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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[[image:1472260376.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472260376/refgenre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Crime| stylesummary="verticalIt seemed like an open-align: top; textand-align: left;"|===[[Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson]]=== [[image:5starshut case.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Despite Dorothy Koomson regularly being suggested as an author I might like, ie people who like this author also like Dorothy Koomson, I have never read her beforeA man, covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man. Having done so I can totally see why sheA body at the bottom of a freshly dug grave at Swanton Morley church - he's been stabbed to death. DCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, which coincided with the bestselling author birth of fifteen bookshis daughter Samantha. [[Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson|Full Review]] <!-- Various-->|-| style=You would think he'd be grateful for an easy answer but the words 'perverse'and 'width: 10%; vertical-align: top; textJohn Tanner' were made for each other. He's sleep-align: center;deprived to the point of falling asleep at work but he's determined to keep going - probably because he can'|[[image:1529006031.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.cot get any sleep at home.uk/dp/1529006031/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}} | style==''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;'4 JUNE'''|===[[Return to Wonderland by Various Authors]]==={{Frontpage[[image:4.5star.jpg|linkauthor=Category:{{{Stuart Douglas|title=Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries - Death at the Dress Rehearsal|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers=3.5|genre=Crime|Confident Readers]]summary=During location filming for his 1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] In following a young girl called Alice down 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 I don't remember loving it more as , seemingly, a childlink to death during the Second World War. But I would suggest I am the perfect audience for this book. I had every chance to enjoy these short stories that come at the core from is there really a tangent, that show link between the benefits of the oblique glance. deaths? I've always preferred coming And will they manage to an authoruncover who is responsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=1803368209}}==''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)=={{Frontpage|author=Saima Mir|title=Vengeance|rating=3. For another thing, there 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%; vertical-align: top; text0861541561}}{{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-alignStanton|title=Dungeon Runners: center;"Hero Trial|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers[[image:1471172236.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwMeet Kit.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471172236/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical 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-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Check Mates by Stewart Foster]]=== [[image:5starold, 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]], [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] In many ways Felix 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, eaten, and a new trio of questors is a typical boy in Year 7needed. Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, enjoying playing games on he has taken to the goading from the token bully of his PS4 world and hanging out with his friend Jake at the weekend. However Felix is struggling at school. He is not a problem child but stumbled into declaring he does have 'll enter as a problemteam. His ADHD makes it hard for him to concentrate What chance does this friendless, muscle-free-zone have in actually managing that, he keeps getting into trouble and his grades are slipping. When his Mum suggests that how could he spends more time with his grandfather Felix is horrified. Ever since Grandma died his Granddad has been grumpy and more eccentric than before. All he wants to do is sit possibly hope to succeed?|isbn=1839945184}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Valentine|title=Us in the dark Before and play chess. Felix knows that this will be extremely boring. But sometimes we learn valuable lessons where we least expect to and perhaps Granddad and Felix can help each other. [[Check Mates by Stewart FosterAfter|Full Review]]rating=5|genre=Teens<!-- Jane O'Connor -->|-| style|summary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:B07GLCDXZLElk and Mab are best friends, or more than that even, their friendship is a once in a lifetime connection.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GLCDXZL/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Needlemouse by Jane O They meet as children one day on a trip out but unfortunately they don'Connor]]=== [[image:5start get each other's contact details at the time.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating But then chance brings them back together, and they are inseparable. Something has happened though, something terrible and tragic, and now they must work through their grief, and their friendship, together.|isbn=1471196585}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Women=='''s Fiction|Women13 JUNE's Fiction]]''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1635866847|title=The Lavender CompanionWe first meet Sylvia Penton on her birthday |author=Jessica Dunham and her boss, the ProfTerry Barlin Vesci|rating=4.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It's strange, the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is taking her out to lunchthe book for you. This is her favourite day of Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', I visited the year, not because itauthor's her birthday but because of the special time she gets to spend with [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on the man she loveshomepage. HeI don's told her that he t eat cakes and his wife are going to divorce desserts - Martha is apparently having an affair - and Sylvia is convinced but I wanted that the Prof will then declare his love and they can be togethercake viscerally. She hasn't fully constructed 'together(There' s a recipe in her own mind - she envisages it as romantic, but her imagination hasnthe book, which I't yet progressed m avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was told to the sexual part make a mess of it. Notes in the relationshipmargins are sanctioned. ThereYou get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a problem. I ''s time though - sheloved's only been the prof's PA for fifteen yearsthis book already. [[Needlemouse by Jane O'Connor|Full Review]]}}=='''4 JULY'''== <!-- Davis -->{{Frontpage|-author=Max Boucherat| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Last Life of Lori Mills[[image:0192749218.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192749218/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Confident Readers| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[WhatWe meet Lori on the first evening she's That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] George and Gizmo have been together ever since George was born. Gizmo got the house to herself – no neighbour to pop in, babysitter poorly, mother at work, just an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, on her lonesome. What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has always been a funone main intention, adventurous dog and a loyal friendthat is to log on to Voxminer, but just recentlythe world-building, George has noticed critter-collecting game that heis a hit in Lori's starting to slow down a littleworld. A visit to the vets leaves George worried But first Lori has a tiny inkling that Gizmo might not be around for very much longerthis stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and so he begins then she finds something even more spooky. For the server she and her bestie and nobody else should be able to write Gizmo a bucket list, enter shows signs of all the adventures that they can still have together tampering. When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and her safe place in Gizmo's last days. But are they his last daysthe game has been doctored – well, where is a girl to turn? And who will help George to stay calm when Gizmo is gone? [[What's That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians|Full Review]]isbn=0008666482}}'''11 JULY''' <!-- Chiang -->{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Lecoat|-title=Beyond Summerland| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4[[image:1529014484.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529014484/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] General Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Exhalation by Ted Chiang]]=== [[image:5starJean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the occupation.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] 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, [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] Over and the past twenty-eight years Ted Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short storieswar is finally over, these magnificent stories have won twenty-seven major science fiction awards so if you are a science fiction fan it is likely their hopes rise that you have already come across some they will finally learn what became of the work by Ted Chianghim. If you haven't than take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination But will the truth come as a relief, or will be grateful. [[Exhalation by Ted Chiang|Full Review]] ''' 15 JULY'''it raise further questions around what else happened during the war? Who was the informer who told the Nazis about the radio? And what other secrets have been kept throughout the occupation?|isbn=1846976537}}<!-- James DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->You can work your way through the newest review, category by category, starting [[Newest Animals and Wildlife Reviews|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|here]].[[imageCategory:1781128952.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781128952/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagNon-21Fiction]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dyslexia Friendly|Dyslexia Friendly]], [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] This is a dyslexia-friendly, science fiction novella for young adults. It tells the tale of Hugo, an unwanted and rather lonely android, who makes a living for himself mending time-travel watches. When one of his clients demands that his broken watch be mended, Hugo realises there is a mystery to be solved, and is only too ready to help. An exciting journey of discovery unfolds, which takes Hugo out of his drab attic workroom and into a scary adventure with some amazing new friends, exploring regions of the planet never before known to exist. [[The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James|Full Review]] '''JULY 18''' <!-- Evan Winter -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: 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 ReviewCategory:Fiction]] [[Category:Reviewer CentreChildren's Books]]