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The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory My rating: 4 of 5 stars God, this is all so desperately sad. It’s difficult to read a book in which you know much of the outcome and know that it is going to be awful for Quite A Lot Of Them and I suspect it’s even harder toContinue reading "The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory"

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMy rating: 4 of 5 stars I realised the other day that I had not written a review for a while and then I remembered that my current read was Wolf Hall and that kind of explained it . It’s taken me a while to get through this and I don’tContinue reading "Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel"

Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo by Hergé

The Adventures of Tintin, Volume 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets / Tintin in the Congo by Hergé My rating: 2 of 5 stars A small, neat bindup edition of the first two Tintin adventures: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and Tintin In The Congo, this is a complex thing toContinue reading "Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo by Hergé"

The Mystery Term by E. E. Cowper

The Mystery Term by E.E. Cowper My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s always interesting to me how many more school story authors there are yet to discover. I read a lot of this genre and yet there are always new names to me and people who I know entirely nothing about. E. E CowperContinue reading "The Mystery Term by E. E. Cowper"

The Six Bad Boys by Enid Blyton

The Six Bad Boys by Enid Blyton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve known about this for a while and this week, finally picked up a copy of it. It is, shall we say, a lot? I don’t think I’ve ever read a Blyton dedicated to the chairman of the East London juvenile courtContinue reading "The Six Bad Boys by Enid Blyton"

American Prince, a memoir by Tony Curtis

American Prince: A Memoir by Tony Curtis My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s difficult to expect truth from autobiographies because the form, in a sense, demands artfulness. We remember things differently from each other and when we remember ourselves and then place that memory under the spotlight of the public eye, we embrace somethingContinue reading "American Prince, a memoir by Tony Curtis"

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson My rating: 5 of 5 stars There is something intensely delightful about a girl called Phoebe and a unicorn called Marigold Heavenly Nostrils and the two of them being best friends. Honestly, this review could just finish there but it won’t because then I would have omitted theContinue reading "Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson"

The Lord of the Flies graphic novel by Aimée de Jongh

Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel by Aimée de Jongh My rating: 5 of 5 stars I think sometimes when you are familiar with a story, familiar with it to the extent that the title of it has slipped into common language, it’s easy to lose track of the original thing itself. You hearContinue reading "The Lord of the Flies graphic novel by Aimée de Jongh"

The answers to the Fifth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz

Answers! Get your answers to the Fifth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz! (Let’s hope, once more, that I have done no typos….). Part one: Am I or Am I not? Am I a Famous Five title or am I not? Am I a Pivotal Plot Thingy in the first three Worrals books (I’veContinue reading "The answers to the Fifth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz"

The Fifth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz

Merry Christmas! It’s that time of the year where we all get to cross our fingers and pray I haven’t done a typo in the anagram round. Anyway! Christmas Quiz Time! I’ll post the questions today and the answers on New Year’s Eve and I hope they distract you (or perhaps irritate you enormously) duringContinue reading "The Fifth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz"