Middle Grade on Monday: The Tigers in the Tower – Julia Golding

Sahira’s family are travelling to England to deliver two majestic Indian tigers to the menagerie in the tower of London. But tragedy strikes and sickness steals Sahira’s parents from her on the journey. Left alone in London, Sarhira finds herself confined to a miserable and dangerous orphanage. Despite her heartache and the threats she faces,……

Review The Incredible Nellie Bly

Born in 1864, Nellie Bly was a woman who did not allow herself to be defined by the time she lived in, she rewrote the narrative and made her own way. I always like picking up these graphic novels which teach me about inspiring people or historical events I don’t know (enough) about. So when……

Flip the Page Challenge

This was created by Jesse the Reader about a year ago, and it looked like a lot of fun. Yet I never got round to doing it… until now! Using a random number generator and my bookshelves, I am about to create a new life for myself. Jeey? You’re getting a new identity! Let the……

Middle Grade on Monday: Embassy of the Dead – Will Mabbitt

Jake Green is dead. Or he might as well be when he mistakenly accepts a package from the Embassy of the Dead in this hilarious adventure of the afterlife, the first in a series. When Jake Green opens a mysterious box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper intent on dragging him……

August Book Haul

I’ve been a very good girl in August… with the end of the year coming ever closer and one of my reading goals to have only 10 unread books on my owned-tbr shelf I realized I needed to focus on books I already own. So I did… doesn’t making for the most exciting haul. I……

Goodbye August – Hello September

August was the month of the Magical Readathon… I successfully sat my NEWTs, even though work was Crazy. The zoo stayed open longer, and is short on staff… so I worked 9-21, 6 days a week, the whole month. With one exception, when the Husband and I had to get tested for Corona (we are……

Adventures Through Wonderland Readathon TBR

I wasn’t going to do a Readathon in September. And yet here we are… In this Readathon the adventure begins when you go down the rabbit hole and enter into Wonderland. Complete prompts by reading middle grade books to move to the next location on the map… So… I have quite a few Middle Grade……

Middle Grade on Monday: Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthron and the Great Beyond – Alex English

11 year-old Echo Quickthorn has grown up believing that nothing exists outside the Kingdom of Albion, but everything changes when an eccentric professor parks his airship outside her window armed with a map that shows all the magical places that exist beyond the city walls. Together with her pet lizard, Gilbert, Echo sets off on an……

Review Interviewing the Dead – David Field

Over two hundred years ago, in 1665, a mass grave was dug to house the hundreds of corpses who fell victim to the Black Death. When Aldgate Underground station was extended, the workmen discovered the grave and unceremoniously dumped the bones, to make way for the new track. Now, a renowned spiritualist is claiming the……

Middle Grade on Monday: Umbrella Mouse to the Rescue – Anna Fargher

Young mouse Pip Hanway is in France as she continues fighting for the French Resistance group Noah’s Ark: a secret gang of animals operating beneath the feet of human soldiers, whose aim is to liberate France and secure the victory of the Allies. Determined to reach her ancestral home of the Umbrella Museum in Italy,……