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 {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''5 SEPTEMBER30 MAY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- McGee -->|isbn=B0CYV674G2|-title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|David Blake[[image:0241365953.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241365953/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Crime| stylesummary="verticalIt seemed like an open-align: top; textand-align: left;"|===[[American Royals by Katharine McGee]]=== [[image:4starshut case. A man, covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man. A body at the bottom of a freshly dug grave at Swanton Morley church - he's been stabbed to death.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Two and a half centuries agoDCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, America won which coincided with the Revolutionary War and General George Washington was offered the crownbirth of his daughter Samantha. Today, the House of Washington still sit on You would think he'd be grateful for an easy answer but the thrown with Princess Beatrice next in linewords 'perverse' and 'John Tanner' were made for each other. BeatriceHe's whole life has been building up sleep-deprived to her ruling the United States and the time for her reign is imminentpoint of falling asleep at work but he's determined to keep going - probably because he can't get any sleep at home. [[American Royals by Katharine McGee|Full Review]]}}<!-- Hewitt -->=='''4 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|-author=Stuart Douglas| styletitle="width: 10%; verticalLowe and Le Breton Mysteries -align: top; text-align: center;"|Death at the Dress Rehearsal[[image:1509896465.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509896465/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Crime|summary===[[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 edge of a reservoir. The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt]]=== [[image:4police seem happy to assign it as an accidental death, but something about the whole thing bothers Lowe, and he enlists the help of a fellow actor, John Le Breton to help him investigate matters further.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] They travel across the country during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]]a link to death during the Second World War. But is there really a link between the deaths? And will they manage to uncover who is responsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=1803368209}}==''The Nightjar'6 JUNE''' is an unusual and exciting story=={{Frontpage|author=Saima Mir|title=Vengeance|rating=3. Alice Wyndham lives a normal life in London until she finds 5|genre=Thrillers|summary= I was instantly intrigued by the premise of this novel – an organised crime syndicate in the north of England run by a box on her doorstep one morning and her life begins to unravel, fastMuslim woman. From The fact that very moment, her life is flooded with magic, loss, expectation it was the second in a series I hadn't read didn't stop me – I've jumped midway into a few series before (on page and screen) and particularly, betrayal. As everything around her shifts, all it needn't be a hindrance if it's good enough. And that she knowswasn't a problem here. Vengeance swiftly brings you up to speed, all that she thinks she knows, must changeand I never felt lost. 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 Review]]isbn=0861541561}}{{Frontpage<!-- Moyer -|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd->Stanton|-title=Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=Confident Readers[[image:178747920X.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwMeet Kit.amazon.co.uk/dp/178747920X/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;"|===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]=== [[image:4old, 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.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] 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, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Robin Hood and a new trio of questors is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marianneeded. Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, 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 taken to the goading from the curse surrounding them token bully of his world and to save their livesstumbled into declaring he'll enter as a team. Setting off with a soldier What chance does this friendless, a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled muscle-free-zone have in a maze of betrayals, complicated relationshipsactually managing that, and a vicious struggle for the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyerhow could he possibly hope to succeed?|Full Review]]isbn=1839945184}}{{Frontpage<!-- Sedgwick -->|author=Jenny Valentine|-title=Us in the Before and After| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"5|genre=Teens[[image:1788542347.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwElk and Mab are best friends, or more than that even, their friendship is a once in a lifetime connection.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788542347/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Snowflake 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 then chance brings them back together, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick]]=== [[image:3and they are inseparable.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating 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:Literary Fiction=='''13 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1635866847|Literary Fiction]]title=The Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin VesciThis is a deep, interesting read unlike any book I've read in quite some time|rating=4. The novel5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It's story follows a young man named Ash in strange, the process of joining a community of sick people in things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is the curiously named town of Snowflake, Arizonabook for you. These people are sick Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', but itI visited the author's not [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's a picture of a sickness you've heard slice ofchocolate cake on the homepage. Instead, they I don're environmentally ill – affected by household chemicals t eat cakes and fabrics, pesticides, static electricity, and radiation – and their only ''cure'' is to stay in the town away from the real worlddesserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. Though it (There's about a real placerecipe in the book, the people in which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was told to make a mess of it are fictional. It really is a place apart, quite literally cut off from Notes in the outside world – people margins are even required sanctioned. You get to decontaminate themselves thoroughly before becoming fully integratedfold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a problem. I ''loved'' this book already. [[Snowflake, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick|Full Review]] |} {|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"}=='''19 SEPTEMBER4 JULY'''==<!-- Jamie -->{{Frontpage|-author=Max Boucherat| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Last Life of Lori Mills|[[image:1908745819.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908745819/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Confident Readers|summary===[[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]]We meet Lori on the first evening she's got the house to herself – no neighbour to pop in, babysitter poorly, [[:Category:Travel|Travel]]mother at work, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Sometimes when people suggest that you read a certain bookjust an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, they tell you ''this one has your name on it''her lonesome. Mostly we take them at their word What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, or notshe has one main intention, but rarely do we ask them why they thought soand that is to log on to Voxminer, unless it turns out that we didn't like the book. Thatworld-building, critter-collecting game that is a hit in Lori's a rare experienceworld. People who are sensitive to hearing But first Lori has a book calling your name, rarely get it wrong. In tiny inkling that this case I was told whystormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and then she finds something even more spooky. The blurb speaks of For the author considering ''an older, less tethered sense server she and her bestie and nobody else should be able to enter shows signs of herselftampering.'' Older. Less tethered. That's not a bad description of where I am. Add to that my love of When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and her safe place in the natural worldgame has been doctored – well, 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 where is a girl to me eventually. I am pleased to have it fall onto my path so quickly. [[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamieturn?|Full Review]]isbn=0008666482|}}{{Frontpage{|class-wikitable" cellpaddingauthor="15"Jenny Lecoat|title=Beyond Summerland|rating='''3 OCTOBER'''4|genre== <!-- Jansson -->|-General Fiction| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:190874572XJean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the occupation.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) During the war, Jean's father was arrested for listening to a banned radio and soldiers took him away one night, Boel Westin (Editor)leaving Jean and her mother waiting for years for news of him. As the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, Helen Svensson (Editor)and the war is finally over, Sarah Death (Translator) ]]=== [[image:5startheir hopes rise that they will finally learn what became of him.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Back at But will the truth come as a relief, or will it raise further questions around what else happened during the war? Who was the informer who told the beginning of Nazis about 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. radio? 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"=='''12 NOVEMBER'''==<!-- Claire North -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0316316849.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316316849/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]  When William Abbey fails to prevent the lynching of a young boy in 1880's South Africa, he finds himself cursed by the grieving mother. A naïve English Doctor, he slowly learns the weight of the curse upon him, as the shadow of the dead boy begins to follow him across the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking the truths that he hears in others, he also learns that the dark shadow is deadly – and seeks to kill the one he loves the most… [[The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North|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 And what other secrets have been kept throughout 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 Hollidayoccupation?|Full Review]]isbn=1846976537}}

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