I was so excited to start reading this, partly because the book I was trying to read was boring me senseless and partly because the synopsis of this sounded so good. This is another book from my Waterstones Haul. Synopsis (as taken from back of book) is as follows: Meet Shay Silverton Kipling, the Captain’s…
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21. The Lost Garden by Kate Kerrigan
I must have had this book on my shelf for well over a year and every time I went to read it I got distracted by something else. I finally got a chance to read it when I pulled it from my book basket as one of my reads. Synopsis (as on back of book)…
20. A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
Another Waterstones Haul book. I was quite excited to read this book. I thought the premise was quite interesting. It was giving me ‘City of Ember’ by Jeanne DuPrau vibes. Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book): She was alone. This child. This odd and terrible child. In the underground city of Caverna, the people are unlike any other: they have faces…
19. The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Another book from my Waterstones book haul. I was intrigued by the book cover and the short reviews from other authors on the first page. Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book) is as follows: When their plane crashes, four children are stranded in the Amazon jungle. Now they have to survive alone….
18. Twelve Nights by Andrew Zurcher
I picked this one up in my Waterstones Haul. I was supposed to read this at the beginning of books 11-20 but below you will see why I didn’t. Synopsis (as taken from Amazon): Kay felt everything change in the room around her. Everything. Kay’s father is working late – as usual. Fed up, her mother bundles Kay and her sister into the…
17. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Found this in Waterstones YA section and it became a part of the haul. Synopsis (as written on back of book): It was not enough, all knowledge – any knowledge – called to faith and there was a delicious, posionous pleasure in stealing it unseen. Faith has a thirst for science and a knack for uncovering secrets that the rigid confines of her upbringing cannot suppress. When she finds her disgraced father’s journals, filled with the notes and…
16. Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll
Stumbled across Emma Carroll on Amazon, read all the blurbs of her books and decided that I needed to read them all! This is the first book of hers that I purchased. Synopsis (as on back of book): London 1922 A discovery from ancient Egypt… A cursed package… The untold story of a young pharaoh… When Lilian Kaye finds a parcel on her Grandad’s doorstep, she is shocked to…
15. A Darkness of Dragons by S.A. Patrick
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…
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…
