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===[[Crisis by Felix Francis]]===
===[[Santa Goes on Strike by Jem Vanston]]=== [[image:4.5star4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ThrillersFor Sharing|ThrillersFor Sharing]]
By training Harrison Foster is a lawyer, but he's working as a crisis manager for a London firm. He was called to Newmarket after a fire in a stable killed six very valuable horses, including the Derby favourite. On the surface it looked like a simple fire, but it wasn't long before Harrison discovered that all was not as it seemed, not least because there were human remains along with the charred bodies of the horses. As all the staff were accounted for, who was the human victim? Harrison was completely new to the world of thoroughbred racing: in fact he knew little about horses and positively disliked them. [[Crisis by Felix Francis|Full Review]]
Something's gone horribly wrong. It's Christmas Eve and everything is very busy in Santa's grotto. The presents are all ready and waiting to be loaded onto the sleigh and the reindeer are itching to get going. But Santa? Santa is just not in the mood. He is tired of delivering the latest toys to children who only play with them for five minutes. He wishes people would remember what Christmas is really about - a time for families to come together for love and friendship and goodwill to one another. [[Santa Goes on Strike by Jem Vanston|Full Review]]<!-- Thompson Keeley -->
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===[[Rosewater by Tade Thompson]]===
===[[The Coming of the Spirits by Rob Keeley]]=== [[image:5star4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science FictionConfident Readers|Science FictionConfident Readers]]
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future. [[Rosewater by Tade Thompson|Full Review]]
In Victorian England, young Edward Fitzberranger is about to be infected with scarlet fever and die. Further back still in time, Sir Francis Fitzberranger is about to marry Tina, the love of his life. In the modern day, Henry and Luke are getting on with life. And in an alternate timeline, Ellie is working for a resistance movement and struggling under a Britain ruled by the Nazis... [[The Coming of the Spirits by Rob Keeley|Full Review]]<!-- von Doviak Wilson -->
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===[[Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak]]===
[[image:3star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Crime (Historical)|Crime (Historical)Snowglobe by Amy Wilson]]===
In 1946 a gang of criminals pull off an audacious art heist, making off with priceless works of art from a Boston Museum[[image:4star. These missing art works are never found. In 1988, a student finds himself caught up in the mystery of the missing art and hot on the trail of the multi-million-dollar reward. In 2014, the art is still missing and now dead bodies are turning up at the eponymous Charlesgate, filled with alumni celebrating their 25th reunion. As the body count risesjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], will we discover the truth behind the art theft decades earlier? [[Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak:Category:Teens|Full ReviewTeens]]
Jago doesn't like Clementine. He knows there is something different about her and he doesn't like it. And he never lets her forget it. Clementine knows she's different too, and that the difference is magic. And as much as she tries to ignore it, Clementine's magic is getting stronger. So when Jago's bullying gets too much, it's not really surprising that Clem loses control of it and gets herself suspended from school. [[Snowglobe by Amy Wilson|Full Review]]<!-- Minette Walters Haig -->
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===[[The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters]]===
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At [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth Pixie. She's cursed! She can't speak unless it's to tell the beginning of 1349 there truth. You might think this is a glimmer of good thing because telling lies is bad, right? But sometimes the truth isn't nice and sometimes a hope that the ravages of the Black Death might be passing. In Devilish in Dorset the population white lie is well, because of Lady Anneokay and sometimes it's strict rules about quarantine, which are regarded as heresy as they go against better to say nothing at all. You might not want to attract the strict rules attention of the churchschool bully by calling him mean and nasty, but for example, or you might not want to tell someone that you think their stores of food are dwindling and they know that when they are exhausted they will have no choice but to leavebrand new haircut looks awful. What will they find on the outside? Are they the only survivors? [[The Turn of Midnight Truth Pixie by Minette WaltersMatt Haig and Chris Mould|Full Review]]
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===[[We Sold Our Souls Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death by Grady HendrixM B Vincent]]===
