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=='''11 MARCH9 MAY'''==
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|isbnauthor=0857527231Tom Percival|title=Dog Days|author=Ericka WallerThe Wrong Shoes
|rating=5
|genre=General FictionConfident Readers|summary=George Dempsey is exceedingly angry. ItWill's eight days since his wifelife is difficult, Ellen, died and it's the first time that she's let him downin a multitude of ways. Heis bullied because he has 'the wrong shoes's lost, bereft without her ( he has the wrong shoes because his dad can't work and doesn't have enough money for even the most basic of things like food, and his dad can'needs t work because he lost his wifejob at the college, like was working a snail needs its shell''). He misses their ordered life and rather than bringing him meals to leave cash-in-hand job on the doorstep, he'd much rather have a good row with someonebuilding site and had an accident. He's particularly angry about Throw into that mix the dachshund puppy which Helen brought home just three weeks before she died. She even dared to contradict him when he told her fact that the dog wasnhis mum and dad are separated, and Will't stayings life seems bleak in every direction. Now And yet, he's lumbered with still has a dog he doesn't want and a load tiny amount of busybodies who are trying to interfere in his lifehope. Worst He is good at art, and clings to the moments of all joy when he is Bettydrawing, who won't take no for an answer. Betty knits jumpers for Lucky, her greyhound. Lucky spends that feel like a lot light at the end of time trying to escape from and destroy thema long, dark tunnel.|isbn=1398527122
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=='''23 MAY'''==
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|isbnauthor=1529109116Onyi Nwabineli|title=Call Allow Me Red: A Shepherd's Journey|author=Hannah Jacksonto Introduce Myself
|rating=4.5
|genre=LifestyleGeneral Fiction|summary=''I want the image of a British farmer Anuri spent her childhood on display to simply be that of a person who is proudly employed in feeding the nation. I don't think that is too much world, thanks to ask.her step-mother Ophelia'' The stereotypical farmer was probably born s increasingly popular presence on the land social media, where she posted every step of Anuri''his'' family have farmed s childhood for generations. He's probably grown up without giving much thought as to what he really wants to do: he knows that he'll be a farmer. It's not always the case though. Hannah Jackson was born sponsorships and influencer deals and brought up on the Wirral: she'd never set foot on a commercial farm until she was twenty although she'd always had a deep love of animals, basically, monetary gain. Her original intention was that she would become 'Dr Jackson, whale scientist' Now Anuri is in her twenties and she was well on is slowly trying to regain her way confidence and to achieving this when get her life changed on a family holiday back, suing her step-mother to take down the Lake Districtcontent about her. She saw a lamb being born Anuri is battling alcoholism, failing to start her PhD, undergoing therapy and secretly abusing people online andreceiving money from them for doing so. Most importantly, although 'Hannah Jacksonshe is desperately worried about her little sister, farmer' lacked who is the kudos new focus of her original intention, she knew that she wanted to be a shepherdOphelia's online empire. With the determination that you'll soon realise is an essential part of Can she save hersister, she set about achieving and perhaps herself and her relationship with her ambition.father at the same time?|isbn=0861546873
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 =='''18 MARCH4 JUNE'''==
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|author=Danny Wallace and Gemma CorrellStuart Douglas|title=The Day the Screens Went Blank|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Meet Stella Lowe and her family. They're just innocently trying to have a Sunday evening in together, watching a film – using three different screens to watch three different things, mind – when ''poof'' everything goes blank. And it's not just their home, but the entire southLe Breton Mysteries -western village of Mousehole, and not just that, either, but the whole country, if not world. Suddenly people are constantly on their phones – hoping they're first to get a screen back, and not what they were constantly doing on them before. Toasters can toast, but TVs cannot do Death at the V part of their job, and no computer can show its computations. You might think this is going to be a social comedy about people stuck in such a Luddite experience against their will, but no. For the family finally remember Stella's grandma, and see if they can get across country to her. Hence this has to go down as a road-trip book. But not just that, a slapstick road-trip comedy. And more than that, too – for it's a slapstick, high-drama, high-octane road-trip comedy with oodles of cuddly heart that kids of all ages will love.|isbn=1471196887}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1913193527|title=Bound (Detective Sam Shephard)|author=Vanda SymonDress Rehearsal|rating=43.