“Take my hand…”
Ankle deep in water, Liam O’Connor is trying to make passageway the passageway is clear of passengers, when he comes across Foster. The man gives him a choice to stay and die, or to leave and live. Moments after Liam takes the man’s hand, the ship breaks in half, and the Titanic begins [...]

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, [...]

When fifteen-year-old David Case stops his baby brother from falling out of his bedroom window, he has little idea how much it is going to effect his life for the next few months.
He starts to fixate on fate, and soon comes to believe, it has it in for him (and he may well be right). [...]

Unfortunately I couldn’t find an image of the 1960’s version, which was the only copy my library had, and which was last checked out in 1977! So I’ve gone with the newest UK edition, which has just been released.
My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister [...]

Okay, I know I said in my Book Bloggers Appreciation Week, Setting Goals post on Friday, that I wanted to work on writing my own synopsis’ a bit more, but really this one is probably better summed up using a publishers blurb.
“Terrors they are, these lads of the Lycee Condorcet, and no mistake – the [...]

My name is Elizabeth but no one’s ever called me that.
I originally got this book for Christmas, as part of a set of 15 all re-printed in the traditional Penguin style as part of their celebration range, and I have to say they look fantastic on my shelves! It was also one of [...]

Us, Engineering A Josh**

Considering how much I enjoyed Looking for Alaska I can’t explain why it took me five months to pick, this, his second book of of my shelves.
But, this week encouraged by Dewey’s Book Reading Challenge I finally slipped it off the shelves, and settled down to read it.
Colin Singleton, a washed-up child [...]

Another one of the books I read for the recent 24 Hour Read-a-Thon and while not by favourite (The Graveyard Book take that title by a country mile!) it was certainly one of the most enjoyable.
The French Riviera – home to the beautiful Cecile, a precocious 17-year-old, and her father Raymond. The duo are dedicated [...]