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The night manager Dr Jess Castle, the self proclaimed failure of a Best Westernthe prestigious Castle family has returned home to the sleepy, Kris Pulaski is washed up and unhappyidyllic chocolate box town of Castle Kidbury. Few know of Rather than being delighted, her family are suspicious, especially her past as guitarist of 90's Heavy Metal band Dürt Würk – a band once tipped father, the judge. Luckily for greatnessJess, but destined she doesn't have to obscurity after lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career, rocketing try too hard to stardom dodge her family's suspicions as ''Koffin''. When a shocking act series of violence turns Krisgruesome local murders are taking place and that's life upside down – she all anyone is forced to look back to a past she has tried to forget – talking about. Jess accidentally finds herself in the thick of the investigation, and to a deal Hunt made her delight finds that may have sabotaged more than just the band. In a journey that will take Kris from a dusty hotel to a hellish music festival, she's determined to face the man who ruined her lifecan actually be useful. But with dark forces rising the small population dwindling and threatening everything Kris holds dearthe sense of danger moving ever closer to home, will Kris be able to defeat the odds? Or will Hell truly be unleashed on the Earth…has Jess made a grave mistake getting involved? [[We Sold Our Souls Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death by Grady HendrixM B Vincent|Full Review]]
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===[[A Tiding of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Nothing Lasting by Steve BurrowsLaura Solomon]]===
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DCI Domenic JejeuneWe never know the man's most celebrated case was his rescue of the Home Secretaryname but let's daughter when she was kidnappedcall him ''Boyo''. It's always been what his deep regret that mother used to call him, not least because he failed to rescue the man who was kidnapped with found it annoying. When we first meet Boyo his mother is alive, if not ''living'' as most people would understand it. She spends her days watching daytime television and this has all resurfaced now that the case drinking. Housework is being revieweda foreign country. Long-buried secrets are bound to come to lightWhen she dies she's not missed, even though the officer reviewing the case, DC Desdemona Gill, is firstly because she'd spent a fan couple of his years in a mental hospital, but mainly because her ghost continues to the extent that it's almost embarrassinghaunt Boyo. The review isn't the only problem he has thoughShe wants him to achieve something in his life: a body what she has been found on some waste ground, but it's so badly burned in mind is that identification is difficult - and made more difficult by the indecision of the Medical Examinerhe could be a famous arsonist. [[A Tiding of Magpies: A Birder Murder Mystery Nothing Lasting by Steve BurrowsLaura Solomon|Full Review]]
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===[[The Darkness Around Her Broken Things by Neil WhiteLauren Oliver]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Teens|Teens]]
[[image''This is the problem with words and even stories:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]there is never one truth''
Lizzie Barnsley was escaping from her abusive boyfriend when she was murdered on the canal towpath on New YearSummer, Mia and Brynn are obsessed with a novel called ''s Eve. It obviously wasnThe Way into Lovelorn't the boyfriend as he was still being held by Lizzie's friends at the pub, but before long Peter Box was arrested and charged. He'd sought treatment at the local hospital for an injury They begin to his head which was believe it is real, that the same shape as the heel world of Lizzie's shoe Lovelorn is really materialising around them, and start writing their own fan- and her blood was on the shoefiction sequel. Dan Grant was called in to represent BoxOne day, but there's a problem. Box won't talk - won't talk to the police or to Grant, so how Summer is he to represent violently murdered in the man? And had Box killed Lizzie? It was obvious that he hadn't known her - so why would he kill her? woods where they all played and everyone thinks Mia and Brynn did it. [[The Darkness Around Her Broken Things by Neil WhiteLauren Oliver|Full Review]]
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===[[What if It's Us by Becky Albertelli and Adam Silvera]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link===Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Blue Sky Black by John Connors:Category:Teens|Teens]]===
[[image:4star''I believe in love at first sight.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Fate, the universe, all of it. But not how you're thinking. I don't mean it in the our souls were split and you're my other half forever and ever sort of way. I just think you're meant to meet some people. I think the universe nudges them into your path.''
