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Review | Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt
Read more: Review | Unconventional by Maggie HarcourtTitle: Unconventional (2017) Author: Maggie Harcourt Publisher: Usborne Read: 13th – 14th May 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Lexi Angelo is a Convention Kid – she’s got a clipboard and a walkie talkie to prove it. Aidan Green is a messy-haired, annoyingly arrogant author and he’s disrupting her perfect planning. In a…
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Review | Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
Read more: Review | Falling Kingdoms by Morgan RhodesTitle: Falling Kingdoms (2012) Author: Morgan Rhodes Publisher: Penguin Read: 21st – 24th February 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “In a land where magic has been forgotten and peace has reigned for centuries, unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms battle for power… A princess must journey into enemy territory in search of a magic…
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Review | The Power by Naomi Alderman
Read more: Review | The Power by Naomi AldermanTitle: The Power (2016) Author: Naomi Alderman Publisher: Penguin Read: 5th – 11th February 2018 Genre: science-fiction; dystopia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain – even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds…
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Review | Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Read more: Review | Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferTitle: Artemis Fowl (2001) Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin Read: 7th – 10th April 2018 Genre: children’s; fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he’s taking on more than he bargained for…
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Review | The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
Read more: Review | The Winner’s Crime by Marie RutkoskiTitle: The Winner’s Crime (2015) Author: Marie Rutkoski Publisher: Bloomsbury Read: 6th – 12th January 2018 Genre: young-adult; fantasy/dystopia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Lady Kestrel’s engagement to Valoria’s crown prince calls for great celebration: balls and performances, fireworks and revelry. But to Kestrel it means a cage of her own making. Embedded in the imperial…
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Review | Circe by Madeline Miller
Read more: Review | Circe by Madeline MillerTitle: Circe (2018) Author: Madeline Miller Publisher: Bloomsbury Release Date: 19th April 2018 Read: 4th – 13th March 2018 Genre: fantasy; mythology; retelling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of…
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Review | Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Read more: Review | Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertTitle: Madame Bovary (1856) Author: Gustave Flaubert Translator: Lydia Davis Publisher/Edition: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Read: 20th – 27th January 2018 Genre: classics; French classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of…
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Review | The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Read more: Review | The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi HeiligTitle: The Girl from Everywhere (2016) Author: Heidi Heilig Publisher: Hot Key Books Read: 13th – 16th February 2018 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; historical fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer. Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a…
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Review | Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Read more: Review | Carol by Patricia HighsmithTitle: Carol/The Price of Salt (1952) Author: Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Bloomsbury Read: 21st – 24th February 2018 Genre: romance; LGBTQ Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is…
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Review | The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Read more: Review | The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliTitle: The Upside of Unrequited (2017) Author: Becky Albertalli Publisher: Penguin Read: 11th – 13th February 2018 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly is always careful. Better to be careful than be…
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