Monthly Archives: May, 2010
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Waterstones Synopsis: Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he’s back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck…Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has [...]
Share on FacebookThe Diary of a Would-Be Princess by Jessica Green
Waterstones Synopsis: Life’s no fun unless you’re pretty in pink! All Jillian wants is to be like the princess-y girls who rule her class. What she doesn’t want is to hang out with a load of dork boys. But it’s only when her plans go hilariously wrong, that things start turning unexpectedly right… This is [...]
Share on FacebookBook News: Headline Sign Sheila O’Flanagan
A flick through some blogs took me to the Chick Lit Reviews site where I discovered this exciting piece of news: Headline has signed a three-book deal with Sheila O’Flanagan, continuing a partnership that extends over 15 novels and two short story collections. Headline’s director of publishing Marion Donaldson conducted the deal for British Commonwealth [...]
Share on FacebookBook News: Wodehouse Prize Winner
Well it might interest you to know that Ian McEwan – an author I have never enjoyed to be honest, has won the Wodehouse award for his work Solar. So what is the Wodehouse award I hear you ask. Well, I did my research (Wikipedia obviously) and found out that this is a literary award [...]
Share on FacebookBook News: New Post on PLYAB
New post: Book News: Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick http://bit.ly/cmIcti Share on Facebook
Share on FacebookBook News: Children’s Awards
I have decided to add a new feature: book news! I read a lot of blogs and would like to post some news here for you There have been a lot of children’s awards occurring recently and here are one’s results. Children’s Book Council Awards: Author of the Year: James Patterson for Max (A Maximum [...]
Share on FacebookThe Dresskeeper by Mary Naylus
Amazon synopsis: This title is suitable for children of ages 12 years & over. When Picky’s Mum forces her to look after Gran, who has dementia, Picky is accidentally transported back to the year 1685, where a man in a wig insists she is someone called Amelia and tries to kill her. Managing to get [...]
Share on FacebookGeorge’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Waterstones Synopsis: George’s grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered-up mouth like a dog’s bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of thick brown medicine, but it doesn’t seem to do her any good. She’s always just as horrid after she’s taken it [...]
Share on FacebookThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Waterstones Synopsis: When a huge cyclone transports Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, she fears that she will never return home again. She and three friends she meets along the way make their way to the Emerald City where they hope to find the Wizard of Oz and [...]
Share on FacebookThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Waterstones Synopsis: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a ‘T’. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks – not to mention [...]
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