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{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" ='''JUNE 2730 MAY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- Koomson -->|isbn=B0CYV674G2|-title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"David Blake|rating=3.5|genre=Crime[[image:1472260376.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwIt seemed like an open-and-shut case.amazon.coA man, covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man.uk/dp/1472260376/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagA body at the bottom of a freshly dug grave at Swanton Morley church -21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson]]=== [[image:5starhe's been stabbed to death. DCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, which coincided with the birth of his daughter Samantha.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Despite Dorothy Koomson regularly being suggested as You would think he'd be grateful for an author I might like, ie people who like this author also like Dorothy Koomson, I have never read her beforeeasy answer but the words 'perverse' and 'John Tanner' were made for each other. Having done so I can totally see why sheHe's sleep-deprived to the bestselling author point of fifteen booksfalling asleep at work but he's determined to keep going - probably because he can't get any sleep at home. [[Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson|Full Review]]}}<!-- Various-->|-| style==''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;'4 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|author=Stuart Douglas[[image:1529006031.jpg|link|title=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529006031/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagLowe and Le Breton Mysteries -21]] Death at the Dress Rehearsal| stylerating=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''3.5|genre===[[Return to Wonderland by Various Authors]]===Crime[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] In following a young girl called Alice down During location filming for his 1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', leading man Edward Lowe stumbles across the dead body of a woman on the rabbit hole edge of a few years agoreservoir. The police seem happy to assign it as an accidental death, when but something about the first book she was in [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (150th Anniversary Edition) by Lewis Carroll whole thing bothers Lowe, and Anthony Browne|hit 150 years he enlists the help of age]]a fellow actor, I found that I didn't really find too much favour with itJohn Le Breton to help him investigate matters further. The wacky-for-They travel across the-sake-of-it did not gelcountry during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, and I don't remember loving it more as a childlink to death during the Second World War. But I would suggest I am is there really a link between the perfect audience for this book. deaths? I had every chance And will they manage to enjoy these short stories that come at the core from a tangent, that show the benefits of the oblique glance. Iuncover who is responsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=1803368209}}=='ve always preferred coming to an author's output through their least obvious, allegedly throw-away pieces, and it's the same with franchises – I6 JUNE''d more likely go for Bree Tanner's short novella than the whole Twilight saga (although that remains just a hunch, for obvious reasons). For another thing, there =={{Frontpage|author=Saima Mir|title=Vengeance|rating=3.5|genre=Thrillers|summary= I was every reason to expect some kind instantly intrigued by the premise of greatness here this novel – with Carroll much loved an organised crime syndicate in the north of England run by millions, surely pieces written with a Muslim woman. The fact that love it was the second in mind could only provide for success after success? [[Return to Wonderland by Various Authors|Full Review]] <!-- Foster -->|-a series I hadn't read didn't stop me – I've jumped midway into a few series before (on page and screen) and it needn't be a hindrance if it's good enough. And that wasn't a problem here. Vengeance swiftly brings you up to speed, and I never felt lost.| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical0861541561}}{{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-alignStanton|title=Dungeon Runners: top; text-align: center;"Hero Trial|rating=4[[image:1471172236.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471172236/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  Confident Readers| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Check Mates by Stewart Foster]]=== [[image:5starMeet Kit. Like most of the people in his world, it seems, he is an avid fan of Dungeon Running – the sport where a team of warrior, mage and healer enter specially prepared, century-old, magical mazes, and race to the exit, perhaps bothering with the treasure or the big bad and the points they grant you along the way.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Unfortunately for Kit, the only thing he's seen of the latest race on the inn TV equivalent is that one team has been retired, [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] In many ways Felix is a typical boy in Year 7eaten, enjoying playing games on his PS4 and hanging out with his friend Jake at the weekend. However Felix a new trio of questors is struggling at schoolneeded. He is not a problem child but he does have a problem. His ADHD makes it hard Possibly very unfortunately indeed for him to concentrateKit, he keeps getting into trouble and has taken to the goading from the token bully of his grades are slippingworld and stumbled into declaring he'll enter as a team. When his Mum suggests What chance does this friendless, muscle-free-zone have in actually managing that , and how could he spends more time with his grandfather Felix is horrified. Ever since Grandma died his Granddad has been grumpy possibly hope to succeed?