Children’s book reviews
The March theme for Six for Sunday, hosted by A Little But a Lot is Springing into life and today’s prompt is for Characters with floral names. I took ‘floral’ to also include herbs and trees!
Here are my six books:
Have you read any of these? Do you any floral character names you can add?
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
Upon a snowy winter’s night, in an old Northern town called SorrowbytheMoor, a door appeared where it had not been before. Most doors have the courtesy to attach themselves to a house, or a school, or a museum, but this door was not nearly so well-mannered.
Any ideas?
I’m currently half way through this, and am absolutely loving it. It’s an incredibly heart-warming, magical story which is exactly what I need at the moment.
Goodreads synopsis:
Yesterday Crumb is no ordinary girl. She was born with fox ears that have cursed her to a lonely life working in the circus and her origins are a complete mystery. But she is about to escape into the adventure of a lifetime when she learns that she’s a strangeling who’s lost her magic. Taken in by Miss Dumpling the flamboyant tea witch, Yesterday is introduced to a magical, walking teashop filled with fantastical customers, a flying teapot turtle called Pascal and powerful spells in every teacup! Yesterday starts to rediscover her magic and to feel a sense of belonging. But a mysterious figure of darkness is working hard to ensure her new life comes crashing down – and it all starts with a deadly shard of ice in Yesterday’s heart… But there’s nothing that can’t be solved with a pot of tea, a slice of cake and a BIG dash of magic!
I’m really loving listening to Death in the Spotlight. I’m so glad I stuck with this series as it is getting better and better. I have the next two requested on Borrowbox! I’m almost finished Mort which is different to anything I’ve read before, but is one I’m really loving.
Strictly speaking, I finished A Spoonful of Murder last week, but I forgot to include it in my WWW Wednesday last week! I’ve also read The Rewilders which is a wonderful story of unlikely friendships and re-wilding a beautiful lynx in the Highlands. I will be posting my review as part of the Blog Tour later in the month.
I’ve loved A M Howell’s last three books historical mysteries, so I’m really looking forward to reading this one next.
Have you read any of these? What are you reading?
Thank you so much to Chicken House for inviting me to be part of the Blog Tour for this exciting adventure , and for providing me with an early copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
The Boy in the Post is a charming, heart-warming and humorous fantasy adventure that took me aboard an enthralling venture brimming with excitement, daring and danger.
At the start of their summer holiday, siblings Orinthia, Séafra and Taber spot an advertisement for paid work, so decide to apply. When they arrive at Tupenny Mill, they are met by the brilliantly eccentric, and utterly wonderful, Grandy Brock. Grandy, and his crew of adopted orphans, are creating a postal service with a difference: a postal service staffed by animal posties! I absolutely loved meeting the fascinating assortment of animails from baboons franking envelopes to toucans transporting postcards and Sphynx cats licking stamps to – my favourite –snakes spelling out postcodes, and insults! Just magical! Grandy offers the children a job training Geronimo the pelican and her son Gungho to deliver mail, a job which the children readily accept. Who could resist?
The youngest Shalloo sibling, six-year-old Taber, has a real affinity with Geronimo and begins training her; however, when she does not return from her first international voyage to New York, Taber is incredibly upset. He is determined to find his new friend and leaves a note for Orinthia and Séafra to tell them that he is posting himself to New York to search for Geronimo.
Orinthia and Séafra are determined to rescue their young brother, so decide to follow his lead by posting themselves to New York. And so begins a fantastically fast-paced, action-packed adventure across land, over sea and through air, as the siblings steal a stamp from the local Post Office and use it to have themselves posted to New York in a freight crate. Will they be able to keep themselves from being discovered aboard the Royal Mail Steamship sailing across the Atlantic? Will they find their young brother and his new friend if they make it to New York in time? Could danger be following them from home?
I don’t want to say too much for fear of spoilers; suffice to say that there are some first-class and unexpected twists and turns which kept me on the edge-of-my-seat. This is such a thrilling adventure with the sense of anticipation and danger increasing as the plot unfolds, but there are also some wonderful moments of humour.
One cannot discover new oceans unless one has the
courage to lose sight of the shore
The Shalloo siblings are incredibly likeable children. They have quite different personalities, but have a wonderfully natural and honest sibling bond. Orinthia wants to be an explorer like her heroine, Ophelia Pearcart, and has a real sense of adventure. Her brother, Séafra is more cautious and a worrier, yet he shows strength and courage as he faces his fears. Youngest brother Taber is a nature- lover who has a natural affinity with animals. All three children are resilient and resourceful, attributes which help them on their incredible adventure.
An enchanting, exhilarating adventure with courage, friendship and family at its heart, perfect for readers of 9+.
Please do check out the other stops on the Blog Tour.
The March theme for Six for Sunday, hosted by A Little But a Lot is Springing into life and today’s prompt is for Books with green covers. I took this opportunity to look through my bookshelves and find some books with green covers that are still on my TBR.
Here are the first six I found:
Have you read any of these? What would you recommend?
I have just started listening to Death in the Spotlight. I am about half way through Mort. Why haven’t I read this before? I’m absolutely loving this, and will definitely be picking up more.
I’ve read The Tide Singer which is a wonderfully atmospheric novella that I really enjoyed. I also finished Sisters of the Lost Marsh. This is an utterly mesmerising read that kept me utterly gripped. There is a real sense of danger, brilliantly tense scenes and an eerily atmospheric portrayal of the marshland. It is a story of the strength and bonds within female relationships, between sisters and Grandmother and of the sacrifices they make for each other. I also finished The Boy in the Post and will be posting my review next week as part of the Blog Tour.
I’m hoping to read The Rewilders next.
Have you read any of these? What are you reading?
February came with a much-needed half-term break which has re-charged my batteries, ready for next term. I’ve read about the same this month as last, and have managed to keep to my resolution to read at least one adult book each month!
I’ve read 11 books this month, 9 physical copies and 2 audiobooks – exactly the same as January! My adult book this month was an audiobook: The Lamplighters.
My Feedback Ratio is at 96%. I’m edging closer to my 100 Book Reviews Bade, having reviewed 77 books now. I’m still waiting to see if I get approved for While The Storm Rages but no luck yet! I have been approved to read the final book in The Strangeworlds Travel Agency series, The Secrets of the Stormforest which I’m really excited to read.
I have been lucky enough to have been sent these books by publishers this month. I have reviewed two of them, Nisha’s War and Carnival of the Lost. I have read The Boy in the Post.
I’ve bought 8 books this month and have managed to read one of them so far!
How has your reading month been? Have you read any of these? Have you any of them on your TBR?
Book Craic 