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 {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''5 SEPTEMBER30 MAY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- Moyer -->|isbn=B0CYV674G2|-title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"David Blake|[[image:178747920Xrating=3.jpg5|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178747920X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Crime| stylesummary="verticalIt seemed like an open-align: top; textand-align: left;"|===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]=== [[image:4shut case.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]A man, covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Robin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marian, and retreating to comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man. A body at the bottom of a monastery – although nofreshly dug grave at Swanton Morley church -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 dyingstabbed to death. DCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, Marion is tasked by Father Tuck to break which coincided with the curse surrounding them and to save their livesbirth of his daughter Samantha. Setting off with a soldier, a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled in a maze of betrayals, complicated relationships, You would think he'd be grateful for an easy answer but the words 'perverse' and a vicious struggle 'John Tanner' were made for each other. He's sleep-deprived to the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer|Full Review]]point of falling asleep at work but he's determined to keep going - probably because he can't get any sleep at home.}}<!-- Sedgwick -->=='''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:1788542347.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788542347/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Crime|summary===[[SnowflakeDuring location filming for his 1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', AZ by Marcus Sedgwick]]=== [[image:3leading man Edward Lowe stumbles across the dead body of a woman on the edge of a reservoir.5star The police 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.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] This is a deep They travel across the country during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, interesting read unlike any book I've read in quite some time. The novel's story follows a young man named Ash in link to death during the process of joining Second World War. But is there really a community of sick people in link between the curiously named town of Snowflake, Arizona. These deaths? And will they manage to uncover who is responsible before more people are sick, but itlose their lives?|isbn=1803368209}}==''s not a sickness you've heard of. Instead, they6 JUNE're environmentally ill – affected by household chemicals and fabrics, pesticides, static electricity, and radiation – and their only ''cure'' is to stay in the town away from the real world=={{Frontpage|author=Saima Mir|title=Vengeance|rating=3. Though it's about a real place, 5|genre=Thrillers|summary= I was instantly intrigued by the people premise of this novel – an organised crime syndicate in the north of England run by a Muslim woman. The fact that it are fictional. It really is was the second in 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]] |} {|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"==series I hadn't read didn't stop me – I'19 SEPTEMBER've jumped midway into a few series before (on page and screen) and it needn't be a hindrance if it'==<!-- Jamie -->s good enough. And that wasn't a problem here. Vengeance swiftly brings you up to speed, and I never felt lost.|isbn=0861541561}}{{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton| styletitle="widthDungeon Runners: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Hero Trial|rating=4[[image:1908745819.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908745819/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Confident Readers| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; textMeet 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-align: left;"|===[[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie]]=== [[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:History|History]] Unfortunately for Kit, [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Sometimes when people suggest the only thing he's seen of the latest race on the inn TV equivalent is that you read a certain bookone team has been retired, they tell you ''this one has your name on it''eaten, and a new trio of questors is needed. Mostly we take them at their word Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, or not, but rarely do we ask them why they thought so, unless it turns out that we didn't like he has taken to the goading from the book. Thattoken bully of his world and stumbled into declaring he's ll enter as a rare experienceteam. People who are sensitive to hearing a book calling your name What chance does this friendless, rarely get it wrong. In this case I was told why. The blurb speaks of the author considering ''an oldermuscle-free-zone have in actually managing that, less tethered sense of herself.'' Older. Less tethered. That's not a bad description of where I am. Add to that my love of and how could he possibly hope to succeed?|isbn=1839945184}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Valentine|title=Us in the natural world, of those aspects of the poetic Before and After|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=Elk and lyrical that Mab are about style not formbest friends, and substance most of allor more than that even, about their friendship is a once in a lifetime connection. Of course this book had my name They meet as children one day on it. It was written for me. It would have found its way to me eventuallya trip out but unfortunately they don't get each other's contact details at the time. I am pleased to have it fall onto my path so quicklyBut then chance brings them back together, and they are inseparable. [[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie Something has happened though, something terrible and tragic, and now they must work through their grief, and their friendship, together.|Full Review]]isbn=1471196585|}} {|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"==='''3 OCTOBER13 JUNE'''== <!-- Jansson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1635866847| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Lavender Companion[[image:190874572X.jpg|linkauthor=http://wwwJessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci|rating=4.amazon.co.uk/dp/190874572X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Lifestyle|summary===[[Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson (Author)It's strange, Boel Westin (Editor), Helen Svensson (Editor), Sarah Death (Translator) ]]=== [the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is the book for you. Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', I visited the author's [imagehttps:5star//www.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviewspinelavenderfarm.com/ website]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Back at the beginning and there's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on the century I went on holiday to Nepalhomepage. I met a wonderful Finnish woman don't eat cakes and we became sort of friendsdesserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. (There's a recipe in the book, which I can't remember if it m avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was on that holiday or a later one that Paula told me I really had to read Tove Janssonmake a mess of it. I do know that it was four years later Notes in the margins are sanctioned. You get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that I finally acquired an English translation smears of The Summer Book, and that butter would not be a problem. I eagerly awaited the ''Sort Ofloved'' this book already.}}=='''4 JULY'' 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) =={{Frontpage|author=Max Boucherat|Full Review]]title=The Last Life of Lori Mills <!-- Susan Hill -->|-|rating=4.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Confident Readers[[image:1784742783.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazonWe meet Lori on the first evening she's 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.co.uk/dp/1784742783/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has one main intention, and that is to log on to Voxminer, the world-21]]  | style="verticalbuilding, critter-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler) by Susan Hill]]=== [[image:5starcollecting game that is a hit in Lori's world.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] A superficial look would suggest to you that Simon Serrailer has been lucky But first Lori has a tiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and - all things considered - his life is as good as it could then she finds something even more spooky. For the server she and her bestie and nobody else should be. He's back at work after a long break able to recuperate from the violent incident which cost him his arm and almost his lifeenter shows signs of tampering. When he's not at work he's spending his time malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and her safe place 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 cargame has been doctored – well, where is a girl to turn?|isbn=0008666482}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny Lecoat|title=Beyond Summerland|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=Jean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the occupation. During the war, and a phone which wonJean't make s father was arrested for listening to a call. The man are generous banned radio and welcoming soldiers took him away one night, leaving Jean and have no suspicions that the couple are simply there to plan a robberyher mother waiting for years for news of him. It's a serious error of judgement in As the British finally free the course of this investigation which Channel islands from the Nazis, and the war is finally over, their hopes rise that they will throw Simon Serrailler's future into doubtfinally learn what became of him. [[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler) by Susan Hill 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 Nazis about the radio? And what other secrets have been kept throughout the occupation?|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 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]]isbn=1846976537}}

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