Cold war dragons and leaky wellies… a weekly check-in
I finished the Popsugar Reading Challenge this week! Just one left on ATY and I’m freeee! Which is a silly thing to say because I choose to do these challenges, but it’s been a year. I’m looking forward to catching…
Release
The contemporary story at the heart of Release is powerful and moving. Adam is a preacher’s son and he is gay. He’s quite comfortable with his sexuality but his family are in denial. The boy he thought he was in…
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Some problems are bigger than the end of the world. With the end of school looming, it is Mikey’s last chance to tell Henna how he feels. He’s not one of the Indie kids, the chosen ones who always seem…
More Than This
A boy dies. He wakes up alone in a familiar place. Is this the afterlife? There must be more than this? Is that what hell is? Trapped forever, alone in your worst memory? More Than This has such a strong…
The Crane Wife
All stories begin before they start and never, ever finish. When an injured crane lands in George’s garden in the middle of the night, he is compelled to help the beautiful creature. A few days later, Kumiko walks into his…
A Monster Calls
Get the hankies ready because A Monster Calls is a powerfully emotional read. It intelligently deals with grief in a way that will appeal to adults and children alike and I would hope it has the power to help children…
The Knife of Never Letting Go
You know when everyone tells you a book is amazing and when you get round to reading it, it falls a bit flat in your expectations? That’s how I feel about The Knife of Never Letting Go. I’m pretty sure…
![[gifted] A Letter to the Luminous Deep is one of my most anticipated debuts for 2024. Magical, underwater, academia in epistolary format? Yes please! Thanks so much @gambit589 @orbitbooks_uk for the review copy.
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