The invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín
Grey Lands #2 After reading The call I was happy with how the story ended. I’ll admit, I thought that certain things had come to an end, but in The Invasion...
13 August 2019
Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Legacy of Orïsha #1 I added this book to Mount TBR back in 2018, but it took it being nominated for Not-a-Hugo-but-the-Lodestar to get me to read it. Back then Ana...
13 August 2019
The call by Peadar Ó Guilín
Grey Land #1 Ireland has been cut off from the rest of the world. No ships, no planes. No email contact, not even radio waves make it in or out of...
5 August 2019
The girl with the dragon heart by Stephanie Burgis
Tales from the Chocolate Heart ; 2 I’ve been meaning to read this book ever since I heard it was coming out, but it has taken me a while to get...
29 June 2019
Humorous Irish tales for children by Eddie Lenihan
Some Irish people might remember Eddie Lenihan’s Ten minute tales from children’s tv back in the eighties. If not you should see if you can find some of his videos on...
19 May 2019
The ear by Piret Raud
First published in Estonian as Kõrv, 2019 This is such an odd little book. It tells the tale of an ear who wakes one day to find that their head is...
10 April 2019
Nought forever by Malorie Blackman
A long time ago I read the first three books in the Noughts and Crosses series by Blackman, and really, really enjoyed them. But for some reason I never got to...
2 April 2019
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia : Book 2 (published order) or book 4 (chronological order) In this book the Pevensie children are heading back to school, but while seated waiting for trains...
17 March 2019
Outside the gates by Molly Gloss
I’ve loved every Molly Gloss book I’ve read since I first encountered her work in The hearts of horses back in 2014. She just has this wonderful way of writing a...
1 February 2019
Jane, the fox, and me by Fanny Britt
Translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou Oh, this is a beautiful book. The art work is just lovely, I love the style of it. Simple, often black and white, but...
29 June 2018
The ordinary princess by M. M. Kaye
At her christening Princess Amy is blessed with the gift of being ordinary by one of her fairy godmothers, and, much to the horror of all around her, that is how...
20 June 2018
Hortense and the shadow by Natalia O'Hara
This is a really beautifully illustrated book and a girl named Hortense. She doesn’t like her shadow, it is always following her around, so one day she gets rid of it....
29 May 2018
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