Page Count: 221 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW I really loved this story and the characters that featured within it. I really loved the friendship group and the other characters within the school setting and I loved how the different monsters of DnD were characterised and what their interactions would be. I didn’t realise it was aContinue reading “Dungeon Academy -Tourney of Terror by Madeleine Roux”
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First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami
Page Count: 245 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Once again, a great poetic collection of strange and interesting and beautiful stories. Each one had its own quirk, its own message and I adored all of them. I truly love Murakami’s writing – there’s a reason why he’s one of my favourite writers.
Paper Dragons – The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott
Page Count: 344 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW It is a really good read and a really interesting premise but I do wish that there had been more dragons as that is the title of the book and that there was more than one (tiny) paper dragon (that wasn’t a boat) came into play – especially whenContinue reading “Paper Dragons – The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott”
Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger
Page Count: 349 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW A really good story of two Black girls in Victorian London doing their best to solve a case of attempted murder while the city seems to be working against them. The book handles racism and the slave trade with honesty and not using shock value. It is a goodContinue reading “Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger”
Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Page Count: 228 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This one is a re-read for me but I absolutely love Murakami’s writing style and his casualised weirdness. My favourite of the stories in the collection is Kino but I love all of them. He is poetic and interesting and dives into the bizarre while making it sound likeContinue reading “Men without Women by Haruki Murakami”
Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley
Page Count: 325 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW Such a beautiful story and a brilliant writing style. I was not as fussed about Flo’s story compared to the story that she is translating but I appreciated it enough for it to add to the story rather than detract from it. The only downside is the ambiguous endingContinue reading “Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley”
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair
Page Count: 379 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW I enjoyed the worldbuilding in this one and the story of a Persephone wanting to live a normal life with an overbearing mother and Hades as a casino owning bargain striking god who isn’t bothered if people see him as evil as long as he can do his job.Continue reading “A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair”
Artemis by Andy Weir
Page Count: 305 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW Such a good story about a well-meaning underdog and a small group of characters all knitted together. The setting of the Moon Base was something that I loved and how there was no fixed law and order due to the mishmash of people so there was a general socialContinue reading “Artemis by Andy Weir”
The Night and its Moon
Page Count: 579 Rating: 5/5 REVIEW This is a very well written fantasy with a very in depth world that Piper has created. I loved the set up about the two girls and how they are both part-fae but in very different ways and kept apart but crossing over. The different powers that Nox andContinue reading “The Night and its Moon”
How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Page Count: 227 Rating: 4/5 REVIEW This is a wonderful feel-good story of the weedy kid becoming the hero and I love the idea of being able to talk to the dragons, the dragons themselves also having different personalities and one of the ‘tough’ characters seeing that brains not brawn is more helpful in certainContinue reading “How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell”
Imagination Mansion 