The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston
Green Knowe series #1 Usually Toseland spends the holidays in boarding school, his father and stepmother are in Burma, but on this occasion he is off...
19 June 2015
Bryony & Roses by T. Kingfisher
A retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. Bryony is out collecting rutabaga1 seedlings2 when she gets caught in a sudden snowstorm. Just as...
31 May 2015
May Mount TBR update
So, its more than midway through the month, time to update Mount TBR. From last month’s mountain I have removed I’ll give you the sun by...
25 May 2015
We are all completely beside ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Rosemary Cooke is at college in California. She has no real friends to speak of. Her house mate Ted, maybe, but she isn’t sure. Then she...
24 May 2015
The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan
The Moorehawke Trilogy; book 1. Returning home after years in a foreign kingdom Wynter and her father Lorcan are surprised at the changes that have occurred...
5 May 2015
The day we disappeared by Lucy Robinson
Another one from Mount TBR, recommended by Ellie of Curiosity killed the Bookworm. Kate is running away from her life. The stress of her life in...
2 May 2015
Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe
Rob Quillan is quasi-famous. He made the finals of a reality tv show, the producers flew his girlfriend out to the filming of the final performances,...
1 May 2015
I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
Jude and Noah are as close as twins can be. They’re also as far apart as people can be. Because Noah tells us the early story,...
30 April 2015
April’s Mount TBR update
From my TBR I have read : Maplecroft by Cherie Priest (my review) and it was great. It is also the first in a series so...
18 April 2015
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Emilia and Teo live as though they were brother and sister. Teo’s mother Delia died when a bird hits the plane is flying, but Emilia’s mother,...
14 April 2015
Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas
Reread in April 2015 and it was just as good as I remembered. Original review from 22nd April 2006. ISBN: 0098461560 Trans from the French: David...
14 April 2015
Hound : Protector by Barry Devlin, Paul Bolger
Part of my Once Upon a Time 9 reading, this fits the mythology section best. Based on the myth of Cúchulainn, the Hound of Ulster. Cúchulainn...
3 April 2015