Category Archives: 5 out of 5
Look Back at 2011
I haven’t blogged or read as much this year because in September 2010 I started a full time job so I haven’t had as much time to read and spend on the blog. In 2010 I read 126 books and in 2009 I read 145. A list of my past reading can be found here. [...]
Share on FacebookCake Days by The Hummingbird Bakery
Addition: Hardback Genre: Non-Fiction, Baking Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: The second delectable baking book from cupcake king Tarek Malouf, The Hummingbird Bakery – Cake Days brings together all of his latest mouth-watering recipes. Beautifully designed and packed with lavish photographs, this hardback is pretty in pink and almost looks good enough to eat! [...]
Share on FacebookChester Racoon Series by Audrey Penn Part 1!
This is a beautiful set of children’s books that have been written by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Barber Gibson, Ruth Harper and Nancy Leak that I received from NetGalley to review. Each book is 32 pages long and full of colour. There is a special message in each story about love, friendship and security. I [...]
Share on FacebookThe Woods by Harlan Coben
Addition: Paperback Genre: Mystery and suspense Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For [...]
Share on FacebookTop Books Read in 2010
I’ve been lucky this year and read many books that I have just loved. These are my favourite books of the year: A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen Night Watch by Terry Pratchett The Complete Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Just Listen by Sarah Dessen [...]
Share on FacebookSafe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Library hardback Genre: Romance Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant [...]
Share on FacebookTherapy by Sebastian Fitzek
Addition: Borrowed, paperback Genre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: No witnesses, no evidence, no body: Star psychologist Viktor Larenz’s twelve-year-old daughter, Josy, who had suffered from an inexplicable illness, has vanished under mysterious circumstances during a visit to her doctor, and the investigation into her disappearance has brought no results. Four years later, Viktor remains a [...]
Share on FacebookThe Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Addition: Review e-book Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over.That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that [...]
Share on FacebookLast Chance by Sarah Dessen
Original Title: Keeping the Moon Addition: Library Book Genre: Young adult, romance Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Never in one place long enough to make friends or put down roots, Colie doesn’t expect her trip to the North Carolina coast to change a thing. Always the outcast, she’s resigned to a holiday with only her eccentric aunt [...]
Share on FacebookMaximum Ride by James Patterson
Addition: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In James Patterson’s blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it’s like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the “flock”–Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel–are just like ordinary kids–only they have wings and can fly. It may seem [...]
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