Peter Mcallister kicked open the door and tottered down the basement steps, looking like a box with no legs.
I’ve had the good fortune of watching this trilogy develop over the years on James’ blog. During the process of writing the books James often posted about the experience and various snippets along the way, so it [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to my first author interview! The lucky victim volunteer is Kristen Callender, and she is here to talk about her new book, The Truth Lies in the Dark. And I’d like to thank her, and welcome her to the site.
Hi there, Kristin would you please briefly introduce yourself [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grass blades were tickling Thorn’s nose. This was always how it was when you were crawling on your belly. And often on it was when your were standing up too…

When 15-year-old Jewel Ranson’s father, a travelling trader, is murdered at a fair, she sets out to avenge him. Accompanied by Rainy Gill, a juggler, she [...]

He didn’t see her; but he heard her voice.
Sometimes a good book comes completely out of nowhere, you pick up a random book in a store and it turns out to be an absolute corker! This was my experience with Tim Bowler’s Starseeker. I had heard good things about his books, but nothing beyond that, [...]

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 [...]

A Real Tum-Tigger!
The third in D.J. Machale’s, Pendragon series, sees Bobby Pendragon & Spader, flume back in time to First Earth to just before the outbreak of WW2.
The set-up is sightly different this time around, with Mark and Courtney’s story sandwiching the main plot, as they read Bobby’s journals of his time on First Earth [...]

Mrs S | Blue Archipelago
Welcome to the WGs!
I’ll ask about Digital Fortress.
Why did you decide to read it?
Would you recommend it to a girl who enjoyed Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code?
Why did I decide to read it? Well i was just looking for some lightweight page-turning stuff that wouldn’t need much brainwork. Would [...]

Well since the last one was so much fun, I’ve decided to hold another giveaway, in fact make that two giveaways! Yep that’s right, two giveaways (and it’s not even a month since my last one!)

When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can’t believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.