A licky wet tongue shatterd Jimmy’s dreams of glory.
About the Book
In this graphic novel aimed at kids, Jimmy loves to read war comics. And dreams about being a WW1 era fighter pilot. Early one Sunday morning, as he walks his dog, he discovers a bearded, scruffy man dozing in a derelict factory and wonders why [...]

A week or so ago I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing, SLOB the latest book by bestselling author, Ellen Potter. I had this to say about the main character, Owen.
Owen, is a wonderful self-depreciating character, and I loved getting to know him, and his sarcastic wit.

If you missed the original [...]

My name is Owen Birnbaum, and I’m probably fatter than you are.
In the interests of full disclosure, my review copy was supplied by the author.
Twelve year old Owen Birnbaun, is a genius and a brilliant inventor. But he’s also a fatty, probably the fattest kid in his school in fact, and he has to suffer [...]

There are places where kids like me go.

This was one of those bookshop finds that appeared to have everything going for it, great cover, intriguing plot, and it was nominated for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2009.
Since her mother’s death (from a drugs overdose) when she was seven, 15 year-old Jem has kept a secret. [...]

One of the joys of book-blogging is discovering books you would not normally have come across. Of course there is always the risk that even despite a glowing review that promises a gem, you end up with what you consider a turkey.
One such book is, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and one such [...]

It’s always nice (especially when the year is hurtling towards its close) when one of your reads falls neatly into more than one of your challenges, and Coraline does that, fulfilling the requirements for the [intlink id="926" type="post"]RIP III[/intlink] and the [intlink id="577" type="post"]Mythopoeic[/intlink] challenges (having been nominated in 2003). Even though I’ve technically completed [...]

Blogger, “My Friend Amy” is hosting the Book Blogger Appreciation Week, starting today, through to the 19th.
Book Bloggers: You work hard. You read books, you write reviews, you maintain relationships with your readers, publicists, and authors. You are constantly running to the post office to mail your giveaways and participating in carnivals to help boost [...]

This week for Weekly Geeks, I interviewed Somer, from SomeReads about Tithe by Holly Black and she interviewed me about, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.

Bart: What made you read Tithe? Was it the book itself or had you read some Spiderwick stuff?
Somer: I don’t actually remember how Tithe originally made it [...]

It has been a while since a series has held me in its thrall, quite as much as The Tomorrow Series has done, (I’m not going to include Harry Potter here, because I read that over six years or so) there is nothing quite like finding a new series and just “having” to tear though every book as quickly as you can…

Another bunch of questions from [intlink id="668" type="post"]Weekly Geeks #12![/intlink]
Care asked:
Is Floodland one of those books they use the term dystopic to describe?
I would think dystopic is a perfect word to describe the books setting and general atmosphere. We follow, Zoe, living on her own after being separated from her parents, when they tried to [...]