The sky is everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Lennie is seventeen. Her mother went “exploring” when she was a baby, she lives with the Gran and her uncle Big, and until recently her older sister. But Bailey died suddenly,...
9 July 2015
The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
For years now Father Damien has been writing to the pope. He is looking for answers, for hope, for guidance. So when, at long last, Father Jude arrives one day Damien...
1 July 2015
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 to spend Christmas with his...
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 she is beginning to lose...
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 Jandy Nelson, and I would...
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 encounters Harlow, a drama student...
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 in their absence. The first...
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 Dublin has prompted some sort...
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, but the plane crashed on...
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, aged 13, while Jude tells...
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 I have replaced it with...
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, Rhoda, the wing-walker survived. Devastated...
14 April 2015