Posts Tagged ‘Book Review’

Book Review | The Tiniest Tiger by Joanne L. McGonagle

By Mrs S • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: 4 stars, Children, Reviews

A wonderful story to share with your children and prompt a discussion about these beautiful animals as well as what to do should they ever find themselves lost.



Book Review | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell

By Mrs S • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Blowout, Reviews, Summer Reading, Summer Reading Thing, tl;dr

O’Farrell uses compelling prose and a fractured structure to draw the reader in and then reveal the clues which when pieced together reveal a shocking secret.



Book Review | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

By Mrs S • Jul 5th, 2008 • Category: 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Blowout, Reviews, Summer Reading, Summer Reading Thing

This is a story about a time in history most of us would like to forget - but that we should be forced to remember - and the terrible things that can happen when people keep secrets from each other…



Book Review | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

By Mrs S • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: 4 stars, Reviews

Clear some space in your diary and settle down with Never Let Me Go as Kathy tells you all about her life and friendships and why kids from Hailsham School are so special…



Book Review | The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

By Mrs S • May 31st, 2008 • Category: 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Challenges, Grapevine, Reviews, Spring Reading Thing, Young Adult

Hale has woven a magical fairytale, with believable characters and such spell-binding descriptions that there were times I would look up from the book and be surprised to find that I wasn’t standing on a cobbled street surrounded by geese!



Book Review | Hester’s Story by Adele Geras

By Mrs S • May 18th, 2008 • Category: 4 stars, 50 book challenge, Book Binge, Chunkster, Spring Reading Thing

Hester’s Story - Buy this book here
Rating
4 stars - a lovely story
Why did you decide to read this book?
I have to admit that this is another book that found its way onto my TBR - and I have no idea how it got there! The title’s not really inspiring is it? But then maybe [...]



Book Review & Giveaway | 26a by Diana Evans

By Mrs S • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: 4 stars, 50 book challenge, Spring Reading Thing

26a - buy this book
Rating
4 stars - a beautifully written book
Description
A novel of twoness, oneness, growing-up and growing apart
Why did you read this book?
I can’t remember how I came across this book to be honest - it was sometime last year that I added [...]



Book Review | Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

By Mrs S • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: 5 stars, 50 book challenge, Spring Reading Thing, The Pub (2008)

Nineteen Minutes - Buy this book
Rating
5 stars - Picoult at her best
Description - from jodipicoult.com
In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that [...]