The fact that I picked this one up as soon as I spotted this in my local bookshop this week, is all down to reading one of Peters’ longer works, the fantastic Between Mom and Jo.
And I’m glad I did, because this once again showcases Julie Anne Peter’s skill as a writer. However I didn’t [...]

As the title would suggest this slim novel, is the story of a swimmer.
Written in the second person, our swimmer remains unnamed, as we follow her from her discovery of her affinity with water, through to eventual oblivion.
We commiserate with her as she misses out on international gold, beaten by drug cheats and celebrate with [...]

This is the story of NIck, a teenager trying to deal with the fact his parents have split up. In the first part of the book, we follow Nick and his family as he grows up.
It’s a good life, and both his moms bring balance to their parenting, while Erin his birth mom, is the [...]

Gabriel García Márquez is an author I’ve come across time and time again, since I entered the book blogging world, and I’ve always known I needed to read him at some point. But his ‘big’ novels looked a little intimidating! So when I came across this novella on Eva’s site towards the end of [...]

When Will meets Alice, he can’t believe his luck. She’s smart, sexy and, much to Will’s surprise, in love with him.

Alice brings meaning to his urban existence. But true love never came easy and soon devotion leads Will to something darker.

The Bird Room is a candid, funny and joyous portrait of love [...]

This was my second book by Douglas Coupland (the first being Hey Nostradamus!) and he’s well on the way to being a favourite author.
One of the things I’ve already learned about his writing, is that the story he telling you, isn’t necessarily the one you think you are reading. It’s only when you’ve finished the [...]

I’ve enjoyed both previous books I’ve read by Meg Rosoff (How I Live Now and Just in Case) particularly her use of slightly unconventional narrative styles. And, that even after fantastic success with one method, she’s mixes things up with the next. So, that whilst you can tell it is one of her books, [...]

If you’re a regular visitor round these parts, then you’ll know I love me some Marcus Sedgwick reading matter… You’ll also know the very wonderful @stormfilled managed to snag me a signed copy of this one a few weeks back.
I certainly wasn’t disappointed when I managed to find time to read it the other day. [...]

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 the [...]

I really would not know how to describe this one, so I am going to resort to using the publishers blurb.
The gothic setting of a lonely castle in the middle of thick, dense woods contrasts with the contemporaneity of the characters who inhabit it: a dissolute, rich and aimless young man who invites his best [...]