''When Tom Allenby, the 14 year-old boy who can control the elements, sees metal objects and cars rising into the air What If It's Us'' is one night he knows he is facing of those books that just gives you a powerful enemyboost when you need it. The trail leads to stolen magnetic stonesA feel good, sinister experiments in an old country house fun and a village hiding a secreteasy read. As each of his friends faces challenges I was surprised at the collaboration of Silvera and Albertalli – one known for happy endings, the other for tragedy – but they really work together well. Each takes a character and their ownvoices are so distinct, so real, can Tom fight a force which knows all about them?'that you are immediately sucked in. [[What if It's Us by Becky Albertelli and Adam Silvera|Full Review]]
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===[[Landslide Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Melissa LeetQuentin Bates]]===
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The area where Jill and Susie lived Gunna wasn't highly populated so it was fortunate that they became such good friends, despite the fact that Susie too keen when she was taken off police duties to become a year older than Jillbodyguard. Susie lived It wasn't just the sheer inconvenience of it - away from home for however long the job took and with her mother, an alcoholic, and Jill lived no contact with the family - she wasn''her'' mother, who dedicated herself t the only one to her gardenhave doubts about the man she was guarding. Jill's father Invited to Iceland by prominent politician Steinunn Strand, Ali Osman was Jay Tutle, either a saint who devoted himself to helping refugees escape the photographercarnage in their Middle Eastern homeland, but he spent much of his time working away or a money- often for months on endlaundering gunrunner. In reality there The truth was little difference between probably a combination of the two families: Mrs Smith, but whichever or whatever was correct, there's alcoholism caused serious illness whilst Susie was still young. Joy and tragedy would visit Jillmoney on Osman's home. ''Landslide'' head and this is the story of how what happened determined the course of Jill's life reason why he and how great tragedy can breed resilience Gunna are holed up in an isolated house outside Reykjavik, with Gunna toting a gun under her fleece and hopewith a group of armed police in a nearby house. [[Landslide Cold Breath (Gunnhildur Mystery) by Melissa LeetQuentin Bates|Full Review]]
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===[[The House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse]]===
[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], ==[[Dear Evan Hansen:Category:Thrillers|ThrillersThe Novel by Val Emmich]]===
Have you ever found yourself staring out the window slightly longer than needed [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Evan Hansen spends a lot of time indoors by himself. This worries his mother, who has engaged a therapist to see what your neighbours are up try to? This is a common occurrence for Katy Speed who regularly watches help Evan with his extreme anxiety issues. Evan'The House Across s therapist assigns him the Street' task of writing a daily letter to himself as a frequent stream way of women are brought there in getting Evan to think more constructively about himself and the same black hummer and seen leaving a short while laterworld around him. Although slightly unusualBut Connor Murphy, not much is said aside from your typical neighbourhood gossipa rather scary boy at school, that is until Katy is woken up in finds one of Evan's letters and gets the early hours one morning to find out that wrong end of the same house stick because Evan has been burnt to the groundmentioned Zoe, along with the woman girl he has a crush on and who lives there. This situation is made a whole lot worse for Katy when her father is arrested for starting the fire. What follows is an engrossing depiction of Katy's quest to prove her fatherConnor's innocence whilst dealing with her unbearable mother and ultimately having the safety of many people's lives in her handssister. [[Dear Evan Hansen: The House Across the Street Novel by Lesley PearseVal Emmich|Full Review]]
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===[[A Gathering of Ghosts Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer by Karen MaitlandM C Beaton]]===
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WitchcraftSt Ethelred's Church in the idyllic Cotswold village of Thirk Magna has a team of dedicated bell ringers, with the supernatural keenest being twins Mavis and Millicent Dupin and when we first meet them they're preparing for the will to survive at all costs collide in bishop's visit. Now you might be expecting an older, perhaps rather grey man, but this bishop is a story that never shies away from the darker side of human naturelittle different. The land One description is unhappy, the old spirits want revenge 'sex on legs' and famine even Agatha Raisin is kindling a resurgence little smitten - at first - but there's the merest whiff of a scandal about the old faithbishop. As fear risesIt's the mystery of the bishop's ex-fiancee, it is increasingly difficult for Prioress Johanne to ignore that something rotten has taken root. The sacred well is taintedlocal heiress Jennifer Toynby, its healing waters run red with blood who disappeared very suddenly and strangers are blowing in on a wind of changeneither she nor her body have ever been found. [[A Gathering of Ghosts Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer by Karen MaitlandM C Beaton|Full Review]]
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===[[The Monsters We Deserve Louisiana's Way Home by Marcus SedgwickKate DiCamillo]]===
