So, you arrive in all ignorance at Auschwitz, and see the horror there, and immediately swear to survive the ordeal to see retribution dealt on those behind it, but what do you do to see that oath out? Do you get to work diligently as the Nazis demand, to the extent you get the word ''collaborator'' muttered behind your back? Do you dare to stick your neck out and get a job that means you're actually a Jew working in the political wing of the SS, answerable to Berlin? Do you dare get contacts with civilian workers building the place, and trade the loot purloined from the incoming victims' belongings with food they smuggle in for you, under the eyes of all the camp guards? The man whose real life story inspired this novel did all that, and survived to tell the tale, but he also managed to do something even more daring, and unexpected – he dared to invest hope in a burgeoning love that he found in the camp. [[The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris|Full Review]]
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{{newreview|author=Michael <!-- Wolff-->|title=Fire and Fury[[image: Inside the Wolff Trump White House.jpg|rating=4.5left|genrelink=Politics and Societyhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1408711400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1408711400]] |summary=As I began listening to ''==[[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'' we were treated to the unedifying spectacle of the President of the United States taking to Twitter by Michael Wolff]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] As I began listening to establish that he was ''a stable genius'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'', as opposed, we must conclude were treated to being an unstable... Well, the unedifying spectacle of the President of the United States taking to Twitter to establish that he was ''a stable genius'', as opposed, we must conclude to being an unstable... Well, let's not go there. It's a little too frightening: this is the most powerful man in the world. So what made me listen to this book? Well, Donald Trump didn't want me to read it: US presidents don't often go down that road and rarely to a good destination (I'm thinking of Richard Nixon here) and that made me really want to know what was between the covers. But how did the book stack up?[[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408711400</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview|author= Mario <!-- Giordano-->[[image:Giordano Fruits.jpg|titleleft|link= https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473661919?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1473661919]] ===[[Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord|ratingby Mario Giordano]]=== 4 [[image:4star.jpg|genrelink= Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] |summary= How to describe this book - well for starters it's unlike anything I've ever read before. It's chaotic, mad, funny, fast-paced, confusing but once you get into it it's really good fun and totally enjoyable.|amazonuk=[[Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord by Mario Giordano|Full Review]]<amazonukbr> <br> <br>1473661919</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview|author=Karen <!-- Ellis-->[[image:Ellis_Dark.jpg|left|titlelink=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/147366277X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=147366277X]] ===[[A Map of the Dark|ratingby Karen Ellis]]===4 [[image:4star.jpg|genrelink=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] |summary=FBI Agent Elsa Myers finds missing children. There's a link back to her childhood here, as she might not have been missing but she was certainly lost. Her mother was abusive and her father preferred not to do anything about it: there might have been a bit of pretense but there was no protection. All that should be in the past, although Elsa is still self-harming when under pressure, but her father is dying of lung cancer and although she would have hoped for some personal time with him, her boss has allocated her to a new case, that of 17-year-old Ruby Haverstock, and you can't waste any time when children go missing.[[A Map of the Dark by Karen Ellis|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>147366277X </amazonuk!-- Tudor -->}}{{newreview|author= C J [[image:Tudor|title= The Chalk Man.jpg|rating= 5left|genrelink= Horror https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718187431?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718187431]] |summary= ==[[The Chalk Man follows a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, conjured during one fateful summerC J Tudor]]=== [[image:5star. By the time the new term begins, friendships will be fractured, and a girl will be dead. But who is the killer; is it jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]] ''The Chalk Man'' follows a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer to home? Thirty years laterconjured during one fateful summer. By the time the new term begins, Ed has tried to forget about that summerfriendships will be fractured, about all and a girl will be dead. But who is the poisoned, sinister memories of killer; is it The Chalk Man. However, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone seems determined not much closer to let him and when home? Thirty years later, Ed has tried to forget about that summer, about all the poisoned, sinister memories of The Chalk Man. However, someone seems determined not to let him and when the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare of the summer of 1986, populated by fairs, ra-ra skirts and death. Driven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, the reader cannot help but wonder; who is The Chalk Man, and will he ever let Ed go?[[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>0718187431 </amazonuk!-- Robins -->}}{{newreview[[image:Robins_Bodies.jpg|author= Jane Robinsleft|titlelink= White Bodieshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008217548?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008217548]] |rating= 4|genre= Thrillers|summary=Callie [[White Bodies by Jane Robins]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Callie and Tilda are very different twins. Callie lives a quiet life, with a menial job, whereas Tilda craves the spotlight, and is a moderately successful actress. Callie is awkward, suffering from a lifetime of acne, weight issues and comparing herself to her sister and her beautiful white body. Callie has very strong feelings for her sister, envy, admiration, anger, love, and Tilda laps all of these feelings up. They are grown, and see each other with relative frequency. But now Tilda has met a new man, Felix. He's smart, charismatic, successful and very intense, very particular. At first Callie loves him, loves the way he includes her in their relationship, but after a boating trip, fun turns into something more sinister, Callie begins to worry about this dynamic, to obsess ...[[White Bodies by Jane Robins|amazonuk=Full Review]]<amazonukbr>0008217548 </amazonuk!-- Vaughan -->}}{{newreview[[image:Vaughan Scandal.jpg|author=Sarah Vaughanleft|titlelink=Anatomy of a Scandalhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471164993?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471164993]] |rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Sophie had been married to James for twelve years and two children[[Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan]]=== [[image: to be honest she was more than a little bit in awe of him. 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Wages come in the form of blood-coins, currency taken from actual blood and denominated in weeks, months or even years of life. In Sempera, as you'd imagine, the rich live for a long time and the poor do not. In debt and struggling to afford the rent, Jules decides to ignore her father's warnings and take a job at Everless, an estate belonging to the Gerling family. But Jules's father objects for a reason: there is a royal wedding coming up, between Lord Roan Gerling and a ward of Sempera's queen, and secrets long concealed that, if revealed, would change everything...[[Everless by Sara Holland|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408349159</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview|author=Linni <!-- Ingemundsen-->[[image:Ingemundsen_Human.jpg|title=The Unpredictability of Being Humanleft|ratinglink=5|genre=Teenshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1474940633?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1474940633]] |summary=I came to this book expecting only a typical teenage coming ==[[The Unpredictability of age story, yet somehow, within only a matter of pages, I was utterly engrossed Being Human by the wonderful character of MalinLinni Ingemundsen]]=== [[image:5star. I read jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] I came to this book faster than any other I've read this year! Malin is expecting only a typical teenage coming of age story, yet somehow, within only a fourteen year old girlmatter of pages, who is very naive I was utterly engrossed by the wonderful character of Malin. I read this book faster than any other I've read this year! Malin is a fourteen year old girl, who is very naive and innocent, and she struggles with social interaction. It is never stated within the book (a fact that I liked) but I suspect that she's somewhere on the autistic spectrum. But that isn't really what the book is about. 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He isn't a great socialiser and certainly not one is set to become the youngest ever champion of the cool kidsnational under 18s, although he's had something of a crush on Rosie, but he's known her since kindergarten and done nothing about ithis tennis career is written in the stars. Until Mike shows up. At the other end of the scale are Jack Radogerens and his friend Ryan, who bully Jasonfirst, Floyd thinks Mike is just a weird kid following him around. It might Why else would he be Wednesday, but Jason will be glad when at tennis practice in the week's over. His home life is a bit strange too: school so early? But when we meet thirteen-year-old Jason, his dad has just phoned to say that he's going to be away for three days. Jason's on his own. Well, apart from appears on the tennis court in the middle of the UFO and its occupantsmatch, that Floyd can't understand why everyone is.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1546284451</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= acting so calm … until Floyd realises he is the only one who can see him. Floyd is referred to a specialist and together they unpick the mystery of Mike. [[Mike by Andrew Norriss|title= MikeFull Review]]|rating= 5 <br>|genre= Teens|summary=Floyd is a rising teen tennis sensation<!-- Dean -->[[image:Dean Dark.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co. At only fifteen, he is set to become the youngest ever champion of the national under 18s, his tennis career is written in the starsuk/gp/product/178607253X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178607253X]] ===[[Dark Pines by Will Dean]]=== [[image:5star. Until Mike shows up. At first, Floyd thinks Mike is just jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Tuva Moodyson works for a weird kid following him around. Why else would he be at tennis practice local paper in small town Sweden - there to be near an ailing Mother, but desperate for the school so early? But when he appears big break that will have her moving on the tennis court to pastures new. Just outside of her town, Gavrik, two bodies lie deep in the middle of the matchforest - brutally murdered and their eyes ripped out. They bring back dark memories for a town that has seen this crime before - and Tuva is desperate to find the killer. At first, Floyd canshe't understand why everyone is acting so calm … until Floyd realises he is the only one who can see him. Floyd is referred to s just out to write a specialist and together they unpick good story - but as the mystery crimes continue she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into the forests outside of MikeGavrik, filled with stranger characters and dark secrets. Will she find the killer before they find her? 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It celebrates a century and a half of the development of women's sport by looking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and much more. Think of a sport and a pioneering women succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double page spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait.[[Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky|amazonuk=Full Review]]<amazonuk>1526360926</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview|author=Abi <!-- Elphinstone-->[[image:Elphinstone Sky.jpg|title=Sky Songleft|ratinglink=4https://www.amazon.co.5|genreuk/gp/product/1471146073?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=Confident Readers|summary6738&creativeASIN= The Ice Queen has cast a spell on Erkenwald1471146073]] ===[[Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] The Ice Queen has cast a spell on Erkenwald, separating the Fur and Feather Tribes and making the third – the Tusk Tribe – the enemy of both. Eager to secure her position by gaining eternal life, the Ice Queen is consuming the voices of the Erkenwald people. There seems little anyone can do until three children – Eska, separating the Fur Flint and Feather Tribes and making the third Blu – come together. With help from 'the Tusk Tribe – the enemy of both. Eager wild', they set off on a quest to secure her position by gaining eternal life, find the Ice Queen is consuming the voices of legendary 'Frost Horn' and the magical 'Sky Song' that will free Erkenwald people. There seems little anyone can do until three children – Eska, Flint and Blu – come together. With help from 'the wildIce Queen', they set off on a quest to find the legendary 'Frost Horn' and the magical 'Sky Song' that will free Erkenwald from the Ice Queen's control.s control. [[Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471146073</amazonukbr>}}
