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 {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''1 SEPTEMBER30 MAY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- Ellory -->|isbn=B0CYV674G2|-title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)| styleauthor=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''David Blake|rating=3.5[[image:1542007232.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1542007232/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Crime| stylesummary=''verticalIt seemed like an open-and-align: top; textshut case. A man, covered in mud and blood -align: left;and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn''|===[[The Rabbit Girls by Anna Ellory]]=== [[image:3start killed the man.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]A 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, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Berlin, 1989which coincided with the birth of his daughter Samantha. Miriam is in You would think he'd be grateful for an easy answer but the middle of a city freshly united, with the Wall newly broken down words 'perverse' and people able to cross at liberty 'John Tanner' were made for the first time in decadeseach other. She is in He's sleep-deprived to the middle point of such euphoria, falling asleep at work but cannot feel it, for she has not left her fatherhe's apartment in weeks, nursing him as determined to keep going - probably because he lies dyingcan't get any sleep at home. One standard bed-bath, however, is very different, when he gasps the name }}==''Frieda'4 JUNE' that she does not recognise – ''=={{Frontpage|author=Stuart Douglas|title=Lowe and she sees for Le Breton Mysteries - Death at the first time ever a tattoo for Dress Rehearsal|rating=3.5|genre=Crime|summary=During location filming for his camp inmate identity under his watch. One bombshell outside1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', then, and two insideleading man Edward Lowe stumbles across the dead body of a woman on the edge of a reservoir. And inside her fatherThe police seem happy to assign it as an accidental death, Henrykbut something about the whole thing bothers Lowe, what is going on, as and he has enlists the help of a first person narrative alternating with her story? fellow actor, John Le Breton to help him investigate matters further. What will we find happenedThey travel across the country during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, as he remembers back to the real Friedaseemingly, a young woman that shook him link to death during the core when he was her literature professor? Second World War. That's right, But is there really a link between the deaths? And will they manage to uncover who is responsible before more bombshells… [[The Rabbit Girls by Anna Ellorypeople lose their lives?|Full Review]]isbn=1803368209 |}} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"==='''5 SEPTEMBER6 JUNE'''==<!-- Renee Watson -->{{Frontpage|-author=Saima Mir| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Vengeance[[image:1526613689.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1526613689/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 3.5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Thrillers|summary===[[Some Places More Than Others I was instantly intrigued by Renee Watson]]=== [[image:4starthe premise of this novel – an organised crime syndicate in the north of England run by a Muslim woman.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]]  AmaraThe fact that it was the second in a series I hadn't read didn's twelfth birthday is coming up and she wants nothing more for t stop me – I've jumped midway into a few series before (on page and screen) and it than needn't be a trip to New York to meet her fatherhindrance if it's side of the familygood enough. But her father hasnAnd that wasn't spoken a problem here. Vengeance swiftly brings you up to Amara's grandfather for many years - Amara doesn't know why - speed, and both her parents are resistant to the ideaI never felt lost. But Amara is nothing if not persistent |isbn=0861541561}}{{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and a school family history project provides her with the perfect wedge. Eventually, her parents give in and off she goes... with a secret mission from her mother: to bring her father and Grandpa Earl back together again. [[Some Places More Than Others by Renee WatsonJoe Todd-Stanton|title=Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial|rating=4|Full Review]]genre=Confident Readers <!-- McGee -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0241365953|summary=Meet Kit.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241365953/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag 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-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[American Royals by Katharine McGee]]=== [[image:4starold, 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:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Two and a half centuries ago, America won the Revolutionary War and General George Washington was offered the crown. Today, Unfortunately for Kit, the only thing he's seen of the House of Washington still sit latest race on the thrown with Princess Beatrice next in line. Beatrice's whole life inn TV equivalent is that one team has been building up to her ruling the United States retired, eaten, and the time for her reign a new trio of questors is imminentneeded. [[American Royals by Katharine McGee|Full Review]] <! Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, he has taken to the goading from the token bully of his world and stumbled into declaring he'll enter as a team. What chance does this friendless, muscle-free- Hewitt -->zone have in actually managing that, and how could he possibly hope to succeed?|-isbn=1839945184}}{{Frontpage| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Jenny Valentine[[image:1509896465.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509896465/refUs in the Before and After|rating=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Teens|summary===[[The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt]]=== [[image:4Elk and Mab are best friends, or more than that even, their friendship is a once in a lifetime connection.5star They meet as children one day on a trip out but unfortunately they don't get each other's contact details at the time.