It was such a fun read with characters that reminded of some of my own family. I loved this novel so much and feel sure I’ll be picking it up again next Christmas! So that’s my reading month and I’m really happy to have got back to reading more regularly, now I just hope it...
“Stacy McAnulty has managed to capture a number of feelings that kids go through with middle school embodied in the main characters of Lightning Girl. The fact that Lucy is a math genius just happens to be the unusual personality trait that she has, that she feels marks her as different ...
or sad, or make us cry as we empathise with characters . the power of books was recognised a few years ago by the british charity reading agency, who published a list of books that doctors could offer to patients, tackling topics from de...
She escapes with the help of her crew, but not before falling in love with Vorkosigan, the captain of the enemy’s ship. Thus begins a series of dramatic encounters as the two planets are in conflict and the two main characters gradually make their way to each other. This book (and ...
Alice created characters more for the forest. Her first was a rascally rabbit named Flora. The others were a wildcat, a bluejay bird and a fish that I redesigned as a mud-skipper. Look; when I meet anyone of any age with a genuine love for animals, I try to expand to expand their ...
“sacrifices” were completely worth it in the long run. I would even argue that having to work on a bare bones budget and a tight schedule worked in favor of getting this simple story right. It required cast and crew to live frugally like the characters and the frugal shoot placed a ...
m an #ownvoices reader for characters who are: ace (asexual), bi (biromantic), fat, chronically ill (especially/specifically with: endometriosis, chronic pain, and depression), and neurodivergent (specifically autistic characters and characters with ADD and/or anxiety). And also characters who ...
I described this book as an ongoing anxiety attack. It’s basically about coercive control in a fantasy setting. It’s terrifically done, with a wonderful alliance of women and a stand-up and cheer ending, but wow you work for it: the tension makes it hard to breathe. ...
After Patrick attacks Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, he becomes the new Santa, and moves to the North Pole for a year with Quinn. There is a lot of magic and fun at the North Pole – the Christmas vibes were off the charts! The whole cast of characters was so fun – especially the ...
There are parts of Volcano Volcano that are an excavation into the evils that engulf us, into the mess we’ve made of life and the world, but with the purpose of dreaming together a new world “re-ordered from below”. There is a cast of characters in these songs that provide the ...