Clifftoppers: The Frost Castle Adventure by Fleur Hitchcock

I’m a huge fan of Fleur’s writing and especially this Clifftoppers series which I have been following eagerly since the beginning and am hoping desperately that Nosy Crow order another ‘year’ of adventures with the cousins visiting their grandparents’ farm every holiday break. This is perfect read for snowy weather but especially the Twixmas period, …

Clifftoppers: The Thorn Island Adventure -Fleur Hitchcock

I am a huge fan of Fleur Hitchcock’s writing in particular so in the Clifftoppers series because they remind me of the beloved Famous Five adventures that I adored when I was a child and the exceptionally brilliant part is that they are linked in that the children appear in each book visiting their grandparents' …

Believathon Atmospheric or Creepy book- Twister by Juliette Forrest

Earlier in the summer I read Juliette’s second book The True Colours Of Coral Glen which was incredibly atmospheric and creepy and I knew when choosing my prompts for Believathon that Juliette’s writing would be a great fit for the Atmospheric or Creepy prompt. It also fits well into the Magic prompt, and could well …

A Sea Of Stories- Sylvia Bishop and Paddy Donnelly

This is such a wonderfully precious book. It takes the trope of Old man telling tales and blends with the idea of doing kind things and helping people to retain the things that are special to them. A fantastic way to round off the 2019 collection of Colour Fiction Range. I am now looking forward …

Chinglish- Sue Cheung

My goodness, this is such a different and interesting teen book, perfectly placed in that awkward inbetweeny years of not really knowing oneself but hoping for meaning. Taking the diary format as an outlet of adolescent frustrations and aspirations it will remind adult readers of the younger diaries of Adrian Mole, and younger readers of …

MMU Marathon

As I had reflected on how much I want to complete certain series I'm setting myself an autumn challenge to read the entire Murder Most Unladylike series, in my own little #MMUMarathon. I’m going to say by October Half-Term as I do have other commitments in between. Does anyone want to join me? Or jump …

A Pocketful Of Stars – Aisha Bushby

Aisha Bushby is an incredible talent. I’ve read that this novel was originally intended to be published earlier this year but at the eleventh hour of drafting, Aisha felt it was simply not working and after soul searching (and a wonderfully supportive partner) went back to the drawing board and out of the ashes of …