|isbn=1839945184}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Valentine|title=Us in the Before and After|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=Elk and Mab are best friends, or more eccentric than before. All he wants to do that even, their friendship is sit a once in the dark and play chessa lifetime connection. Felix knows that this will be extremely boring They meet as children one day on a trip out but unfortunately they don't get each other's contact details at the time. But sometimes we learn valuable lessons where we least expect to then chance brings them back together, and they are inseparable. Something has happened though, something terrible and perhaps Granddad tragic, and Felix can help each other. [[Check Mates by Stewart Foster|Full Review]]now they must work through their grief, and their friendship, together.|isbn=1471196585<!-- Jane O'Connor -->}}|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"='''13 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1635866847[[image:B07GLCDXZL.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GLCDXZL/refThe Lavender Companion|author=nosim?tagJessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci|rating=thebookbag-21]] 4.5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Lifestyle|summary===[[Needlemouse by Jane OIt's strange, the things that make you ''immediately''Connor]]=== [[image:5starfeel that this is the book for you.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [ Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', I visited the author's [https:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction//www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website]], [[:Category:Womenand there's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] We first meet Sylvia Penton a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on her birthday and her boss, the Prof, is taking her out to lunchhomepage. This is her favourite day of the year, not because it's her birthday I don't eat cakes and desserts - but because of the special time she gets to spend with the man she lovesI wanted that cake viscerally. He(There's told her that he a recipe in the book, which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and his wife I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the margins are going sanctioned. You get to divorce - Martha is apparently having an affair - and Sylvia is convinced fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that the Prof will then declare his love and they can smears of butter would not be togethera problem. She hasnI 't fully constructed 'togetherloved' in her own mind - she envisages it as romantic, but her imagination hasn't yet progressed to the sexual part of the relationshipthis book already. There's time though - she's only been the prof's PA for fifteen years. [[Needlemouse by Jane O'Connor|Full Review]] '}}=='''4 JULY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- Davis -->|author=Max Boucherat|-title=The Last Life of Lori Mills| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4.5[[image:0192749218.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192749218/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Confident Readers| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[WhatWe meet Lori on the first evening she's That got the house to herself – no neighbour to pop in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians]]=== [[image:4, babysitter poorly, mother at work, just an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, on her lonesome.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] George What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has one main intention, and Gizmo have been together ever since George was bornthat is to log on to Voxminer, the world-building, critter-collecting game that is a hit in Lori's world. Gizmo But first Lori has always been a fun, adventurous dog tiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and a loyal friend, but just recently, George has noticed that he's starting to slow down a littlethen she finds something even more spooky. A visit to For the vets leaves George worried that Gizmo might not server she and her bestie and nobody else should be around for very much longer, and so he begins able to write Gizmo a bucket list, enter shows signs of all the adventures that they can still have together in Gizmo's last daystampering. But are they his last days? And who will help George When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and her safe place in the game has been doctored – well, where is a girl to stay calm when Gizmo is goneturn? [[What's That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians|Full Review]]|isbn=0008666482}}'''11 JULY'''{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Lecoat<!-- Chiang -->|title=Beyond Summerland|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|General Fiction[[image:1529014484.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwJean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the occupation.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529014484/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Exhalation by Ted Chiang]]=== [[image:5star During the war, Jean's father was arrested for listening to a banned radio and soldiers took him away one night, leaving Jean and her mother waiting for years for news of him. As the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, and the war is finally over, their hopes rise that they will finally learn what became of him.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] Over But will the truth come as a relief, or will it raise further questions around what else happened during the past twenty-eight years Ted Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short stories, these magnificent stories war? Who was the informer who told the Nazis about the radio? And what other secrets have won twentybeen kept throughout the occupation?|isbn=1846976537}}<!-seven major science fiction awards so if you are a science fiction fan it is likely that you have already come across some of - DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->You can work your way through the work newest review, category by Ted Chiang. If you haven't than take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination will be gratefulcategory, starting [[Newest Animals and Wildlife Reviews|here]]. [[Exhalation by Ted Chiang|Full ReviewCategory:Non-Fiction]] '''JULY 18''' <!-- Evan Winter -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align[[Category: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0356512940.