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Here you will find my own personal reviews of purchased books, gifted books, and advanced reader copies. I cover all genres of fiction books, plus non-fiction, classics and poetry.
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The Library of Lost Stories – Eloise Williams
Published By: FireflyPages: 240Released On: 03/09/2026Reading Age: 10+ It’s Christmas 1976 in a small town in South Wales, and eleven-year-old Noni and her dad are hiding from the bailiffs, behind the sofa. There’s no money left and Noni’s dad – who used to fix all the town’s broken things seems to be the most broken…
Cinnamon Crumb, Baking Detective: The Great Cake Caper – Harry Woodgate
Published By: UsbornePages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026Reading Age: 8-11 Meet Cinnamon Crumb. In the town of Marzipan, home to bakers of near-magical talent, Cinnamon burns toast. She’s no baker – but she is about to become a baking detective. Because all is not sweet between Marzipan’s two rival superstar bakers, Victoria Sponge and Madeleine Macaron. They…
Scion – James Islington
Published By: GollanczPages: 240Released On: 01/09/2026 My job, when you think about it, isn’t so different from a lot of people’s. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the ‘killing people’ part of it, I guess, but that’s a them problem: it’s been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. Besides,…
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