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This is an interesting one. It’s a book for children aged 8+ that appears to be mostly about the...
Sorry this is absolutely not my thing . Set in an American high school, proms, star crossed...
This is an entertaining and informative book to encourage children to take up gardening – whether...
Poetry of all the media is such a subjective genre that I hesitate to give too much of an...
Well, this is supposed to be a children’s book, but I can imagine very many adults ( including...
I don’t have any children or grandchildren of the relevant age, but if I did I would buy this...
I really want to give this five stars. It’s a relentless satire on the drift towards a rejection...
Magic and fantasy for the older child and young teenager. I am as ever more than half a century...
I shuddered over the word, ‘besties’ which makes me cringe almost as much as the words ‘fur...
This is a collection of short stories aimed at shining a light on the experience of black people...
I have thoroughly enjoyed Ms Hall’s three previous novels and it looks as if this one will be no...
This is the second book in a series about young people during the WW2 The first book was set at...
This is the second in a series about a group of youngsters who get involved in supernatural...
The blurb makes the book sound very entertaining, and I like the title. I am not the target...
A fantasy tale, involving young people in Sophiatown - beleaguered by a disease called the...
It’s a young adult fantasy with monsters and vampires and gods and humans. It’s not really my...
The prologue introduces us to a land of Irish mythology, a land of witches and giants. There’s a...
The hero of the story is Rayleigh Mann, a 12 year old Londoner with attitude. The time is the...
Not for me. Young adult romance with a spot of mysticism and a great deal of pretension. I...
This looks like it will be a fun read for children around the age of 11 or so. Hero, Alex has...
Dumped by her boyfriend, James, who is clearly A Cad and estranged from her best friend Lucy, who...
I’d like to read this! I say it with some surprise as it’s not usually my cup of tea. It’s about...
I’ve enjoyed this author’s other books and cannot wait to read this. The description of the story...
Set in segregated Virginia, this is a story of black women, trying to survive in a white world....
In 1966 in the sumptuous surroundings of her Moroccan kasbah, a woman full of secrets looks after...
I haven’t heard of the books that were referenced in the blurb and I’m not a massive fan of...
Reading the blurb, I wasn’t expecting to like this book. I am by many decades, not the target...
I’ve not actually read any of this author’s books, although obviously I know the name. This is...
This is another American YA novel that I cannot imagine ever wanting to read. It’s a sure -to...
I am definitely not the target audience, but this really is laugh out loud and works on so many...
Sorry, didn’t get past page 3. Not the target audience by a long way and completely put off by...
It looks quite a jolly book. I imagine that young children would enjoy it and it’s an interesting...
Blurb tells us that this is going to be a story of a trafficked Albanian girl, who should be safe...
Another children’s book, but this brief look allows you almost to almost taste and smell the...
Another novel for young adults . 12-year-old nature lover Robyn lives in Bletchley Park at the...
It’s another children’s book but one that has an intriguing time travelling premise and...
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