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" The lovely team at YABook Reads have voted my Young Adult novel OTOLI in their current all time TOP TEN YA awareness reads. It's a great honour as a writer for anyone to give you such an accolade and I'm very happy to be included alongside ot..." Read more of this blog post »

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by J.K. Rowling

read in August, 2010

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Got sucked in to the hype by my daughters for this one. Enjoyed it though, read on a sun lounger in 2 days on a summer holiday in Crete. Plenty of boyish humour in there that I also remember doing myself as a kid!

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The Fog
by James Herbert

read in June, 2011

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Brilliant. Better than the film although I believe there is a remake out of the film. I'll have to look that one up!

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OTOLI
by Bryony Allen (Goodreads Author)

read in July, 2011

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I downloaded a copy of ‘OTOLI’ for our Kindle following a few reviews I came across on the web for it via Goodreads and some Google listings in addition to some prompting from my girls after they had seen the book video trailer on Amazon (i also foun...more I downloaded a copy of ‘OTOLI’ for our Kindle following a few reviews I came across on the web for it via Goodreads and some Google listings in addition to some prompting from my girls after they had seen the book video trailer on Amazon (i also found it is also uploaded here). I don’t generally review many books but I had previously read an Adult fiction book by this author which I really enjoyed so I was more than happy to go get this one for my girls to read. My daughters (13 and 14 years) really loved the story of OTOLI. They connected with its characters (Alice and Jenny in particular) and in both their words 'they could really feel what Alice was going through and willed her to overcome the issues she was facing'. My 14 year old had to read it all in one go as she couldn't put it down (a masterful feat for any author to achieve where teenage readers are concerned I think). The book deals with bullying in a way they had never read before too which made the book all the more appealing to them. The book has used a supernatural element to the tale which really puts a different twist on the story but it was one that made sense as the story unfolded. Given that the author states in her BIO she is a teacher it is clearly evident that the subject and the effects of bullying in the school place is something she is more than aware of and maybe even an expert in.
In this story she has captured this really important subject in a considerate and compassionate but also entertaining way. Some reviews out there have stated that the book should be in every school library in the world. After reading the book myself I can see why they say this. OTOLI is one book as a parent of growing teens that I would completely recommend to anyone. The bullied and the bullies out there can all learn something from this book in my opinion (and my girls!). I don't want to put out any spoilers here as the book is one that won't disappoint in my view and I myself don't generally read teenage literature anymore (I'm 40+ but will admit to reading Harry Potter not so long ago!). One thing I did find out which I thought was absolutely nice was that 5% of all sales of this book are being donated by the publisher to the Bullying UK charity on a permanent basis too. It's superb to see writers and publishers out there looking past a profit margin and giving to such worthy causes. This book deserves to do very well throughout the world in my opinion, bullying after all is an evil that can affect anyone, anywhere in the world. I’m buying a copy of the paperback to keep at home on the shelf too. 5 stars to OTOLI from my girls and me too! I've posted this review to Amazon also. :-)

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Johnathan Wilkes made a comment in the group Goodreads Authors/Readers — The People's Book Prize Spring 2012 topic "Good luck Bryony. As per my review a few months back my girls (and me!) loved your book OTOLI. It deserves to do well. Consider the book voted for on...more "
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Johnathan Wilkes made a comment on OTOLI has been voted a YABook Reads TOP TEN YA Awareness read! "Well done. It is definitely a book worthy of inclusion in such a thing. My girls loved it! Johnathan."
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Johnathan Wilkes and 2 other people liked Bryony Allen's blog post: OTOLI has been voted a YABook Reads TOP TEN YA Awareness read! " The lovely team at YABook Reads have voted my Young Adult novel OTOLI in their current all time TOP TEN YA awareness reads. It's a great honour as a writer for anyone to give you such an accolade and I'm very happy to be included alongside ot..." Read more of this blog post »
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Johnathan Wilkes rated a book 4 of 5 stars Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling read in August, 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Got sucked in to the hype by my daughters for this one. Enjoyed it though, read on a sun lounger in 2 days on a summer holiday in Crete. Plenty of boyish humour in there that I also remember doing myself as a kid!
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Johnathan Wilkes rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Fog by James Herbert read in June, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Brilliant. Better than the film although I believe there is a remake out of the film. I'll have to look that one up!
Jul 04, 2011 02:24am · see review
Johnathan Wilkes rated a book 5 of 5 stars OTOLI by Bryony Allen (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I downloaded a copy of ‘OTOLI’ for our Kindle following a few reviews I came across on the web for it via Goodreads and some Google listings in addition to some prompting from my girls after they had seen the book video trailer on Amazon (i also foun...more
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