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What a lovely colourful picture book. A book for the young centred around food and cooking. The...
What a promising start to a good old fashioned adventure story for children. Tomboy Robyn and her...
Lots of content in this short extract, which I expect will appeal to most young boys, ( and some...
I am not in the target age group for this book, but I can see that it is a fun, lighthearted look...
A really entertaining read for pre -teens . Written in diary format, young girls will love this...
A promising start for this new fantasy series for children , although the main premise of a young...
A very lively and colourful book that should help entertain a budding foodie . The illustrations...
What a charming little picture book. The rhyming text provides the reading rhythm that young...
A promising start to this new young adult fantasy . Full of dark magic and visions , a beautiful...
I quite enjoyed reading this first look. It is a humorous tongue in cheek look at female revenge...
I have already read some of this authors books and love her writing. This extract clearly sets...
What a lovely idea for a child’s bedtime book. The illustrations are beautiful and the text...
Yet another YA/children’s book. Oh well! On reading the “ first look “ my immediate reaction was...
As a winner of the Newbery Medal for children’s fiction , this book ( judging from the “first...
A very engaging first look at this middle grade story. As I was reading it felt very much as if...
This promises to be a charming little book m although it is a little hard to tell from the first...
I am not a huge fantasy fan but judging from the first thirty pages this seems like a winner....
The extract provides an appealing start to this new Young Adult novel. I immediately warmed the...
What a wonderful, colourful introduction to this story. I love the writing style and pictures of...
The blurb of this new YA novel sounded interesting and piqued my interest in reading this book...
I am not really sure about this one. The writing certainly has its own style but I am not really...
I was immediately drawn into the story by the vivid description of a menopausal night sweat and...
What a captivating start to this book. It is clearly much more than a run of the mill...
I do not read enough non fiction . Books and reading are close to my heart, so I was really...
This book is described as YA , which is a genre I do not usually read so maybe I am not the right...
I am probably at a bit of a disadvantage because I have not read any of the previous books in the...
I am not usually attracted to this type of novel but I can see why it would appeal to a lot of...
When I first read the blurb for this book I had high hopes. However , after reading the first...
What a lovely entertaining and enjoyable read.I am sure that there are many young people who will...
When I read the synopsis it put me in mind of The Power by Naomi Alderman , perhaps this is...
This author is new to me so I didn’t know what to expect. What a captivating read. A promising...
After reading the extract I really can’t make up my mind about this . The style of writing is...
I was gripped from the first page. Loved the writing style with the undertones of menace which...
I started reading not sure whether this would be my sort of thing (I’m a bit too old !). A 35...
At the very beginning you know that there has been a tragic “ accident “ , but this is a fun ,...
I love historical fiction, but have never read anything set in Europe in this time period so the...
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