I’ve just started another book from my Beat the Backlist Challenge. Just a few pages in, but I think, from reading the synopsis, that it’s one I’ll enjoy.
It’s definitely been a good reading week, but I hadn’t realised I’ve read 9 books! I have posted reviews for Mia and the Traitor of Nubis and The Wrath of the Blob.
I have loved catching up on the Sticky Pines series so also read The Valley of the Strange just before The Wrath of the Blob. This is a seriously brilliant series, and one I’m really looking forward to sharing with my class.
I also read a few books from my Beat the Backlist Challenge. I finished the audiobook of The Werewolves Who Weren’t which is the second in the trilogy. I really enjoyed this fantasy and love the friendship between Sam and the gargoyles and enjoyed meeting his new shapeshifter friends. I’m looking forward to reading the final book which is on my TBR. I also read Moondial which is a gorgeous time travel, ghost story with friendship at its heart. Oh my goodness, I LOVED Giant which I think will be one of my books of the year. The children on Minnie’s island are given a giant as their servant but, when they are 12 years old, they must give the giant back to the island. How the giants are treated was heart-breaking and the twist really surprised me. Minnie is a brilliant young girl who brings about much-needed change when she runs away rather than losing her giant. I’m always in awe of Nicola Skinner’s imagination and this one if no different.
Over the weekend, I read Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies which was a wonderful mystery which I really enjoyed. I am aiming to post my review before the weekend.
I borrowed Birdsong from my library app. This is a beautiful novella that I absolutely loved. It is both heart-breaking and uplifting. I adored the importance given to nature and music as a healing power, and loved the friendship that develops between Annie and Noah. I will definitely be reading Nightjar.
I’ve just finished writing my review for The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm and will be posting it as part of the Blog Tour later this month. This is a gorgeously charming mystery adventure with stunning illustrations.
I’m hoping to read The Stupendous Sonny and Peril on the Atlantic before the weekend. I’m going on holiday to Disneyworld for a couple of weeks which will definitely slow down/stop my reading. I will probably take a break from blogging whilst I’m in Florida and re-start when I get back at the end of August.
What are you reading? Have you read any of these?
Book Craic 