Monday, March 15th, 2010

JJ Liddy and his family live in the village of Kinvara. Like many fifteen year olds, he never seems to have quite enough time to fit in his homework in amongst everything else in his life, helping out on the family’s farm, spending time with friends and his music. But JJ is not the only [...]

Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Rule #2: Don’t speak to invisible faeries.
Rule #1: Don’t ever attract their attention.
I listened to the audiobook version of this story, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, and I have to say I was very impressed with the production, Bresnahan doesn’t so much as narrate or read the story, as [...]

 
Your life can change in a second.

Deep End
Maddie Coopers life changed in just one second.
She and her parents, were gunned down in the street, Maddie’s mother was killed, and her Police Inspector father, left in a wheelchair.
On her sixteenth birthday Maddie signs up in her fathers flying squad: Police Investigation Command, she teams up [...]

Before
I’d seen mostly decent reviews of John Green’s stuff, but never really taken much notice, sure he was on my bookmooch wishlist, but I wasn’t in any rush to grab a copy, however a couple of incredibly positive reviews at Stuff as Dreams are Made on and Things Mean a Lot convinced me to make [...]

Over at Neil Gaiman’s blog, Neil is celebrating the blog’s seventh birthday!

Part of these celebrations is the news, for one month only, he and Harper Collins (his publisher) is going to to make one of his books available, completely free online!

I’ve been looking at this book for a while as one to read, but never quite got round to buying it. Ivette’s review finally convinced me to go and buy it. I’m glad I did! The book was very enjoyable if a little simplistic at times.
The story follows Santiago, a young shepherd, who after meeting [...]

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