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=Dunedin was shocked when it heard During location filming for his 1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', leading man Edward Lowe stumbles across the dead body of a woman on the murder edge of a wealthy and apparently respectable businessman out at Seacliffreservoir. His wife had been bound and gagged and placed so that she was forced The police seem happy to watch the murderassign it as an accidental death, with but something about the scene being discovered by their sonwhole thing bothers Lowe, Declan, when and he returned home from an evening out. The subsequent investigation would prove that John Henderson had been involved in some activities which might have been considered shady and certainly questionable if not illegal. His company, Eros Global, manufactured and marketed ''vitamin-type supplements and, well, sexual enhancers, that kind enlists the help of thing'', as Henderson's employee, Blair Harvey-Boyd explained.}} =='''23 MARCH'''=={{Frontpage|author=Dean Koontz|title=The Other Emily|rating=4|genre=Thrillers|summary=Our hero David Thorne is an author, who shares his life between the two US coasts. It's the western coast we're concerned with, a place he has to return tofellow actor, and a place he has to be able John Le Breton to leavehelp him investigate matters further. David lost contact with his partner there ten years ago, when she vanished from a remote road late at night. He's paying for contact with They travel across the man he thinks the only suspectcountry during their days off filming, a lifer nowuncovering more possible murders and, who went a bit Hannibal Lecterseemingly, and has a dozen and more unfound Jane Does on his record. David is trying link to pry death during the connection between the murderer and his girl from the man's mind, but to no availSecond World War. He's also having But is there really a recharge ready for his next hit novel when into link between the restaurant walks the sheer spitting image, the very embodiment, the virtual resurrection, of his love. deaths? What And will they manage to uncover who is a man to doresponsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=15420199581803368209
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 =='''1 APRIL6 JUNE'''==
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|isbnauthor=B08R7LXQ9SKieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton|title=RemyDungeon Runners: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline SiegalHero Trial
|rating=4
|genre=For SharingConfident Readers|summary=Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''Meet Kit. The school bully Jayden, together with Like most of the people in his sidekicks Ryan and Brandonworld, have been laughing at Remyit seems, calling him names because he is short an avid fan of Dungeon Running – the sport where a team of warrior, mage and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful healer enter specially prepared, century-old, magical mazes, and race to wind up Remy when nobody can see the exit, perhaps bothering with the treasure or the big bad and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are aroundpoints they grant you along the way. So Unfortunately for Kit, when Remy reacts, it looks as though the only thing he was 's seen of the latest race on the instigatorinn TV equivalent is that one team has been retired, eaten, and a new trio of questors is needed. And then Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, he gets has taken to the goading from the token bully of his world and stumbled into trouble at school declaring he'll enter as a team. What chance does this friendless, muscle-free-zone have in actually managing that, and the teachers don't believe him when how could he tries possibly hope to explain what happened.succeed?|isbn=1839945184
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=='''13 JUNE'''==
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|authorisbn=Ruth Hogan1635866847|title=Madame BurovaThe Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci
|rating=4.5
|genre=General FictionLifestyle|summary=This It's strange, the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is the book lets us discover several people in different stages of life in the early 1970s, all vaguely connectedfor you. So we have a bullied half-cast boy (as he would have been called then), a girl in a humdrum job wanting to become a singer, and chiefly, Imelda, the third generation of Madame Burova, Before I started reading ''Tarot-Reader, Palmist and ClairvoyantThe Lavender Companion'', to use her familyI visited the author's [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's seaa picture of a slice of chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and desserts -front boothbut I wanted that cake viscerally. The singer, the scryer and the sufferer(There's mother will all become staff at a revamped holiday camprecipe in the book, but just before then we see Imelda fly solo for which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the first time book and I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the family stallmargins are sanctioned. We also see her on her last day, fifty years later, in possession You get to fold down the corners of a pair pages. You suspect that smears of letters that will change everything for butter would not be a woman called Billieproblem. Just who is she, and who delivered the secrets about her to Imelda, and why did it have to remain a secret all I ''loved'' this time?|isbn=152937331Xbook already.
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=='''14 APRIL4 JULY'''==
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|author=Polly BartonMax Boucherat|title=Fifty SoundsThe Last Life of Lori Mills
|rating=4.5
|genre=Politics and Society
|summary= Where do I start? I could start with where Barton herself starts, with the question ''Why Japan?'' Japan has been on my radar for a while and if the world hadn't gone into melt-down I would have visited by now. I may get there later this year, but I am not hopeful. And like Barton, I don't know the answer to the question ''why Japan?'' She explains her feelings in respect of the question in the first essay, which is on the sound ''giro' '' – which she describes as being, among other things, the sound of ''every party where you have to introduce yourself''.
|isbn=1913097501
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=='''15 APRIL'''==
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|author=Lucy Holland
|title=Sistersong
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Sistersong is part of a genre I particularly enjoy, the modern retelling of folk and fairy tales. These stories, for most of us, are a cornerstone of childhood and I relish seeing them retold with fresh eyes and a fresh perspective. If handled well these retellings give new life and new meaning to stories that are now becoming increasingly narrow and outdated, fleshing out characters, examining relationships and re-evaluating the role of women. Sistersong is a perfect example of a modern retelling done well, the plot is handled with care, keeping its archaic historical feel but allowing the characters to come to life, to feel real and human, most importantly they feel relatable in a modern world whilst still feeling appropriate for the pre-Saxon age they live in. This is a masterpiece of storytelling and I was captivated from beginning to end.
|isbn=1529039037
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{{Frontpage
|author=Goldy Moldavsky
|title=The Last Girl
|rating=5
|genre=teens
|summary= Rachel Chavez is the new girl at Manchester Prep. A school filled to the brim with the richest children in the city – and Rachel doesn't belong. She's not rich, she has no ties to some royal family in Serbia, and most of all, she spends the majority of her spare time watching horror movies as a source of comfort. She struggles to find anyone to connect with, until one day she stumbles upon the Mary Shelley Club. A secret society with one aim: pull off the best prank in true horror movie style, and unless someone screams, you have failed. Rachel becomes immediately engrossed in the competition. But as the pranks escalate, and Rachel finally feels like she has found her place in this school, things start to go wrong; a masked figure keeps showing up to the pranks, and people begin to get hurt. When the competition then takes a deadly turn, Rachel must figure out who this masked figure is before it's too late.
|isbn=0755501527
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{{Frontpage
|author=Sarah Sultoon
|title=The Source
|rating=2.5
|genre=Thrillers
|summary=1996. Essex. Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl Carly lives in a disenfranchised town dominated by a military base, struggling to care for her baby sister while her mum sleeps off another binge. When her squaddie brother brings food and treats, and offers an exclusive invitation to army parties, things start to look a little less bleak...
|isbn=1913193594
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=='''27 APRIL'''==
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|author=Kristen O'Neal
|title=Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary= Having recently been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, Priya has to come to terms with the fact that she may be in constant pain for the rest of her life. She joins ''Oof Ouch My Bones'', an online support group where she talks to a bunch of other teens living with chronic illnesses. They talk about their troubles and help each other out, while also providing an escape to just joke and mess around. When Brigid—one of her closest friends—doesn't respond to the chat for a while, Priya becomes concerned. She decides to steal her parents' car and drive to Brigid's house to check up on her. But what she doesn't expect to find there is a werewolf in the basement – and for that werewolf to be the girl she has been talking to online for the past few months.
|isbn=1683692349
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=='''29 APRIL'''==
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|author= Jennifer Saint
|title= Ariadne
|rating= 4.5
|genre= Women's Fiction
|summary= This re-telling of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur is interesting and unusual. Jennifer Saint presents the story in a way that is sympathetic to its origins but also appealing to a modern audience. Saint's narrative is told predominantly through the viewpoint of Ariadne, spanning from her childhood to her death, allowing the reader to really connect with Ariadne as a character in her own right rather than just a prop in the heroics of Theseus.
|isbn=1472273869
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=='''17 JUNE'''==
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|author=Joseph Knox
|title=True Crime Story
|rating=4
|genre=Thrillers
|summary= Joseph Knox, known for his series surrounding Detective Aidan Waits, has created a new genre with his latest novel, "True Crime Story". The story follows the disappearance of Zoe Nolan from her university halls of residence. Split into four parts, the reader is taken through the life and disappearance of Zoe through the eyes of her twin sister, other family, friends and professionals, such as the police. The various accounts help the reader get to know Zoe, or at least the Zoe she presented to others. However, the twists and turns at the end of each chapter leave you shocked, confused and unsure of what is true or fabricated. Whose accounts can we trust?
|isbn=0857527703
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=='''24 JUNE'''==
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|author=Catherine Steadman
|title=The Disappearing Act
|rating=4.5
|genre=Thrillers
|summary= British actress Mia Eliot is on the cusp of success. Great success. If the rumours are true, award season is going to treat her well, acknowledging her for her latest, critically acclaimed production. She's going places but so, unfortunately, is her partner. And the places he's going take him towards lies, deceit and a pretty young thing in the form of his new co-star. It's a good time for Mia to escape, and pilot season in LA provides just the excuse.
|isbn=1471189783
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=='''8 JULY'''==
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|author=Hannah Peck
|title=Kate on the Case
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Kate, although I got We meet Lori on the impression first evening she'd rather be a Catherine s got the house to herself and one specific Catherine no neighbour to pop in, babysitter poorly, mother at that. For Catherine Rodriguez is Kate's idolwork, and the author of our heroine's favourite possessionjust an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, ''The Special Correspondent Manual''on her lonesome. Armed with What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in a plucky fatherblanket fort, that bookshe has one main intention, and her talking mouse called Rupert, she that is all equipped to manage a train ride log on to the ArcticVoxminer, to see her scientist mother for the first time in yonks. Howeverworld-building, this is a train ride with a difference, for on board critter-collecting game that is a greedy-seeming harridan and her cat, a thief – and two glowing eyes, shining from the darkness hit in a blink-and-youLori'll-miss-them styles world. It's definitely a case for But first Lori has a new young investigative journalist...|isbn=184812970X}} =='''22 JULY'''=={{Frontpage|author=Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir and Victoria Cribb (translator)|title=Girls Who Lie|rating=3|genre=Thrillers|summary=You might be forgiven for thinking that all the dark corners of Iceland have featured in their noirish thrillers and crime books before now. You think, seeing on the map that we're set in Akranes, and finding it's only twenty kilometres from the capital city, tiny inkling that this author is clutching at the few final straws left. However just because the book aims for the usual small-town feel, itstormy night doesn's not just in Akranes that our interests lie. Six months ago a woman failed to turn up for t find herself entirely on her date eveningown, and was never seen againthen she finds something even more spooky. This left a teenaged girl not at all disappointed that For the server she could now live permanently with the couple who had given her foster care before and her mother had asked for the girl back, bestie and a couple nobody else should be able to enter shows signs of delighted adopterstampering. But it left our three detectives at a quandary – mobile When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone use was at a high level until it stopped all of a suddenscreen, in one and her safe place, the woman's car was found miles away in a second place, and now, after six months, the body game has been discovered, in a third, even more remote place. Meanwhiledoctored – well, this narrative where is interrupted by a confessional monologue from a mother who found herself with heavy post-natal depression, and very little maternal feeling in her body. Is the assumption that is so easy for the reader girl to make the right oneturn?|isbn=191319373X0008666482
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