This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Neer’s Elixir of Freedom is a journey of discovery for young Ravi. His brother is kidnapped and forced to work for the Mine Master, digging coal. Following the guidance of old legends, Ravi sets out to find the ‘Heart of the Sun’, and free his brother […]
Month: February 2017
Book Review- Smurfs: Village Behind the Wall by Peyo
This book was reviewed via Netgalley I’m in nostalgia heaven! I grew up with the Smurfs. With the new movies, and now graphic novels, I can share my childhood passion with my cubs. Some of them get it. Others think ma is a little off her rocker, but that’s okay, cause Smurfs! I was […]
Book Review: Pixie’s Adventure by Jenna Grodzicki
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Pixie’s Adventure is a short children’s book about a curious kitty eager to get outdoors. Pixie succeeds, but gets more than she bargained for when she gets lost in a storm. Will Pixie Cat get back home safely? I read this with my younger cubs, who adored […]
Book Tour: The Broken One by Christine Bailey
The Broken One Christine H. Bailey Publication date: April 5th 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult ynopsis Sixteen-year-old Farris is picking up the pieces after the untimely death of her best friend. But even one year later, she can’t seem to find “normal” again—not until Lane Evans pops back into her life and […]
Book Review: The Broken One by Christine Bailey
This book was reviewed via Xppresso Book Tours** Bailey’s The Broken One is guaranteed to tug the heartstrings. It is a tale of friendship, loss, and ultimately, of transformation. It’s been a year since the brutal murder of Farris’ best friend. In the wake of such tragedy, Farris has become bitter, shutting out […]
Book Review: The Unwanted Puppy by Tina Nolan
This book was reviewed via Netgalley The Unwanted Puppy is the second of the Animal Rescue Centre books that I’ve read with my cubs, and we seem to have read them out of order! This book comes before The Injured Fox Kit, and so we got to see the beginning of a certain conflict. […]
Book Review: Camouflage: List and Found by Mariyam Hasnain
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review *Warning- novella has some explicit/graphic sexual scenes bordering into erotica. The book’s description did not prepare me for that. Camouflage: Lost and Found, by Mariyam Hasnain, is a quick little psychological thriller filled with romance and deception. Mark Statler […]
Book Review: Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Maitland’s The Plague Charmer is a historical fiction set in 1361 England, during the second wave of the Black Death. Porlock Weir, and its governing seat of Porlock Manor sit along the Exmoor coast. After a fierce storm lashes the coast, a woman is pulled from the […]
Book Review: The Injured Fox Kit by Tina Nolan
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Ella and her family run an animal rescue centre. One day, as dusk is falling, Ella hears the sound of an animal in pain. Thinking it might be an animal someone dropped off under cover of darkness, she goes exploring. Through the neighbours’ property she follows the sound, […]
Book Review: Seasons Within by Lele Iturrioz
This book was reviewed for Xpresso Book Tours Seasons Within by Lee Iturrioz is a classic tale of the balance between life and death, growth and entropy, of resurrection and rebirth. G was abandoned as a young child, with only a locket with the letter ‘G’ on it. She has no clear memory of who […]