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356512940/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Every so often, as a reader, a book comes along that is utter and complete perfection. This book is one of those. Utter and complete perfection. Winter has created an absolute masterpiece of a novel, set in the fantasy land of Uhmlaba the reader is instantly thrown into war, a battle for survival for the Omehi people. Fleeing their homeland, they have to fight to remain on the only scrap of land they can reach. The culture of the Omehi people is rich and deep but not perfect, not sanctimonious. They have villains, they have faults, they are the invaders after all, but Winter creates a realistic and honest portrayal of a people desperate to survive, to save themselves and their culture for future generations. [[The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter|Full Review]] '''1 August ''' <!-- Fegan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1925810097.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925810097/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[Don't Drink the Pink by B C R Fegan]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Madeline is very fond of Grandfather Gilderberry. He's always busy in his workshop, creating crazy potions, and he always has a smile on his face. Madeline's dad thinks he's a bit bonkers and Madeline's mum thinks the same but gives him a pass because he's old. But Madeline? She thinks Grandfather Gilberberry is just great. Particularly on her birthday when he unfailingly arrives with a selection of potions and allows her to choose one as a gift. And he always says the same thing... [[Don't Drink the Pink by B C R Fegan|Full Review]] '''8 AUGUST''' <!-- Shackle -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473225213.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473225213/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[We Are The Dead by Mike Shackle]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Mike Shackle has written a really interesting and unusual story in ''We Are The Dead''; the tag line for the novel is 'No More Heroes' and that is what makes this story so different. There are villains galore but no specific heroes; rather the story is scattered with characters doing their own small part to survive, to fight back, and to find vengeance, in a world that has been utterly torn apart. The plot does not hang on any one character, no one is important, anyone can die and many do, but, like ants working together, each small character achieves their own part of a much larger plot that is rich and complex and keeps the reader glued to the story. [[We Are The Dead by Mike Shackle|Full Review]] <!-- Coleman -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1785032461.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032461/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Trudy Heaton is going home, to a house where her roots burrow back through the centuries and to a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years. Home, her refuge, Ponden Hall, where she can heal herself and try to come to terms with the traumatic loss of her husband. She needs to build bridges with her mother and convince her grieving son that his father is dead. Where better than the house full of light and shadow, that nurtured her throughout her childhood? [[The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman|Full Review]] '''AUGUST 29''' <!-- Whitlock -->|-| style=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''|[[image:1782692177.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782692177/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[The Collective by Lindsey Whitlock]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] ''Illinois Territory, Collective Homesteads of America.'' It's certainly an unusual place. Some people live in sunken houses, buried into hillsides to disguise how large their property is at times of austerity, among other reasons. Others are called Foresters, for they live and work in trees – forever playing and resting in trees as children, but farming in amongst them and living between them too. These two sides hate each other – so perhaps this is less of an unusual place than at first sight. Our drama kicks off when the small area the Foresters live in is placed under compulsory purchase – the residents are given a pitiful amount to clear out, before they get manfully cleared out. It's probably the Hills that are behind this, what's more. Our hero, Elwyn, has just left the trees for the Hills, to live with an uncle and learn their ways – he's just of age to decide things for himself, and he has decided to see how the other half lives. This has, of course, opened himself up to no end of prejudicial judgement. But what's this – as soon as he reaches the Hills he sees a third way of living, in a lovely colonial-style mansion, where everything sparkles and shines with crystalline light. What does it mean that he feels destiny-bound to this even posher, newer and more hopeful life? [[The Collective by Lindsey Whitlock|Full Review]] '''5 SEPTEMBER''' <!-- McGee -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0241365953.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241365953/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[American Royals by Katharine McGee]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Two and a half centuries ago, America won the Revolutionary War and General George Washington was offered the crown. Today, the House of Washington still sit on the thrown with Princess Beatrice next in line. Beatrice's whole life has been building up to her ruling the United States and the time for her reign is imminent. [[American Royals by Katharine McGee|Full Review]] <!-- Moyer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:178747920X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178747920X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Robin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marian, and retreating to a monastery – although no-one knows quite what led him to abandon all that he had built. Marion's life since has been relatively quiet - but when her friends start dying, Marion is tasked by Father Tuck to break the curse surrounding them and to save their lives. Setting off with a soldier, a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled in a maze of betrayals, complicated relationships, and a vicious struggle for the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer|Full ReviewFiction]] [[Category:Reviewer CentreChildren's Books]]