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Cogheart by Peter Bunzl

Cogheart by Peter Bunzl My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cogheart is a punky, sparky adventure with hints of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and I enjoyed it very much. Lily and her friends have to figure out what’s happened to her father. Along the way, she’s helped by a cast of mechanicals – automatonsContinue reading "Cogheart by Peter Bunzl"

Game on, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham

Game On, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this. It’s the first of a series of highly illustrated early readers which centre on the playing of a computer game. We follow the lead character – Super Rabbit Boy – as he heads through the levels. ThingsContinue reading "Game on, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham"

Jill and the Perfect Pony by Ruby Ferguson

Jill and the Perfect Pony by Ruby Ferguson My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Jill series is responsible for many things in my childhood, not in the least the solid belief that ponies should just sort of be given to Earnestly Deserving People like myself. They were everywhere in the countryside. Every family hadContinue reading "Jill and the Perfect Pony by Ruby Ferguson"

My Life On Fire by Cath Howe

My Life on Fire by Cath Howe My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am always interested in what Nosy Crow do and even more so when it involves an author that I have a lot of time for. My Life On Fire by the sensitive and gentle writer Cath Howe is due out atContinue reading "My Life On Fire by Cath Howe"

Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson

Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn’t sure for a while about Small Fires but then, all of a sudden, I realised that I got it. I was not looking for the next chapter end, but rather reading because I was lost toContinue reading "Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson"

Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnso...

Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn’t sure for a while about Small Fires but then, all of a sudden, I realised that I got it. I was not looking for the next chapter end, but rather reading because I was lost toContinue reading

Never Forget You by Jamila Gavin

Never Forget You by Jamila Gavin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have always had a lot of time for Jamila Gavin. Her writing is always very classy stuff and I admire it intently. She has this skill of restraint and clarity that makes you understand something, whatever that something is, very deeply beforeContinue reading "Never Forget You by Jamila Gavin"

The Complete Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Complete Borrowers by Mary Norton My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had been wanting to reread the Borrowers for a while and then, all of a sudden, started to find it in every bookshop I went into. This happens sometimes. Bookshops, particularly those of the second hand kind that I tend to frequent,Continue reading "The Complete Borrowers by Mary Norton"

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald My rating: 2 of 5 stars Sometimes it’s interesting to come in at the end. This is the first book I’ve read by Fitzgerald and the last novel he completed. I’m aware of his others but I’ve never read them. I wonder if I should write somethingContinue reading "Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald"

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was thinking about how to review this and indeed, if reviewing was even going to be a productive act for the book, myself, and for the slightly perplexed and slightly confused and often quite intrusive experience of readingContinue reading "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry"