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=='''23 MAY'''=={{Frontpage|author=Onyi Nwabineli|title=Allow Me to Introduce Myself|rating=4.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Anuri spent her childhood on display to the world, thanks to her step-mother Ophelia's increasingly popular presence on social media, where she posted every step of Anuri's childhood for sponsorships and influencer deals and, basically, monetary gain. Now Anuri is in her twenties and she is slowly trying to regain her confidence and to get her life back, suing her step-mother to take down the content about her. Anuri is battling alcoholism, failing to start her PhD, undergoing therapy and secretly abusing people online and receiving money from them for doing so. Most importantly, she is desperately worried about her little sister, who is the new focus of Ophelia's online empire. Can she save her sister, and perhaps herself and her relationship with her father at the same time?|isbn=0861546873}}=='''30 MAY'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=B0CYV674G2|title=Swanton Morley (John Tanner)|author=David Blake|rating=3.5|genre=Crime|summary=It seemed like an open-and-shut case. A man, covered in mud and blood - and carrying a knife, comes into the police station shouting that he hasn't killed the man. A body at the bottom of a freshly dug grave at Swanton Morley church - he's been stabbed to death. DCI John Tanner is just back from his honeymoon, which coincided with the birth of his daughter Samantha. You would think he'd be grateful for an easy answer but the words 'perverse' and 'John Tanner' were made for each other. He's sleep-deprived to the point of falling asleep at work but he's determined to keep going - probably because he can't get any sleep at home.}}=='''4 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|author=Stuart Douglas|title=Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries - Death at the Dress Rehearsal|rating=3.5|genre=Crime|summary=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 edge of a reservoir. The police seem happy to assign it as an accidental death, but something about the whole thing bothers Lowe, and he enlists the help of a fellow actor, John Le Breton to help him investigate matters further. They travel across the country during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, a link to death during the Second World War. But is there really a link between the deaths? And will they manage to uncover who is responsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=1803368209}}=='''6 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|author=Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton|title=Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|classsummary=Meet Kit. Like most of the people in his world, it seems, he is an avid fan of Dungeon Running – the sport where a team of warrior, mage and healer enter specially prepared, century-"wikitable" cellpaddingold, magical mazes, and race to the exit, perhaps bothering with the treasure or the big bad and the points they grant you along the way. Unfortunately for Kit, the only thing he's seen of the latest race on the inn TV equivalent is that one team has been retired, eaten, and a new trio of questors is needed. Possibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, he has taken to the goading from the token bully of his world and stumbled into declaring he'll enter as a team. What chance does this friendless, muscle-free-zone have in actually managing that, and how could he possibly hope to succeed?|isbn="15"1839945184}}=='''13 JUNE'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1635866847|title=The Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci|rating=4.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It's strange, the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is the book for you. Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', I visited the author's [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and desserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. (There's a recipe in the book, which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the book and I was told to make a mess of it. Notes in the margins are sanctioned. You get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a problem. I ''loved'' this book already.}}

 <!-- Davis -->{{Frontpage|-| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Max Boucherat[[image:0192749218.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192749218/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] The Last Life of Lori Mills| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|==rating=[[What's That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] George and Gizmo have been together ever since George was born. Gizmo has always been a fun, adventurous dog and a loyal friend, but just recently, George has noticed that hesummary=We meet Lori on the first evening she's starting to slow down a little. A visit to got the vets leaves George worried that Gizmo might not be around for very much longer, and so he begins house to write Gizmo a bucket list, of all the adventures that they can still have together in Gizmo's last days. But are they his last days? And who will help George herself – no neighbour to stay calm when Gizmo is gone? [[What's That pop in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''11 JULY'''== <!-- Chiang -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1529014484.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529014484/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Exhalation by Ted Chiang]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] Over the past twenty-eight years Ted Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short storiesbabysitter poorly, these magnificent stories have won twenty-seven major science fiction awards so if you are a science fiction fan it is likely that you have already come across some of the mother at work by Ted Chiang. If you haven't than take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination will be grateful. [[Exhalation by Ted Chiang|Full Review]] |}{|class, just an avidly rule-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"==''' 15 JULY'''== <!-- James -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1781128952breaking eleven year old, on her lonesome.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781128952/ref=nosim What could possibly go wrong?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dyslexia Friendly|Dyslexia Friendly]], [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] This is Snuggled in a dyslexia-friendlyblanket fort, science fiction novella for young adults. It tells the tale of Hugoshe has one main intention, an unwanted and rather lonely android, who makes a living for himself mending time-travel watches. When one of his clients demands that his broken watch be mended, Hugo realises there is a mystery to be solved, and is only too ready log on to help. An exciting journey of discovery unfolds, which takes Hugo out of his drab attic workroom and into a scary adventure with some amazing new friendsVoxminer, exploring regions of the planet never before known to exist. [[The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James|Full Review]] |}{|classworld-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''18 JULY'''== <!-- Evan Winter building, critter-->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0356512940.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356512940/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Every so often, as a reader, a book comes along collecting game that is utter and complete perfection. This book is one of those. Utter and complete perfection. Winter has created an absolute masterpiece of a novel, set hit in the fantasy land of Uhmlaba the reader is instantly thrown into war, a battle for survival for the Omehi people. Fleeing their homeland, they have to fight to remain on the only scrap of land they can reach. The culture of the Omehi people is rich and deep but not perfect, not sanctimonious. They have villains, they have faults, they are the invaders after all, but Winter creates a realistic and honest portrayal of a people desperate to survive, to save themselves and their culture for future generations. [[The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter|Full Review]]|}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"==Lori'''1 AUGUST '''== <!-- Fegan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1925810097.jpg|link=http://wwws world.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925810097/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[Don't Drink the Pink by B C R Fegan]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Madeline is very fond of Grandfather Gilderberry. He's always busy in his workshop, creating crazy potions, and he always But first Lori has a smile on his face. Madelinetiny inkling that this stormy night doesn's dad thinks he's a bit bonkers and Madeline's mum thinks the same but gives him a pass because he's old. But Madeline? She thinks Grandfather Gilberberry is just great. Particularly t find herself entirely on her birthday when he unfailingly arrives with a selection of potions own, and allows her to choose one as a giftthen she finds something even more spooky. And he always says For the same thing... [[Don't Drink the Pink by B C R Fegan|Full Review]]|}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''8 AUGUST'''== <!-- Shackle -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473225213.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473225213/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[We Are The Dead by Mike Shackle]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Mike Shackle has written a really interesting server she and unusual story in ''We Are The Dead''; the tag line for the novel is 'No More Heroes' her bestie and that is what makes this story so differentnobody else should be able to enter shows signs of tampering. There are villains galore but no specific heroes; rather the story is scattered with characters doing their own small part to survive, to fight back When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and to find vengeance, her safe place in a world that the game has been utterly torn apart. The plot does not hang on any one characterdoctored – well, no one where is important, anyone can die and many do, but, like ants working together, each small character achieves their own part of a much larger plot that is rich and complex and keeps the reader glued girl to the story. [[We Are The Dead by Mike Shackleturn?|Full Review]]isbn=0008666482}}<!-- Coleman -->{{Frontpage|-| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Jenny Lecoat[[image:1785032461.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032461/ref=nosim?tagtitle=thebookbag-21]] Beyond Summerland| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman]]==rating=4 [[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]] Trudy Heaton is going home, to a house where summary=Jean lives on Jersey with her roots burrow back through the centuries and to a mother she hasn't spoken to for sixteen years. Home, her refuge, Ponden Hall, where she can heal herself and try to come to terms with they are celebrating the traumatic loss end of her husband. She needs to build bridges with her mother and convince her grieving son that his father is deadthe occupation. Where better than During the house full of light and shadowwar, that nurtured her throughout her childhood? [[The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman|Full Review]]|}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''29 AUGUST'''== <!-- Whitlock -->|-| style=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''|[[image:1782692177.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782692177/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[The Collective by Lindsey Whitlock]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] ''Illinois Territory, Collective Homesteads of America.'' ItJean's certainly an unusual place. Some people live in sunken houses, buried into hillsides father was arrested for listening to disguise how large their property is at times of austerity, among other reasons. Others are called Foresters, for they live a banned radio and work in trees – forever playing and resting in trees as childrensoldiers took him away one night, but farming in amongst them leaving Jean and living between them too. These two sides hate each other – so perhaps this is less her mother waiting for years for news of an unusual place than at first sighthim. Our drama kicks off when As the small area British finally free the Foresters live in is placed under compulsory purchase – Channel islands from the residents are given a pitiful amount to clear outNazis, before they get manfully cleared out. It's probably and the Hills war is finally over, their hopes rise that are behind this, they will finally learn what's more. Our hero, Elwyn, has just left the trees for the Hills, to live with an uncle and learn their ways – he's just became of age to decide things for himself, and he has decided to see how the other half lives. This has, of course, opened himself up to no end of prejudicial judgementhim. But what's this – will the truth come as soon as he reaches the Hills he sees a third way of living, in a lovely colonial-style mansionrelief, where everything sparkles and shines with crystalline light. What does or will it mean that he feels destiny-bound to this even posher, newer and more hopeful liferaise further questions around what else happened during the war? [[The Collective by Lindsey Whitlock|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"=='''5 SEPTEMBER'''== <!-- McGee -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0241365953.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241365953/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[American Royals by Katharine McGee]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Two and a half centuries ago, America won the Revolutionary War and General George Washington Who was offered the crown. Today, informer who told the House of Washington still sit on Nazis about the thrown with Princess Beatrice next in line. Beatrice's whole life has radio? And what other secrets have been building up to her ruling kept throughout the United States and the time for her reign is imminent. [[American Royals by Katharine McGee|Full Review]] <!-- Moyer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:178747920X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178747920X/ref=nosimoccupation?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]==isbn=1846976537 [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Robin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marian, and retreating to a monastery – although no-one knows quite what led him to abandon all that he had built. Marion's life since has been relatively quiet - but when her friends start dying, Marion is tasked by Father Tuck to break the curse surrounding them and to save their lives. Setting off with a soldier, a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled in a maze of betrayals, complicated relationships, and a vicious struggle for the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer|Full Review]] 

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