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] But then chance brings them back together, [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]]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}}=='''13 JUNE'The Nightjar'' is an unusual =={{Frontpage|isbn=1635866847|title=The Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and exciting storyTerry Barlin Vesci|rating=4. Alice Wyndham lives a normal life in London until she finds a box on her doorstep one morning and her life begins to unravel5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It's strange, fast. From the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that very moment, her life this is flooded with magic, loss, expectation and particularly, betrayalthe book for you. As everything around her shifts Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', all that she knows, all that she thinks she knows, must changeI visited the author's [https://www. Who can she trust? Who must she trust? Who will she trust? More importantly, can she even trust herself? [[The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt|Full Reviewpinelavenderfarm.com/ website]] <!and there's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and desserts -- Moyer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:178747920X.jpg|link=http://www.amazonbut I wanted that cake viscerally. (There's a recipe in the book, which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the margins are sanctioned.co You get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a problem. I ''loved'' this book already.uk/dp/178747920X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|}}===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]'''4 JULY'''=={{Frontpage|author=Max Boucherat|title=The Last Life of Lori Mills[[image:|rating=4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:FantasyConfident Readers|Fantasy]]summary=We meet Lori on the first evening she's got the house to herself – no neighbour to pop in, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Robin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marianbabysitter poorly, mother at work, and retreating to a monastery – although nojust an avidly rule-one knows quite what led him to abandon all that he had builtbreaking eleven year old, on her lonesome. Marion's life since What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has been relatively quiet - but when her friends start dyingone main intention, Marion and that is tasked by Father Tuck to break log on to Voxminer, the curse surrounding them and to save their lives. Setting off with a soldierworld-building, critter-collecting game that is a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled hit in Lori's world. But first Lori has a maze of betrayals, complicated relationships, tiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and a vicious struggle for then she finds something even more spooky. For the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer|Full Review]]server she and her bestie and nobody else should be able to enter shows signs of tampering. 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 turn?|isbn=0008666482<!-- Sedgwick -->}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Lecoat|-title=Beyond Summerland| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=General Fiction[[image:1788542347.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwJean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the occupation.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788542347/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Snowflake During the war, Jean's father was arrested for listening to a banned radio and soldiers took him away one night, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick]]=== [[image:3leaving Jean and her mother waiting for years for news of him.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] This is a deep As the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, and the war is finally over, interesting read unlike any book I've read in quite some timetheir hopes rise that they will finally learn what became of him. The novel's story follows a young man named Ash in But will the process of joining truth come as a community of sick people in the curiously named town of Snowflakerelief, Arizona. These people are sick, but or will it's not a sickness you've heard of. Instead, they're environmentally ill – affected by household chemicals and fabrics, pesticides, static electricity, and radiation – and their only ''cure'' is to stay in raise further questions around what else happened during the town away from war? Who was the informer who told the real world. Though it's Nazis about a real place, the people in it are fictional. It really is a place apart, quite literally cut off from the outside world – people are even required to decontaminate themselves thoroughly before becoming fully integrated. [[Snowflake, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick|Full Review]] |}radio? And what other secrets have been kept throughout the occupation?{|class-wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15"=='''19 SEPTEMBER'''==<!-- Jamie -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1908745819.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908745819/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Sometimes when people suggest that you read a certain book, they tell you ''this one has your name on it''. Mostly we take them at their word, or not, but rarely do we ask them why they thought so, unless it turns out that we didn't like the book. That's a rare experience. People who are sensitive to hearing a book calling your name, rarely get it wrong. In this case I was told why. The blurb speaks of the author considering ''an older, less tethered sense of herself.'' Older. Less tethered. That's not a bad description of where I am. Add to that my love of the natural world, of those aspects of the poetic and lyrical that are about style not form, and substance most of all, about connection. Of course this book had my name on it. It was written for me. It would have found its way to me eventually. I am pleased to have it fall onto my path so quickly. [[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie|Full Review]]|} {|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''3 OCTOBER'''== <!-- Jansson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:190874572X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/190874572X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson (Author), Boel Westin (Editor), Helen Svensson (Editor), Sarah Death (Translator) ]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Back at the beginning of the century I went on holiday to Nepal. I met a wonderful Finnish woman and we became sort of friends. I can't remember if it was on that holiday or a later one that Paula told me I really had to read Tove Jansson. I do know that it was four years later that I finally acquired an English translation of The Summer Book, and that I eagerly awaited the ''Sort Of'' translations of the rest of Jansson's work and devoured them as soon as I could get my hands on them. [[Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson (Author), Boel Westin (Editor), Helen Svensson (Editor), Sarah Death (Translator) |Full Review]] <!-- Susan Hill -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1784742783.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784742783/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler) by Susan Hill]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] A superficial look would suggest to you that Simon Serrailer has been lucky and - all things considered - his life is as good as it could be. He's back at work after a long break to recuperate from the violent incident which cost him his arm and almost his life. When he's not at work he's spending his time in the cathedral roof drawing the medieval angels which are being restored. There's talk of an exhibition of his drawings. Lafferton seems to be quite settled as far as crime is concerned until one night when two local men open their front door to a couple seeking shelter. It's the usual story of a broken-down car, and a phone which won't make a call. The man are generous and welcoming and have no suspicions that the couple are simply there to plan a robbery. It's a serious error of judgement in the course of this investigation which will throw Simon Serrailler's future into doubt. [[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler) by Susan Hill|Full Review]] <!