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• Talking About Dear Thing by Julie Cohen with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:Claire and Ben are the perfect couple. But behind the glossy façade, they’ve been desperately trying – and failing – to have a baby for... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Banned Books #1 – The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky with Chriss...

  

  What’s it all about?:“I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they’re here. Not in a mean way. In a... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Madness – Alison Rattle

  

  What’s it all about?:Sixteen-year-old Marnie lives in the idyllic coastal village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by a childhood exposure to polio, she seem... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The First (but Hopefully Not the Last) Young Adult Literary Convention (YALC)...

  

  YALC is the brain-child of current Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman, who was awarded an OBE for her services to children’s literature in 2008 and from the... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – The Colour Out Of Space by H.P. Lovecraft from the...

  

  What’s The Colour Out of Space all about?:This Halcyon Classics ebook contains sixty-seven of celebrated horror and occult writer H.P. Lovecraft’s best works... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:Two hostages. One bullet. One lives. One dies.They were going to spend the rest of their lives together. Soul mates. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hollow Pike – James Dawson

  

  What’s it all about?:She thought she’d be safe in the country, but you can’t escape your own nightmares, and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #49

  

  Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Short Stories Challenge – Ghosts With Teeth by Peter Crowther from the Collectio...

  

  What’s Ghosts With Teeth all about?:Many of us grew up on The Pan Book of Horror Stories and its later incarnations, Dark Voices and Dark Terrors (The Gollancz... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Echo Boy – Matt Haig

  

  What’s it all about?:Audrey’s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music,... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking About The Lie by Helen Dunmore with Chrissi

  

  What’s it all about?:Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #48

  

  Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Challenge: Short Stories July to September

  

  I’ve really been enjoying my Short Stories Challenge so far, if you want to see what I’ve been reading so far, search for Short Stories Challenge on my main pag... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Officer And A Spy – Robert Harris

  

  What’s it all about?:January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of Paris, an army officer, Georges Picquart, witnesses a convicted spy, Captain Alfred... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

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

  

  What’s Malvern Hills all about?:In this sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores love, mu2sic and the passage of time. Gentle, intimate and... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Knife Of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) – Patrick Ness

  

  What’s it all about?:Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday #47

  

  Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, and thanks as ever to MizB for hosting.To join in you need to answer 3 questions..•What are you currently reading?•What did yo... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Undone – Cat Clarke

  

  What’s it all about?:Jem Halliday is in love with her gay best friend. Not exactly ideal, but she’s learning to live with it.Then the unspeakable happens. Kai i... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beth and Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2014 – JUNE READ – The Wind in the Willows by Kennet...

  

  What’s it all about?:Meet little Mole, willful Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant Toad. In the one hundred years since their first appearance... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Shadow And Bone (The Grisha #1) – Leigh Bardugo

  

  What’s it all about?:The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE