It’s June 2008 and twenty-one-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead. The strain of his disappearance breaks his already fragile family. Ten years later, with his mother deceased and siblings scattered across the globe, Adam turns up unannounced at the family home. His siblings return reluctantly to Spanish Cove, but Adam’s reappearance poses more questions than…
Month: Jun 2020
Living Through COVID-19 Pandemic – Week 15 – Saturday 20th – Friday 26th June
Day Ninety-Seven – Saturday 20th June – I woke today with a level 2 headache and I could have almost run outside naked and done a celebration dance!! Honestly, having a headache this low is SO rare! I was quite taken by surprise! It was a mixture kind of day today. I had intended to…
Living Through COVID-19 Pandemic – Week 14 – Saturday 13th June – Friday 19th June
Sorry this is three days late, I had a difficult weekend but all good now! Day Ninety – Saturday 13th June – I do not understand these people who have been going out to raves or congregating on the beach in packs. I understand the desire to ‘be free’ after so many weeks of confinement…
#48 Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain
It’s been a long time since I’ve read anything by Jo Spain and this book has been sitting on my shelf for a fair while. I knew however, that it would be a book I would enjoy. I began reading it last night (11/06/20) and had to remind myself that I needed to stop reading…
#47 Wonderscape by Jennifer Bell
THE GAME IS ON. TRAVEL WITH WONDER. When Arthur, Ren and Cecily investigate a mysterious explosion on their way to school, they find themselves trapped aboard The Principia – a scientific research ship sailing through hazardous waters, captained by one Isaac Newton. Lost in the year 2473 in the Wonderscape, an epic in-reality adventure game, they must…
#46 The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L. D. Lapinski
When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds’ magical travel society…
#45 Jack’s Secret Summer by Jack Ryder
Jack has been dreading the summer holidays – his dad works long hours, and so all he has to look forward to is an empty house. But when his boisterous neighbours, Bruno and Rocco, make it their mission to pull him into an adventure, his life will never be the same again. Together they decide…
Living Through COVID-19 Pandemic – Week 13 – Saturday 6th June – Friday 12th June
Day Eighty-One – Saturday 6th June – You guessed it! Today was a migraine day! Day 4 of the same migraine, so my mood is low, and I find myself wanting to be aggressively angry. I went to Sainsburys in the morning with my Dad which has sort of become a tradition since lockdown began….
June Reading Expectations 2020
Hello everybody!! Hope you’re all doing well and coping in this chaotic time. I’m still working from home and coping rather well. I didn’t read as many books in May as I wanted, finishing with 9/13. In June I’ve split my expectations into two lists. (1) What I Really Want to Read, and (2) Extra…
#44 The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell
Wish and Xar are outlaws on the run, hunted by Warriors, Wizards and worst of all by WITCHES … Can they find the ingredients for the spell to get rid of Witches before the Kingwitch gets his talons on the Magic-that-Works-on-Iron? Their next Quest is the most terrifying and treacherous of all … and someone…
At the End of the World is a Book 