Running a little late, but the current weekly geeks is canvassing the blogosphere for the top ten books published in 2009 . This is a guest post by Jackie of Literary Escapism who has graciously offered to organize the Book Blogger Top 10 again this year. For the second year in a row, we’re asking [...]

When fifteen-year-old David Case stops his baby brother from falling out of his bedroom window, he has little idea how much it is going to effect his life for the next few months. He starts to fixate on fate, and soon comes to believe, it has it in for him (and he may well be [...]

While reflecting on the type of house in the area in which she lives our narrator, Kristina, also reveals a lot about the pervading feeling about this book. “…built the traditional way, logs spaced slightly apart to let the air in. Happiness trickled away easily between the logs” Set in a remote village in the [...]

Okay, this one should be fun… *Installs flaming barrier* My top ten Harry Potter & Discworld characters posts, went down well, and a lot of fun was had debating the choices. So I thought with the release of the 2nd Twilight film (New Moon for those living under a rock) I’d do the same with [...]

See my reviews of books 1 and 2. Just a warning, as this is the final book in the trilogy, there will inevitably be some spoilers, just so you know. After the events of the previous book, the five Midnighters are licking their wounds, their bonds of friendship stretched – if not quite to breaking [...]

Well I talked about it a couple of months ago, and I thought it was about time to open the sign-ups. Of course, back then it was going to be the first ever challenge I hosted  but of course I’m also hosting the YA Dystopian Challenge as well, (which finishes in December). As the name [...]

I’ve managed to actually post a fair bit this week, so here’s what you might have missed. Articles A Necessary Step Weekly Geeks: Bookish Podcasts Sunday Salon: Preparing for the Ban Reviews: Fables #1 Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham The Magicians by Lev Grossman Château d’Argol by Julien Gracq Kiss of Death by Marcus [...]

The 2009 Virtual Advent Tour website, went live earlier this morning, and you can sign-up to take part, right now! Each day anyone who wants to participate takes turns sharing a treat with our friends here in blogland. For example it could be something about your family traditions, recipes, your country’s holiday traditions, or a [...]

With my decision to instigate a book buying ban starting in December I really should be focus on reading my remaining library books I have out on loan, so I can concentrate on have a real go at reducing my TBR pile over the following three months. But, I’m probably going to spend most of [...]

The Kiss of Death is the companion/follow-up vampire novel to My Swordhand is Singing. If you haven’t read the first novel then whilst doing so, will help you enjoy this one even more, but The Kiss of Death works perfectly well as a standalone as well, so doing doing so is not necessary. When he [...]