Who doesn’t want to read about the Pied Piper?!? I love reading stories based on myths of society. Where did the original story of the Pied Piper come from? Synopsis (as taken from back of book): Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one’s…
Month: Jan 2019
14. The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
I was first acquainted with Baba Yaga from playing the reboot of Tomb Raider. It was only when finding this book that I realised it was a real myth that I had been exposed to. The synopsis of this book is as follows (taken from amazon): Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house…
13. The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge
It was the synopsis of this book that drew me in and I’m glad I ended up buying it (Waterstones Haul), because it was a fantastic read. The Synopsis of the book (taken from the back) is as follows: Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions…
Weekend Catch Up
Ok…so…we need to talk about how terrible I am at trying to stick to this book ban and believe me, I have more than 20 books at home that I need to read. It started when I saw a series of books that I have on my amazon wish list on the book people for…
12. Boy Under Water by Adam Baron
You may realise I was supposed to read/review a different book before this. I shall now be reading the missing book as book 20 and all will be explained in that review. Boy Under Water had been sitting on my Amazon list for quite a while and was another Waterstones haul book. It just seemed…
11. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali J Rauf
This is another book I picked up in my Waterstones haul. It is a children’s book and I found it to be a very compelling book to read. It touches upon a topic that I think a lot of us ignore or aren’t willing to find out about but is told through the innocent young…
10. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
I put off reading this book for so long because I didn’t want to admit that the story was coming to an end. This series filled a hole within me and has come to mean so much to me. When I finally came to read it I was filled with sadness that it was coming…
The Next 10 Books
Here is a list of the next ten books I will be reading and reviewing. I picked them at random from the books in my basket. 11. The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf 12. Twelve Nights by Andrew Zurcher 13. Boy Under Water by Adam Baron 14. The Twisted…
Weekend Catch Up
This week has been more relaxed and less chaotic than the first. Now that Christmas 2018 has been pushed away, life has returned to its normal routine. This week has held three ‘national days’ according to my diary. The first was on Monday 14th and it was National Dress Your Pet Day, the second was…
09. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
This book hit me right in the feels. I didn’t know whether I was coming or going. This book took me on a roller coaster of intrigue, haunting murder and unexpected surprise. The synopsis is as follows: Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich’s web of underground tunnels. When forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway…
At the End of the World is a Book 