This week I have had a bit of a teen-fiction splurge, starting with Alan Gibbons' An Act of Love and finishing today with Ally Carter's Only the Good Spy Young. Call me fickle but I did enjoy Only the Good Spy Young a fraction more. I was in the sort of mood where I could quite easily get lost in a fictional boarding school for...

Hurrah! The postman delivered two very large parcels for me today. Ok, yes I wasn't in and the lovely postman waited all of 20 seconds for my doting partner to stumble down the stairs and skid through the hallway. Luckily said partner is quite the intrepid explorer, and not satisfied with the little red card shoved through the letterbox, he rather heroically legged...

I found this novel incredibly moving and at times challenging. Alan Gibbons' explores the relationships of two young boys as they grow up in a community torn by the war on terror. Tracing the paths as they grown into young men, Gibbons' challenges the often judgemental eye of society and highlights the dangers of assumptions.Fantastically written and gripping from the first page, this...

If you get time this month I would strongly suggest you put on the kettle and read this novel.  I will warn you that you should choose your spot wisely as you will not be getting up anytime in the near future. This is one of those 'down it in one' books.  Published by Legend Press (a bloody good publishing house between you...

When Grandma recommends a book to me, 9 times out of 10 it is one of those rare books that I will end up reading time and time again.  Ferney is no exception.    Set in rural Somerset this novel follows the entwining paths of two soulmates, Ferney and Gally, as the surrounding hills remain the constant landmark in their ever changing lives. What...