Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious…
Review: ‘Mystery in White’ by Jefferson J. Farjeon
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the…
Review-Ramble Hybrid: ‘The Colour of Magic’ by Terry Pratchett
Bex over at An Armchair by the Sea ran a lovely series of posts in memory of Terry Pratchett (starting HERE) and roused lots of readers to read anything written by the prolific author in the sad week after his…
Review: ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ by Ray Bradbury
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars It’s the week before Hallowe’en, and Cooger and Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled……
Review: ‘The Lost World’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Yet another Penguin editionfor me to covet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars On a zoology expedition up the Amazon River, Professor Challenger makes an inexplicable discovery. Back in London, his claims are ridiculed throughout the professional community. Reluctantly, he…
Thoughts on ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by Jules Verne
The Penguin edition I’mpining for Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Classics Confession: Before reading this, my entire knowledge of the story of Around the World in 80 Days was based upon the Around the World with Willy Fog cartoon…
Review: ‘The Mangle Street Murders’ by M.R.C. Kasasian
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Gower Street, London, 1882: Sidney Grice, London’s most famous personal detective, is expecting a visitor. He drains his fifth pot of morning tea, and glances outside, where a young, plain woman picks her way…
Review: ‘The Night Rainbow’ by Claire King
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Under the sweltering heat of the summer sun, five-year-old Pea – and her vivid imagination – run wild in the meadows behind her home on the edge of a small village in Southern France.Pea’s…
Thoughts on ‘Villette’ by Charlotte Bronte
“Villette! Villette! It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power” George Eliot It’s been years since I read and cried over Jane Eyre so, when I signed up for The Classics…
Audio Book Review: ‘Bossypants’ by Tina Fey
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Tina Fey, one of the most powerful and beloved women in entertainment, brings sharp wit and uncanny observational skill to everything she does, from television to major motion pictures. She’s managed to be known…
