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*** It has come to my attention that I must make it clear at the beginning of my reviews that I received this book for free from the publish...

Michael was walking through the quad, cutting across grass - anxious to get to his film-workshop class even though he was too early - when h...

  Hello 2026. I am so pleased to be looking ahead to another year of reading and reviewing. The month of January always excites me as there ...

Today I am shining the spotlight on this book. A Necromancer Called Gam Gam was the 2nd place finalist in BBNYA 2024! About BBNYA BBNYA is ...

  The Blurb In this contemporary coming-of-age YA novel, a teenage girl navigates a romance with an older boy when they're cast as the l...

  Dad walks into the dining room carrying a showstopper of a cake. All eighteen candles flicker above the raspberry and pistachio topping......

  It is so nice to be back after my visit to Cheshire where I visited my son and his lovely wife. I took the above photo while I was away. I...

  If any of us four was going to make it to Rio de Janeiro, it would have been Johann. In a way, that was clear from the start. Johann had w...

  Dad walks into the dining room carrying a showstopper of a cake. All eighteen candles flicker above the raspberry and pistachio topping......

  I am so happy to be bringing you an excerpt from Cinnamon Girl by Trish MacEnulty. It is a Young Adult novel but it looks like something t...