-- Thakur -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:140638853X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/140638853X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]], [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of poems that are all unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow','wait','break'and 'grow again', guiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on. Each section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to African proverbs. This provides a nice introduction to the section before you are immersed into the beautifully written and eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and soul into. [[Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur|Full Review]] <!-- Jamie Smart -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:bookreviewercentre.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910989460/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Flember: The Secret Book by Jamie Smart]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] A mysterious island. A strange and mystical power called Flember. A boy-inventor called Dev, who uncovers a long forgotten secret. And a giant, red robot bear?! The sleepy village of Eden is about to descend into hilarious chaos - can disastrous Dev save his brand new best friend? Find out in this fully illustrated mad-cap adventure. [[Flember: The Secret Book by Jamie Smart|Full Review]] <!-- Jamie Littler -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0241355222.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/ISBN/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Frostheart by Jamie Littler]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off from the rest of human-kin by monsters that lurk beneath the Snow Sea. There, a little boy called Ash waits for the return of his parents, singing a forbidden lullaby to remind him of them... and doing his best to avoid his very, VERY grumpy yeti guardian, Tobu. But life is about to get a whole lot more crazy-adventurous for Ash. When a brave rescue attempt reveals he has amazing magical powers, he's whisked aboard the Frostheart, a sleigh packed full of daring explorers who could use his help. But can they help him find his family . . . ? Frostheart by Jamie Littler|Full Review]] <!-- Moriarty -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1913101037.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1913101037/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Bronte doesn't miss her parents, and she's not particularly sad when she learns of their terrible fate at the hands of pirates. And why should she be? After all, they just dumped her on Aunt Isabelle (without even asking if it would be a convenient arrangement for either party) when she was a baby. They swanned off to have adventures, and never once came back to check if their only child was healthy and happy. [[The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty|Full Review]]|} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''31 OCTOBER'''==<!-- Peter F Hamilton -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1447281357.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447281357/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia. Yet life on Earth is about to change, forever. Feriton Kane's investigative team has discovered the worst threat ever to face mankind – and we've almost no time to fight back. The supposedly benign Olyix plan to harvest humanity, in order to carry us to their god at the end of the universe. And as their agents conclude schemes down on earth, vast warships converge above to gather this cargo. Some factions push for humanity to flee, to live in hiding amongst the stars – although only a chosen few would make it out in time. But others refuse to break before the storm. As disaster looms, animosities must be set aside to focus on just one goal: wiping this enemy from the face of creation. Even if it means preparing for a future this generation will never see. [[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''3 NOVEMBER'''== <!-- Eoin Colfer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0008324859.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008324859/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Relax, everyone – our old friend Artemis may be off planet, but the baddies aren't getting away with skulduggery any time soon because they now have not one but two members of the Fowl family to contend with. Those cute little twins are now eleven (and, frankly, cute no longer) and in this, their first independent adventure, they meet a troll and without even trying manage to make two deadly enemies: a nobleman obsessed with immortality whatever the cost (to other people), and an unusual interrogator-nun. The boys are chased, kidnapped, arrested and even killed (though not for long), all with the help of one trainee fairy. [[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''7 NOVEMBER'''==<!-- Keret -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1609809319.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1609809319/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] One day a boy is in the zoo with his father, when the man gets called away on urgent business. The boy isn't hustled into a cab and taken home first, though, no – he's given hot dog money, and taxi money, and told to just stick around on his own and enjoy himself. Well, it's no surprise that the orphan-for-an-afternoon sensation the lad feels doesn't make him happy, and so he thinks of a species name for himself, and curls himself up into an empty cage, as if he were a new exhibit. And it's then the drama begins… [[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)|Full Review]] |} {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''14 NOVEMBER '''== <!-- Gardner -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1786695227.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786695227/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Invisible in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] The beginning of this excellent story will leave the reader more than a little confused: who is the man in the green suit, what is the Reckoning, and why are rows of people in a cave? But stick with it – Ms Gardner is very cleverly letting us experience the same disorientation as our heroine. We watch in dismay as the strange man, who seems to have no eyes, does his best to persuade her to answer his questions. But for some reason Celeste, despite her bewilderment, remains wary and gives nothing away. [[Invisible in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner|Full Review]] <!-- Holliday -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1912374854.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912374854/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Violet by S J I Holliday]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] I've never been but understand that travelling is all about meeting new people and forming instantaneous bonds with people in often chance situations. Well that's exactly what happens when the two main/only characters meet in a travel agency in Beijing - Carrie is unsuccessfully trying to get a refund on an extra ticket for the Trans-Siberian train and Violet is trying to unsuccessfully buy a ticket for the same sold-out journey. As the two team up, travelling through Mongolia, Serbia and into Russia, it could've been the start of a beautiful friendship but this a thriller after all so it quickly becomes a tale of obsession, manipulation and toxic friendships. [[Violet by S J I Holliday|Full Review]]1846976537}}

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