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Two hundred years ago, bad weather, bad company (well, It is the middle of the kind night when twelve year old Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they must leave home immediately. Granny is also mad, and dangerous prone to know), a spooky reading list and a few chance topics middle of discussion all led a young woman to start writing the night ideas so initially Louisiana is not too worried by this but then gradually she realises that this time it is different. This time Granny intends that they will never return. Separated from her firstfriends, Raymie and Beverly and definitely her most famous evercat, Archie, bookLouisiana is devastated and desperate. The narrator of this novel has brought himself to a remote Alpine building, in the centre of She is determined that first novel's world, to revisit it in honour of its bicentenaryshe will find her way home somehow. He hates it, for he sees it But as badly written and her life becomes entwined with some unwelcome biases. He seems the people living in a small Georgia town Louisiana starts to worry about the ''curse'' Granny told her was upon her head and fears that she is destined only be there and doing this for the publisher to whom he addresses a lot of the script we readgoodbyes. But what if some greater force wanted him there too? [[The Monsters We Deserve Louisiana's Way Home by Marcus SedgwickKate DiCamillo|Full Review]]
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The site was rumoured to have been the home of Viking warlord Somerled so the discovery by Professor Francombe and her team of archaeologists of Angela Chadwick's debut novel explores the graves possibility of three two women initially caused great excitement, which rapidly turned being able to produce a baby girl through a process called Ovum-to horror when they realised that the women had died just over twenty years ago-Ovum fertilisation. The graves would bring some closure though - these were the bodies of the three missing victims of the 'Midweek Murderer' It centres around Rosie and Jules who operated in Glasgow take part in the early first ever clinical trial that would allow them to mid nineties. It was also an opportunity have a child of their own without the need for DCI Jim Daley to confront a failure in his pastsperm donor or any other male intervention. He'd been on What follows is a story that shows the original case harshness and at times disgraceful behaviour of the murderer had never been found. He'd also lost a close friend media, and made some enemiesthe general public, one of whom would return when faced with a controversial technique that could lead to taunt him when Police Scotland's Cold Case Unit arrived on the scenedemise of men. [[The Relentless Tide (DCI Daley) XX by Denzil MeyrickAngela Chadwick|Full Review]]
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===[[21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Politics Mr Tiger, Betsy and Society|Politics and Societythe Blue Moon by Sally Gardner]]===
Yuval Noah HarariIf gave us ''Sapiens'', which told the history of mankind and then ''Homo Deus'' which looked at mankind's future. Now we have ''21 Lessons for the 21st Century'' which looks at the challenges we currently face and it's enlightening, thought-provoking and occasionally just a little bit frightening. It's unlikely that mankind will face what - eighty years ago - would have been thought of as a traditional war, with armies, navies and air forces fighting it out hand to hand. It's much more likely that the threats we'll face will be relatively new. Harari looks at them in some depth[[image:5star. jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari:Category:Confident Readers|Full ReviewConfident Readers]]
Betsy K Glory lives a rather wonderful life on a peaceful island where nothing horrible ever happens. Her father, Alonso, makes the most wonderful ice cream in every flavour you could imagine. Her mother, Myrtle, is a mermaid and comes to visit regularly, although she still lives in the sea. Betsy dreams of two things: firstly, about the circus owned by a tiger and whether it would ever come to her island and secondly, about a magical ice cream made from the berries of the Gongalong bush. One scoop of this ice cream can make wishes come true. And then Mr Tiger and his circus arrive. And a journey is planned...[[Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner|Full Review]] Tweet scheduled for 9.15clare@headofzeus.com <!-- Wilson Davies -->
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===[[Aftershocks Tirzah and the Prince of Crows by A N WilsonDeborah Kay Davies]]===
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In This is a country very much like New Zealand, quiet but at the same time most avowedly notremarkable story, two women will find lovewritten in a style reminiscent of E. M. Strong love tooForster, for our narrator will say that her first attraction for her partner was ''[Tirzah and the only thing to make sense Prince of all those exaggerated songs sheCrows'd heard, and books and poems she'd read, has no great and plays she'd acted in – works of art stirring action but rather small ripples that had until then seemed sheer hyperbolemake a huge impact. It was entirely unrequited love for quite some time, but it does burgeon, or so we're promised from Tirzah is a young girl of sixteen raised in a small Welsh town in the off, because 1970s by highly religious parents as part of something quite drastic – a major earthquake very much like the one that hit Christchurch, but at the same time most avowedly notstrict religious community. This The book then is the combined exploration of the lovers follows Tirzah though a tumultuous year as she tries to decide who she wants to be, and the story of the quakewhat she wants to do with her life. [[Aftershocks Tirzah and the Prince of Crows by A N WilsonDeborah Kay Davies|Full Review]]
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===[[The Lost Magician Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Piers TordayVivika DeNegre (Editor)]]===
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In The problem with a craft which is largely based on traditional designs is that what results from your labours is also traditional, or - depending upon what light you shine on it - old-fashioned. Vivika DeNegre has curated a collection of patterns from today's top designers. As a world ravaged by the horrors word of warning, if you read ''Modern Patchwork Magazine'' you may well find that there's nothing new in the Second World Warbook, two boys and two girls move but if you're new to the countryside magazine this could well prove to stay with be a professor. They find a secret door and then a strange and enthralling world where they are needed, to play a major role in an epic battledelightful collection from the back catalogue. Sound familiar? [[The Lost Magician Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Every Room by Piers TordayVivika DeNegre (Editor)|Full Review]]
