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• British Books Challenge 2014 – The Round Up

  

  Goodbye 2014! This was the second year I participated in the British Books Challenge and here’s a list of everything I read complete with review:In Winter The... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Note to Sixth-Grade Self by Julie Orringer from the...

  

  What’s Note to Sixth Grade Self all about?:Note to Sixth Grade Self reveals a woman remembering her school days where had a turbulent and emotional time as a... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid Lit – the Titles for 2015

  

  This is the third year that my sister and fellow blogger Chrissi Reads and myself have set ourselves a Kid-Lit Challenge and this year we decided to shake thing... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2014 – DECEMBER READ – The Secret Garden by Frances...

  

  What’s it all about?:What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite Manor? Recently arrived at her uncle’s estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books #6 Lush by Natasha Friend with Chrissi Reads and Luna’s Little...

  

  What’s it all about?:Natasha Friend is a Judy Blume for today — clearly evident in this remarkable new novel about a girl whose father is an alcoholic and how... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fever (The Chemical Garden #2) – Lauren DeStefano

  

  What’s it all about?:Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind.Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses #1) – Malorie Blackman

  

  What’s it all about?:Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society.Sephy is a... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Common Enemy by Natasha Cooper from the...

  

  What’s The Common Enemy all about?:The Common Enemy looks at the things that irritate us the most, yet when something terrible happens we may appreciate how... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ignite Me – Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #3)

  

  What’s it all about?:The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dreams & Shadows – C. Robert Cargill

  

  What’s it all about?:It begins with a love story. A love that is almost too sweet, too perfect. From that love comes a child. Love is wonderful. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft from the...

  

  What’s The Call Of Cthulhu all about?:The Call of Cthulhu tells the story of a man who when searching through his deceased uncle’s belongings, finds a wealth... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Turn Of The Screw – Henry James

  

  What’s it all about?:The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories ’round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:The name of your first-born. The face of your lover. Your age. Your address…What would happen if your memory of these began to fade?Is it... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter by Angela Slatter from...

  

  What’s The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter all about?:The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter tells the story of a young woman who carries on the family business (of making... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How To Build A Girl – Caitlin Moran

  

  What’s it all about?:What do you do in your teenage years when you realize what your parents taught you wasn’t enough? You must go out and find books and... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• December 2014 – Chrissi Cupboard Month #2

  

  It’s December. And that means…. (drumroll please) it’s Chrissi Cupboard Month!My lovely sister and fellow blogger Chrissi Reads gives me books on a regular... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2014 – NOVEMBER READ – White Fang by Jack London

  

  What’s it all about?:In the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada, White Fang, a part dog, part wolf cub soon finds himself the sole survivor of a litter o... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Nocturne by Kazuo Ishiguro from the Collection...

  

  What’s Nocturne all about?:Nocturne explores how physical appearance can be everything to be noticed in the Hollywood celebrity world. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bibliobeth Takes On A World Of Books – First Stop – ICELAND

  

  Welcome to a new feature on my blog! Every so often I will be selecting a country of the world (with a little help from you, my lovely readers) and trying to... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Someone Else’s Skin – Sarah Hilary

  

  What’s it all about?:Some secrets keep you safe, others will destroy you…Detective Inspector Marnie Rome. Dependable; fierce; brilliant at her job; a rising sta... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE