Hello everyone, Whisper it quietly, but the halfway stage of 2025 is not all that far away, which means that we will also starting to get a very clear idea of how our Goodreads Challenges are shaping up. Are we on track? Do we have any catching up to do in the second half of … Continue reading Goodreads Challenge Update – May 2025
Pages: 340Published: 1st January 2018Genre: HorrorContent warnings: Gore, injury detail, references to sexual abuse In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures … Continue reading Book Review – The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
Pages: 383Published: 15th June 2021Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death, drugs Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls - the … Continue reading Book Review – The Box In The Woods by Maureen Johnson
Pages: 378Published: 22nd June 2023Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, domestic abuse, fascism The answers to a puzzle lie hidden within an old book. Open The Birdcage Library and let the treasure hunt begin... The year is 1882, and the most important thing, unknown reader, is this: The man I love is trying to kill me. It's 1932 and adventuress … Continue reading Book Review – The Birdcage Library by Freya Berry
Pages: 328Published: 28th March 2024Genre: Science Fiction/MysteryContent warnings: Violence Outside the island, there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island, it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm, and feast, to obey … Continue reading Book Review – The Last Murder At The End Of The World by Stuart Turton
Pages: 496Published: 25th February 2016Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryContent warnings: Child cruelty, discrimination What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. But when … Continue reading Book Review – Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Pages: 384Published: 25th July 2023Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Violence towards child, missing child storyline, references to domestic violence Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighbourhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns … Continue reading Book Review – Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Hello everyone, I love it when I find a book that feels truly original. Sometimes in the creative industries it can be tempting to follow the same formula that has earned success for others, but it is new and innovative ideas that really capture the imagination and create memories. That is certainly the case with … Continue reading Top 10 Most Unique Books I Have Read
Pages: 469Published: 29th August 2023Genre: Young Adult Mystery Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does … Continue reading Book Review – The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Pages: 315Published: 11th May 2023Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death, catfishing Two friends, Amy and Stan, plan revenge on their prankster friend Hollie by catfishing her as her crush. They only mean to do it for a day or two - but then Hollie ends up dead. As the catfish continues to strike others, Amy needs to find … Continue reading Book Review – Every Word A Lie by Sue Wallman
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