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 {|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''5 SEPTEMBER30 MAY'''=={{Frontpage<!-- Sedgwick -->|isbn=B0CYV674G2|-title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"David Blake|[[image:1788542347rating=3.jpg5|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788542347/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Crime| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; textIt seemed like an open-and-align: left;"|===[[Snowflakeshut case. A man, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick]]=== [[image:3covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man.5starA 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:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] This is a deepDCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, interesting read unlike any book I've read in quite some timewhich coincided with the birth of his daughter Samantha. The novelYou would think he's story follows a young man named Ash in d be grateful for an easy answer but the process of joining a community of sick people in words 'perverse' and 'John Tanner' were made for each other. He's sleep-deprived to the curiously named town point of Snowflake, Arizona. These people are sick, falling asleep at work but ithe's not a sickness you've heard ofdetermined to keep going - probably because he can't get any sleep at home. Instead, they}}=='re environmentally ill – affected by household chemicals and fabrics, pesticides, static electricity, and radiation – and their only ''cure4 JUNE'' is to stay in '=={{Frontpage|author=Stuart Douglas|title=Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries - Death at the town away from the real worldDress Rehearsal|rating=3. Though it5|genre=Crime|summary=During location filming for his 1970's about a real placesitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', leading man Edward Lowe stumbles across the people in it are fictional. It really is dead body of a place apart, quite literally cut off from woman on the outside world – people are even required edge of a reservoir. The police seem happy to decontaminate themselves thoroughly before becoming fully integrated. [[Snowflakeassign it as an accidental death, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick|Full Review]] |} {|class-wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''19 SEPTEMBER'''==<!-- Jamie -->|-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. They travel across the country during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, 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?| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1803368209[[image:1908745819.jpg|link}}==http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908745819/ref'''6 JUNE'''=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]{{Frontpage|author=Saima Mir| styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Vengeance|rating=3.5|genre=Thrillers|summary==[[Surfacing I was instantly intrigued by Kathleen Jamie]]=== [[image:5starthe 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:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Sometimes when people suggest The fact that 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 it needn't be a hindrance if it's good enough. And that wasn't a problem here. Vengeance swiftly brings you read a certain bookup to speed, they tell you ''this one has your name on it''and I never felt lost. 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 |isbn=0861541561}}{{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton|title=Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Meet Kit. Like most of the book. That's a rare experience. People who are sensitive to hearing a book calling your namepeople in his world, rarely get it wrong. In this case I was told why. The blurb speaks seems, he is an avid fan of Dungeon Running – the author considering ''an older, less tethered sense of herself.'' Older. Less tethered. That's not a bad description sport where a team of where I am. Add to that my love of the natural worldwarrior, of those aspects of the poetic mage and lyrical that are about style not formhealer enter specially prepared, century-old, magical mazes, and substance most of allrace to the exit, about connectionperhaps bothering with the treasure or the big bad and the points they grant you along the way. Of course this book had my name Unfortunately for Kit, the only thing he's seen of the latest race on itthe inn TV equivalent is that one team has been retired, eaten, and a new trio of questors is needed. It was written Possibly very unfortunately indeed for me. It would have found its way Kit, he has taken to me eventuallythe goading from the token bully of his world and stumbled into declaring he'll enter as a team. I am pleased to What chance does this friendless, muscle-free-zone have it fall onto my path so quickly. [[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamiein actually managing that, and how could he possibly hope to succeed?|Full Review]]isbn=1839945184|}}{{Frontpage{|class-wikitable" cellpaddingauthor="15"Jenny Valentine|title=='''3 OCTOBER'''== <!-- Jansson -->Us in the Before and After|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Teens[[image:190874572X.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/190874572X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson (Author) 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, Boel Westin (Editor)and they are inseparable. Something has happened though, Helen Svensson (Editor)something terrible and tragic, and now they must work through their grief, and their friendship, Sarah Death (Translator) ]]together.|isbn=1471196585}}== [[image:5star.jpg|link'''13 JUNE'''==Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:AutobiographyFrontpage|Autobiography]]isbn=1635866847|title=The Lavender CompanionBack at the beginning of the century I went on holiday to Nepal. I met a wonderful Finnish woman |author=Jessica Dunham and we became sort of friendsTerry Barlin Vesci|rating=4. I can5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It't remember if it was on s strange, the things that holiday or a later one make you ''immediately'' feel that Paula told me I really had to read Tove Janssonthis is the book for you. Before 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 started reading ''Sort OfThe Lavender Companion'' translations of , I visited the rest of Janssonauthor's work [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and devoured them as soon as I could get my hands there's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on themthe homepage. [[Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson I don't eat cakes and desserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. (Author)There's a recipe in the book, Boel Westin (Editorwhich I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!), Helen Svensson (Editor), Sarah Death (Translator) |Full Review]] <!-- Susan Hill -->Then I started reading the book and I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the margins are sanctioned. 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.|-}}| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"='''4 JULY'''=={{Frontpage|author=Max Boucherat[[image:1784742783.jpg|linktitle=http://wwwThe Last Life of Lori Mills|rating=4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784742783/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Confident Readers|summary===[[The Benefit of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler) by Susan Hill]]=== [[image:5starWe 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.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] A superficial look would suggest to you that Simon Serrailer What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a blanket fort, she has been lucky one main intention, and that is to log on to Voxminer, the world- all things considered building, critter- his life collecting game that is as good as it could bea hit in Lori's world. He's back at work after But first Lori has a long break to recuperate from the violent incident which cost him his arm tiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and almost his lifethen she finds something even more spooky. 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 For the server she and her bestie and nobody else should be able to enter shows signs of an exhibition of his drawingstampering. Lafferton seems to be quite settled as far as crime When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and her safe place in the game has been doctored – well, where is concerned until one night when two local men open their front door a girl to a couple seeking shelter. It's the usual story of a broken-down car, and a phone which won't make a callturn?|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. The man are generous and welcoming and have no suspicions that the couple are simply there to plan a robbery. ItDuring the war, Jean's father was arrested for listening to a serious error of judgement in the course banned radio and soldiers took him away one night, leaving Jean and her mother waiting for years for news of this investigation which will throw Simon Serrailler's future into doubthim. [[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 As the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, and the war is finally over, their hopes rise that they will finally learn what became of him. 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?tag|isbn=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}1846976537}}} 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:williamabbey.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]] 

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