Title: Her Royal Highness (2019) Author: Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Penguin Imprint: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers) Read: 20th – 24th June 2019 Genre: young-adult contemporary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie […]

Title: Les Misérables (orig. 1862, ed. 1987) Author: Victor Hugo Translator: Lee Fahnestock and Norman McAfee Publisher: Signet Classics Read: 1st – 31st May 2019 Genre: classics Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean–the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread–Les Misérables ranks among the greatest […]

Title: Ghostly Echoes (2016) Author: William Ritter Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Read: 26th – 27th June 2019 Genre: YA fantasy; historical; mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder— her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, […]

Title: Beastly Bones (2014) Author: William Ritter Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Read: 21st – 25th May 2019 Genre: YA fantasy; historical; mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Some girls work in shops or sell flowers. Some girls find husbands and play house. I assist a mad detective in investigating unexplained phenomena. My name is Abigail Rook, and […]

Title: Jackaby (2014) Author: William Ritter Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Read: 4th – 10th May 2019 Genre: YA fantasy; historical; mystery Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the […]