I have been with the Court all my life, travelling with the King’s Progress.
About the Book
One of the main characters from Deep Secret, Fourteen year old Nick Mallory returns in this semi-sequel.
But the book opens with us meeting a new character, Roddy. A young page with the Kings Progress a neverending journey around the Isles [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to another author interview here at Bart’s Bookshelf, and this time our guest brings pirates!
Danielle Thorne, freelanced for online and print magazines from 1998 through 2001, adding reviewing and editing to her resume. 2009 will see the release of two novels: THE PRIVATEER, a 1729 historical about British privateering in the Caribbean, and TURTLE [...]

“I lifted up my dad’s PDA, and counted off the seconds with the two thousand other people in the room. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…”
The book blogging world had been responsible introducing me to some fantastic books and authors in the 12 months or so I’ve been part of it, and none more welcome than, [...]

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 [...]

“It didn’t start with the river boy.”

I first came across Tim Bowler, last year when I read Starseeker in December. last year, and I enjoyed it so much, I quickly snatched up some more of his books on Bookmooch. The first of which to arrive was this one, River Boy.
Jess’s beloved grandfather has just had [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 [...]

Hobey-Ho! Lets Go!
If I thought the previous book in the series, was the turning point in the ten book story arc, then I was only half right, in Pendragon: Black Water, everything changes, Saint Dane is more powerful than ever, and the story telling much more intense.
In the previous book (The Reality Bug), Bobby’s friend [...]

The recent 24 Hour Read-a-Thon, provided the opportunity to read a bunch of shorter novels, and this was one of them. Translated in to English from the original Italian, it also completes the Orbis Terrarum challenge for me.
The year is 1861. Hervé Joncour is a French merchant of silkworms, who combs the known world for [...]

Virtual Reality?
Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane on First Earth, Bobby is resolute that himself and the rest of the travellers will defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this territory. But once Bobby enters the virtual world will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism?
The territory of Veelox [...]