Tanya can see faeires.
Her mother, frustrated as what she perceives at her daughters misbehaviour, has shipped her of to stay with her grandmother’s rambling old manor house in the country for a few weeks.
Only, Tanya’s not misbehaving, it’s the faeries that are causing the trouble, and that’s hardly an excuse anyone will believe, is [...]

It’s 1914 and Prince Aleksander Ferdinand, and commoner Deryn Sharp’s lives are about to collide in spectacular fashion!
Alek’s parents have just been assassinated, and along with his parents most trusted advisors, he is on the run. Abandoned by his own people, he must cross Europe and reach safety.
Deryn, is a talented airman, with only one [...]

My third read during the recent readathon, and my only ‘real’ novel. This is also another one of those books whos presence in my house, is completely 100% Chris’s fault!
What with the onset of man-flu the day before the readathon and website server issues just as my mini-challenge slot arrived, I wasn’t in [...]

By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower. – Rabindranath Tagore, “Stray Birds”

About the Book
“Special Circumstances”

The words have sent chills down Tally’s spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor — frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live [...]

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless.
- John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, I

About the Book
Tally has finally become ‘pretty’. Her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are cool, her boyfriend’s gorgeous, and she’s completely popular.
It’s everything she’s ever wanted. But beneath all the fun – the nonstop parties, [...]

Is it not good to make society full of beautiful people? – Yang Yuan, quoted in The New York Times

About the Book
Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly [...]

Well it’s not a Monday, nor did any of these books come in through the mailbox… But these are the books that came into my house this last week. (See if you can spot the theme!)

I’m sure I’m not the only one of you has taken advantage of Scott Westerfeld and Simon and Schuster’s offer [...]

Do you believe in faeries? Not the soft, gentle kind, but the sinister, feral kind – the ones that wreak havoc on everything in their path…

The woods came to the edge of the property: to the gravel of the drive, the electronic gate, and the green twisted-wire fence that kept out the boars.
I’ve heard many good good things about Guy Gavriel Kay’s writing, his ability to create wonderful characters, and a sense of place that puts you right in the [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 [...]