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The words that came to mind while reading this book are classic and epic. I really enjoyed reading this introduction to Jorie and her adventures. The style and content reminds me quite a lot of the Chronicles of Narnia series which were some of my favourite books when I was growing up (and still are […]

I haven’t read a romantic novel in a while. I think this is because once I got my own love life sorted I lost interest in other people’s! I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed the opening chapter. It got me straight into the plot and empathising with the lead characters. I loved […]

I am a bit ‘bah humbug’ over Halloween so to try to get me in the ‘spirit’ before the big day I read this new release from Carolyn Arnold. Halloween Is Murder is a fun novel centred around a pair of private investigators, Sean and Sara MacKinley, and their team. They have to negotiate with […]

Matthew’s school was lucky enough to be visited by award winning author Ali Sparkes who gave the children an inspirational talk that had Matthew completely enthused about writing. After school we went along to the book signing, and wow, I think every child in the school went along to buy copies of Ali’s books and […]

I feel fortunate that I have never personally experienced burglary. Chris has not been so lucky 🙁 and one of Matthew’s school friends was burgled earlier this year. The impact on children can be somewhat greater than we imagine. Children live in a world of simple opposites and definite answers. But the things that happen […]