The Month That Was… July 2015
+ International Giveaway I’m pretty pleased with the mix of titles I read in July, although I am missing some non-fiction. After a bit of a dip, this month has brought so many great reads. I think it’s easy to…
Annihilation
By the time we were ready to cross the border, we knew everything… and we knew nothing. Area X has been controlled by the Southern Reach agency for thirty years. All anyone knows about the Event is that it was…
The Dead House
Carly and Kaitlyn Johnson share the same body. Carly gets the day and Kaitlyn gets the night. Carly was treated for dissociative identity disorder, presumed to be triggered by the death of her parents. Twenty-five years ago the school they…
All Involved
In 1992, when the white cops who beat Rodney King were acquitted of assault and walked away scot free, racial tensions in Los Angeles flared and triggered six days of rioting. In the South Central neighbourhood of Lynwood, another story…
Night School: Endgame
Endgame is the final book in the Night School series and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous books. Why couldn’t they have even a day to be normal kids in a normal school, with their A levels…
Win Adventure Time Art Book!
Any fan of Adventure Time’s wonderful post-apocalyptic world will fall head over heels for the second volume of Adventure Time: The Original Cartoon Title Cards. This stunning book features the complete set of distinctive title cards from seasons three and…
One
Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins. This year, with their parents unable to afford home schooling any longer, they are going to high school. Prepared for cruelty and stares, they are not prepared for friendship. Or an impossible decision that…
UK Goodreads Giveaways
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb 25 copies, UK + Ireland Ends 30th July Half a War by Joe Abercrombie 40 copies, UK + Ireland Ends 26th July Beside Myself by Ann Morgan 5 copies, UK + Australia Ends 29th July…
To Kill a Mockingbird
It’s never an insult to be called what someone thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. Unlike half the country, I was not forced to read To Kill a…