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===[[The Chaos of Now by Erin Lange]]===
 
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===Eli, a talented hacker, is one of those people who manage to fly below the radar. When new friends offer him the chance to enter a prestigious competition he soon realises this golden opportunity has a sting in its tail. How many people can hand on heart say that they have not made mistakes? Most people are fortunate not to have a permanent online reminder, the very presence of which refuses to allow you to adapt, to change, to grow. Eli has a few mistakes skulking online, moments of madness that if discovered would change his life forever. [[The Amber Maze Chaos of Now by Christopher BowdenErin Lange|Full Review]]===
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Hugh Mullion goes away to Dorset for the weekend and, while waiting for his wife to arrive, finds a mysterious key down the back of an antique chair. The grubby and torn label to which is attached reads... [[The Amber Maze by Christopher Bowden|Full Review]]
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===[[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? The Moving Blade (Detective Hiroshi 2) by Catherine Pickles and Chantal BourgonjeMichael Pronko]]===
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When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you The funeral is a good time to rob a house in Tokyo - and even better when they're famous as most people will be my friend? by Catherine Pickles there. Bernard Mattson had been famous - one of the great political thinkers - and Chantal Bourgonje|last met Worzel Woolface]] renowned for his support of the American bases in Japan. One of the great tragedies of his murder was that he was just a rather frightened dog who had difficulty few days short of meeting peopleup with his daughter Jamie: they hadn't been estranged, but when Mattson and her mother divorced she took the teenager to the USA and father and daughter just drifted apart. HeJamie and her mother came back for the funeral, but her mother departed as soon (or even before) she decently could, leaving Jamie to settle her father's a bit better now and something which he really enjoys is going for a walkaffairs. ItThe only problem is that an awful lot of people seem very interested in Bernard Mattson's not just a case of attaching a lead legacy - and heading for your favourite spot - there are a lot of other things they're prepared to be violent to think about firstget their hands on it. [[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? The Moving Blade (Detective Hiroshi 2) by Catherine Pickles and Chantal BourgonjeMichael Pronko|Full Review]]
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[[imageI was a little bit nervous when I picked up ''Storytelling:4The Presenter's Secret Weapon''.5star After all, the majority of presentations which I've seen or given were in a business context and what was required was absolute professionalism, not an act put on for light entertainment.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category I needn't have worried though:Thrillers|Thrillers]]the book is an essential guide to preparing and giving your presentation, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]], [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]]with or without what has now come to be known as The Dreaded PowerPoint. I've been making presentations successfully (but I'll say more about this later) in various professional situations for some forty or more years and I did wonder if the book would be able to teach me anything. It did.
Flitting between the present day and mid 16thcentury, ''Bellewether'' tells the fascinating tale of the Wilde House and all its inhabitants. In the present tense aspects, the Wilde House is being turned into a museum due to the legacy left by Captain Benjamin Wilde. It is told from the perspective of Charley, the museum curator, who is intrigued by the ghost who haunts the house and their story; a tale that ends in tragedy involving Benjamin Wilde's sister, Lydia, and a French-Canadian lieutenant, Jean-Philippe who was sent to live there. The perspective of the book is continuously shifted between Charley, then Lydia and Jean-Philippe. The latter two tell the truth about what was happening during this chaotic time in history, just as Charley is beginning to unravel it herself. [[Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley|Full Review]]
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===[[The Legend of Kevin: A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure (Legend of Kevin 1) by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre]]===
[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident ReadersTreasure of the Golden Skull (Maudlin Towers) by Chris Priestley]]===
Meet Kevin[[image:4.5star. He's a flying ponyjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] (If multiple categories use the same format, separated by comma + space)Sponge and heMildew are not the biggest fans of their school, Maudlin Towers. Who would be? It's a little on the plump siderun down. He loves biscuits too much is why, but heIt's happily living in the middle of nowhere, in the wild, wet hills of the Outermost Westgloomy. Now meet Max. HeYou can's a simple human being, not flying anywhere, and wishing t move for a pet to share his time in his top-floor flat with, something his Byronically goth sister gargoyles and parents donthat't agree withs discounting the teachers. One night, however, But when they find out that there's no money left and the wild and wet hills are wilder and wetter than usualschool might close they realise that, tatty and an enormous storm blows Kevin out of his nestmorose as the Maudlin Towers is, and on to the balcony outside Maxit is ''home''s window. The two are bound to become friends, but So they might not be able to relax just yet, for the bad weather has not finished… set their minds on a rescue mission... [[The Legend Treasure of Kevin: A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure the Golden Skull (Legend of Kevin 1Maudlin Towers) by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyreChris Priestley|Full Review]]
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