• New Release Sunday

    New Release Sunday #5

    This weeks new release that I’m looking forward to is Safekeeping by Karen Hesse. This is a stand alone novel which is 304 pages long. It was published on the 18th of September by Feiwel & Friends in the USA. It is about a girl who is trying to get home and then find her parents immediately after the President has been assassinated and a new political party has taken power. “Radley just wants to get home to her parents in Vermont. While she was volunteering abroad, the American People’s Party took power; the new president was assassinated; and the government cracked down on citizens. Travel restrictions are worse than ever, and…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review- Deception Point

    Title: Deception Point Author: Dan Brown Publication Date: May 1st 2001 Publisher: Corgi Books Pages: 585 Genre: Adult, Thriller, Mystery Rating: 3/5 When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory…a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable – evidence of scientific trickery – a…

  • Random

    Fall into Reading 2012

    Hello, I recently discovered this reading challenge, called The Fall into Reading Challenge. It was created by callapidderdays.com. This is basically a: “fun low pressure reading challenge open to anyone and everyone. It will take place September 22nd to December 21st”- Callapidderdays.com   All you have to do in the challenge is create a list of books you want to read by the end date, and then read them! Simple!  I really reccommend everyone at least checks out the blog post made about this challenge which I have linked HERE. Here is my list of books that I want to read by the end of December! Dr Jekyll and…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review- The Hunger Games

    Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Publication Date: January 1st 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Pages: 458 (paperback) Series: The Hunger Games #1 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Winning will make you famous.Losing means certain death. In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature. May the…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review- Winner Takes All

    Title: Winner Takes All Author: Jacqueline Rayner Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: BBC Books Pages: 245 Series: New Series Adventures #3 Genre: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Rose and the Doctor return to present-day Earth to visit Rose’s mum, and become intrigued by the latest craze — the video game, Death to Mantodeans. Is it as harmless as it seems? And why are so many local people going on holiday and never returning? Meanwhile, on another world, an alien war is raging. The Quevvils need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless Mantodeans. Searching the galaxy for cunning, warlike but gullible allies, they find the ideal soldiers…

  • Book Reviews

    Book Review- The Reptile Room

    Title: The Reptile Room Author: Lemony Snicket Publication Date:September 30th 1999 Publisher: Egmont Book Pages: 192 Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events #2 Genre: Childrens, Fantasy, Adventure Rating: 4/5 Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I’m afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. the story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don’t be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to…

  • Wrap Up

    August Wrap Up

    This is a post listing all the novels I read in the month of August. The first novel I read was THE BAD BEGINNING BY LEMONY SNICKET. I gave this novel 4/5 stars as I liked it and thought it was a good start to the series. The next novel I read was TIMERIDERS BY ALEX SCARROW. This is a YA novel about three teens who are recruited to go back in time, and save the world. I gave this novel 4/5 stars too. In August I also read DEAD FAMOUS BY BEN ELTON. I gave this novel 3/5 stars. This is a contemporary novel based on a murder on…