

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A sleepless toddler escapes from his family home and thus survives the murder of his entire family. He is tracked to a nearby cemetery by th...
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Wednesday, November 18

How It's Done - Christine Kole MacLean

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Grace feels stifled by the expectations of her religious father - he's so sure about who she is and what she should do that Grace doesn...
Tuesday, November 17

Join Me - Danny Wallace

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Bored out of his mind one day, Danny was searching for something interesting to do. When his mother rang to tell him that his gread-uncle Ga...
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Monday, November 16

What Angels Fear - CS Harris

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It is the beginning of 1811, and in London politicians and advisers are planning how to proceed with succeeding King George, who slips ever ...
Sunday, November 15

Sold – Patricia McCormick

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Lakshmi’s Nepalese family is struggling to survive, thanks in no small part to her step-father – unable to work because of an arm that was f...
Saturday, November 14

Dreaming of You – Lisa Kleypas

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As S.R. Fielding, Sara Fielding achieved no little recognition on the publication of her first novel, Mathilda , the gritty and meticulously...
Friday, November 13

What I Did For Love – Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Georgie York’s life was perfect – thanks to her father’s close management of her life and her career she’d avoided the usual pitfalls that b...
Thursday, November 12

Ever - Gail Carson Levine

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From the moment she sees the lithe servant at her uncle’s wedding, Kezi is attracted to him. But she has only a month to live, thanks to a v...
Wednesday, November 11

Amanda Quick: Affair

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A young lady left near penniless after the murder of her hated stepfather must find a way to support herself and her young sister. The usual...
Tuesday, November 10

The Good Daughter - Amra Pajalic

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Sammie was happy with her life in Thornbury - her mum was cooler than most of the other mothers, she had a best friend and could slide along...
Monday, November 9

Small Eternities - Michael Lawrence

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In this sequel to A Crack in the Line , Naia and Alaric are still living in one another's worlds - Alaric is bereft, and Naia is still t...
Sunday, November 8

Identical – Ellen Hopkins

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Mirror-image twins Kayleigh and Raeanne used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident, eight years earlier. Their district-cour...
Saturday, November 7

Singletini - Amanda Trimble

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Victoria Hart loves being part of a foursome of single girls in Chicago - she's been friends with Gwynn, Kimmie and Julia since freshman...
Friday, November 6

The Accidental Werewolf – Dakota Cassidy

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Marty Andrews has made it to lavender, the first rung on the Bobbie-Sue cosmetics hierarchy, and has her gaze firmly set on sky blue. Her tw...
Thursday, November 5

M.K. Hume: King Arthur-Dragon's Child

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Fostered by the noble Lord Ector, Arthur, a young boy of unknown parentage, lives in the no man’s land between servant and master until one ...
Wednesday, November 4

RT, Margaret and the Rats of NIMH

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Margaret never wanted to go camping in the first place - she'd rather spend time with her best friend Leon or eating junk food, but her ...
Tuesday, November 3

Longshot – Dick Francis

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John Kendall has given himself two years to make it as a writer. Though he’s published several survival guides as part of his job with a mor...
Monday, November 2

The Roar of the Butterflies – Reginald Hill

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Luton-based PI Joe Sixsmith is melting in the heat of his office, in the midst of an unseasonably warm British summer, when a Young Fair God...
Saturday, October 31

Silverwing - Kenneth Oppel

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Young bat Silverwing has always been more inquisitive and curious than his fellows. Frustrated by the rules that govern bat behaviour, he is...
Friday, October 30

Issac Asimov's Utopias - Gardner Doizois + Sheila Williams (eds)

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The collection of not-quite-Utopian-for-everyone FSF shorts covers a variety of potential perfect worlds and asks what happens if the fit is...
Thursday, October 29

Racso and the Rats of NIMH

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Timothy Frisby is heading off for his third year of school - because of the distance from home, he won't see him mother or siblings for ...
Wednesday, October 28

Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner

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Addie Downs had never fitted in, and with the exception of her older brother, nor had her family - all the other father's dressed in a s...
Tuesday, October 27

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C O'Brien

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As summer approaches it's almost time for widowed Mrs Frisby and her four children to move from their winter home. But Timothy, the you...
Monday, October 26

Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

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After the events of New Moon Bella and Edward are back in Forks, under the watchful eye of her distrustful father. The sheriff is adamant t...
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