Category Archives: Fiction
Forbidden Island – Malcolm Rose
The Kiss of Death won many awards in the past few years for Malcolm Rose and Forbidden Island is his ‘follow up’. Although its not in anyway a sequel to Kiss of Death its written in the same style and … Continue reading
The Demon’s Lexicon – Sarah Rees Brennan
Sometimes I browse through Waterstones to research stock for the library, other times it might be one of the library suppliers. However occasionally I’ll order ‘blind’ through Amazon. The last way isn’t always satisfactory, mainly down to not seeing the … Continue reading
Creature of the Night – Kate Thompson
This is the last of the longer novels for the Sheffield Children’s Book Awards that I’ve reviewed. It’s also possibly the most difficult to pigeon-hole. Is it an urban story or is it fantasy? I guess it’s a little of … Continue reading
The Knife that Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
Anthony is probably better known for his hilarious books Hellbent and Henry Tumour (previous SCBA shortlisted book). Both of these books are great but may have become better known for the adult language that they contained. The story goes that … Continue reading
Sheffield Children’s Book Awards 2009
I think its time that I started to review some of the books that have been nominated for the Sheffield Childrens Book Awards! I read most of them quite a while back but never found the time to review most … Continue reading
The Devils Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
The Knights Templar have been the subject of books for years. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail being the most famous until the publication of The Da Vinci Code. This book opened the floodgates for books about the order. … Continue reading
Solace of the Road – Siobhan Dowd
Siobhan Dowd was the highly praised author of ‘The London Eye Mystery’, ‘Bog Child’ and ‘A Pure Swift Cry’ All these books have garnered awards and nominations. It was a very sad day when Siobhan died of Cancer aged just … Continue reading
Just Victims by Maisarah Ahmad Kamil
For every great novelist and writer there has to be that first work. It’s probably not published but the author will realise that that is the piece of writing that finally made them realise they were an author. I’ve been … Continue reading
Kiss of Death – Malcolm Rose
Another book from the Book Up list (well done this year – it was a great selection). This is one that I’d read when it was released. Malcolm Rose is probably better known for his Traces (Forensic Science) series and … Continue reading
H.I.V.E. – Mark Walden
I really meant to read this book a couple of years ago when it came out but somehow it escaped me. It was only introducing the Year 7′s to the Booked Up selection that I came across it again. I … Continue reading
