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. [...]

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 receives [...]

Inspired by this question Natasha from the Maw Books Blog asked in a recent review:
Who is an author that once you get hooked, you have to go back through their entire backlist?  For me it’s Richard Peck, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jacqueline Woodson and Anita Shreve.  You?
I’ve decided to give some books away!
There are three authors [...]

In a move that is sure to increase the size of many a reader’s wishlist (including mine!) UK national newspaper, The Guardian has announced the longlist for it’s annual Children’s Fiction prize.
The announcement of the winner of the £1,500 prize will be announced on 8 October 2009, following the unveiling of the shortlist in September.
A [...]

It was Mouse who found the box.
Synopsis
A boy destined to lead his clan; a girl raised by wolves; a stranger with a sealed box. These are the elements of this powerful novel, set on a rocky northern coast in a distant time, in a small community who live in dread of the coming of the [...]

Midnight at the Imperial Court of Emperor Frederick III.

Well I did promise on Monday that I’d spend this year singing Marcus Sedgwick’s praises, and this is the start of that.
The Dark Flight Down, is the sequel to The Book of Dead Days, which I read and reviewed at the end of last year.
In the [...]

Darkness. Two hours to midnight.

Marcus Sedgwick’s books have been amongst my favourite discoveries of the year, he is such a master at conjuring up a wonderful atmosphere for his stories to take place in.
So, it would seem then, leaving it unread on my shelves for a number of months, would be an error on my [...]

Gothic novel meets WWI.
Another read for the [intlink id="926" type="post"]R.I.P III Challenge[/intlink] from my [intlink id="1106" type="post"]recent book pile discovery[/intlink] and yes, it’s another Marcus Sedgwick.
Yet again I am impressed with Sedgwick’s writing, impeccable research that always informs the plot and yet never controls it, the result really does portray the atmosphere, horror and futility [...]

When I was planning my R.I.P. III [intlink id="926" type="post"]reading pool[/intlink], I’d completely forgotten that I had a stack of Marcus Sedgwick’s to read. That was very nearly a mistake as he writes some fantastically atmospheric books that are just perfect for the challenge. So when I came across them whist turning the TBR pile [...]

I’d like to thank Nymeth for presenting me with an “I Love Your Blog” award it was a lovely surprise in my RSS feed this morning.
It goes without saying that I’d award it straight back atcha! But I’m not sure it it allowed
And, I’m pretty sure some of the following have [...]