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• Throne Of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) – Sarah J. Maas

  

  What’s it all about?:Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Airshow by Jon McGregor from the Collection This...

  

  What’s Airshow all about?:In Airshow a grandfather is taken to see the base he was stationed at during the war and it brings back painful memories.What did I... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books #14 – Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor with...

  

  What’s it all about?:Winner of the Newbery MedalA New York Times Book Review Best of Children’s BooksA National Book Award NomineeWhy is the land so important t... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2015 – AUGUST READ – The Graveyard Book by Neil...

  

  What’s it all about?:After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Small Degrees by Kevin Brockmeier from the Collection...

  

  What’s Small Degrees all about?:Small Degrees is about a man who works hard to develop his own typing face but risks losing his wife as a result.What did I... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Interview – Alison Rattle on Her New YA Novel The Beloved

  

  ALISON RATTLE – A BIOGRAPHYAlison grew up in Liverpool, and now lives in a medieval house in Somerset with her three very nearly grown-up children, her husband ... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Beloved – Alison Rattle

  

  What’s it all about?:Escape from a bullying mother takes one young woman to an even more dangerous place.Alice Angel has known only a life of rules,... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Legend (Legend #1) – Marie Lu

  

  What’s it all about?:What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• She Is Not Invisible – Marcus Sedgwick

  

  What’s it all about?:The feeling that coincidences give us tells us they mean something… But what? What do they mean?LAURETH PEAK’S father has taught her to loo... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Narrative of Agent 97-4702 by Rajesh Parameswaran...

  

  What’s Narrative of Agent 97-4702 all about?:Our narrator in this short story is a government agent who details her daily working life, how she came to enter th... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Book Is Gay – James Dawson

  

  What’s it all about?:Former PSHCE teacher and acclaimed YA author James Dawson gives an uncensored look at what it’s like to grow up as LGBT. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Knife Edge (Noughts And Crosses #2) – Malorie Blackman

  

  What’s it all about?:This thought-provoking and often provocative look at racism is a sequel to the award-winning Noughts Crosses. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Nightlong River by Sarah Hall from the Collection...

  

  What’s The Nightlong River all about?:The Nightlong River is told from the point of view of a young girl whose closest friend is ailing and not thought to live... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh with Chrissi Reads

  

  What’s it all about?:A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn’t have prevented it. Could she?In a split second, Jenna Gray’s world is shattered. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Summertime – Vanessa Lafaye

  

  What’s it all about?:Horrifying and beautiful, Summertime is a fictionalised account of one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history.Florida Keys... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Man With The Twisted Lip by Arthur Conan Doyle fro...

  

  What’s The Man With The Twisted Lip all about?:Holmes and Watson investigate the disappearance of a gentleman called Neville St. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy #1) – Sally Green

  

  What’s it all about?:Wanted by no one. Hunted by everyone.Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2015 – JULY READ – Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

  

  What’s it all about?:Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. All she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules For Antarctic Tailgating b...

  

  What’s Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules For Antarctic Tailgating all about?:Our narrator Dougbert Shackleton provides the reader with his eleven essential rules for... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books #13 Detour For Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds with Chrissi Reads

  

  What’s it all about?:A selection of ALA Best Books for Young Adults, this novel tells the story of a 15-year-old girl who must face the consequences of... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE