A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Ove is a man who knows what is right, and what is wrong. The rules are there for a reason, and just because every body else in society seems to have...
4 September 2015
The Chimneys of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston
Tolly has returned to Green Knowe, his great-grandmother’s house, for the Easter break. But he is disappointed to discover that something is different. The painting of his previous playmates has been...
21 August 2015
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Book 1 in the Iron Druid Chronicles Atticus O’Sullivan is not what he appears to be. He is not 21 years old. He is not American. His name isn’t even Atticus,...
8 August 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
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
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
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A Leo Demidov story. When a young boy’s body is found on the train tracks in Moscow Leo Demidov’s job is to make sure everyone knows that it wasn’t murder. After...
30 March 2015
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Rose often finds life hard. She has autism, or asperger’s, what they call “high functioning autism. She is slightly obsessed with homonyms and with prime numbers. She keeps a list of...
12 March 2015
The Siege by Ismail Kadare
Sometime in the fifteenth century, an unnamed Albanian citadel is under siege by the Ottoman army. Among the besiegers is Mevla Celebi, the chronicler or historian. He will record the events...
7 March 2015
Traitors’ Gate by Kate Elliott
Crossroads; book 3 So, this is book three, so to give a quick recap would be to give spoilers for the previous books, so I won’t. However, I will say that...
21 February 2015
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
At a market in Lahore our narrator, Changez, meets an unidentified American and offer to assist him in finding the best tea there is. He guides him to a cafe and...
16 February 2015
A Hive for the Honey-Bee by Soinbhe Lally
Thora is a newly hatched bee. The queen has just swarmed and those that are remaining in the hive are all awaiting their new queen. They continue to work and live,...
9 January 2015
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