I’m always happy to crawl into bed at the end of the day and read my book but I found myself thinking about bedtime at 4pm, just because I was looking forward to reading my book! This was a library book called Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan. I reviewed Lanagan’s short stories, Singing my sister… Continue reading Sea Hearts – book review
Category: Young adult
Books for young adults – Christmas ideas
With potentially seven or eight weeks of holidays ahead of them, teenagers need some decent books to keep them away from their screens! Young adult fiction can be a tricky area to navigate – a book that a nineteen-year-old might enjoy may not be suitable for a fourteen-year-old. The age of the protagonist is a good… Continue reading Books for young adults – Christmas ideas
Singing my sister down and other stories by Margo Lanagan – book review
I had goosebumps when I read Margo Lanagan’s short story, ‘Singing my sister down’. It’s a combination of her evocative language, believable worlds and her unique characters and the situations they find themselves in. This story is also the title of her collection of fantasy short stories, some of them written almost twenty years ago. If you’re… Continue reading Singing my sister down and other stories by Margo Lanagan – book review
The hate u give – book review
The hate u give by Angie Thomas may be one of my favourite books for 2017 – and we’re only a quarter of the year in. It’s a young adult book but I’d argue that anyone over the age of 14 should read it. I’ve given it to Mr 13 to read. It’s about Starr Carter,… Continue reading The hate u give – book review