Search results

From TheBookbag
Jump to navigationJump to search

Page title matches

Page text matches

  • Every Contact Leaves a Trace by Elanor Dymott
    ...ritical in understanding who may have killed her, and why. What follows is Alex learning about this hidden past. ''Every Contact Leaves a Trace'' is partly Early on the book swings back and forth in time, including Alex's own childhood although this particular thread doesn't seem particularly r
    4 KB (682 words) - 11:24, 8 March 2018
  • Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery
    |title=Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door |summary=Alex meets friendly dogs, not-so-friendly wolves, daffy scientists and a very od
    3 KB (499 words) - 12:01, 17 April 2018
  • Flip by Martyn Bedford
    ..., and is actually stuck in the body of a boy who he has never seen before, Alex is forced to face a day in the life of Philip Garamond, literally. As he go ...oncrete answers. Even Rob, a fellow ''psychic evacuee'', who meets up with Alex face to face and seems confident and sure of himself at first, is shown to
    4 KB (699 words) - 14:59, 25 February 2018
  • Veiled by Benedict Jacka
    |summary=Future divining mage and Londoner Alex Verus is back a 6th time and his life isn't getting any safer as he takes o ...and one applicant, in particular, isn't exactly Mary Poppins. Meanwhile, Alex adds a new chapter to his life by working with the Keepers, the Council's p
    4 KB (733 words) - 11:22, 16 August 2020
  • My Mum Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith
    |author=Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith ...uirky and fun, but with appropriate subtlety that rewards further reading. Alex T Smith's illustrations are excellent and it all works really well together
    3 KB (429 words) - 16:42, 3 October 2020
  • Claude at the Circus by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ry=Another wonderfully funny, silly, entertaining story from the brilliant Alex T Smith which made my five-year-old laugh out loud many times!
    3 KB (573 words) - 09:14, 20 August 2020
  • Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz
    |title= Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) |summary= The eighth installment in the Alex Rider series lacks subtlety and nuaunce but will be loved by boys in the tw
    3 KB (602 words) - 21:27, 1 April 2018
  • The Soldier's Story by Bryan Forbes
    ...er seems assured until Alex uncovers a secret that will rip to the core of Alex's loyalties and jeopardise more than just their love. ...tion, we also witness the Nuremberg war trials. Then, continuing further, Alex goes from being intelligence officer to spy as the Cold War is born, facing
    4 KB (713 words) - 15:41, 25 February 2018
  • Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
    ...l) is their Daschund. She's getting on in years, but then so are Ruth and Alex. Then - the day before the open house - two things happen. An unmarked pe I empathised with Ruth and Alex too: ageing is never kind, but Ciment doesn't make them into doddery old fo
    3 KB (590 words) - 13:42, 26 September 2020
  • Chronosphere: Malfunction by Alex Woolf
    |author=Alex Woolf ...d lives... Alex Woolf was kind enough to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf|talk to Bookbag]].
    3 KB (497 words) - 15:34, 1 April 2018
  • Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos
    |title=Alex's Adventures In Numberland |author=Alex Bellos
    4 KB (676 words) - 12:10, 28 February 2018
  • Ostrich by Matt Greene
    ...Matt Greene follows quite similar lines, although this time the narrator, Alex, has a brain tumour. ...ugh when you're nearly thirteen and making your way in a large world. For Alex, it's even more so, as he has fits and blank periods thanks to his illness.
    4 KB (783 words) - 15:27, 2 February 2024
  • For My Sins by Alex Nye
    |author=Alex Nye ...YA fiction in later years. Taking her inspiration from her new homeland, Alex now brings us adult historical fiction that shines a wonderful depth, under
    4 KB (721 words) - 13:09, 22 February 2018
  • Sektion 20 by Paul Dowswell
    ...s Western counterparts are enjoying Coca Cola, fashion and rock music, but Alex can only dream of these things. His time is spent at school listening to en ...g the songs in public is out of the question. As his rebelliousness grows, Alex's life becomes more and more difficult. His teachers write reports about hi
    3 KB (545 words) - 22:14, 21 April 2018
  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Benedict Jacka
    ...particularly impressed by Benedict Jacka's urban fantasy novels featuring Alex Verus. We had a few questions to ask him when he popped in to see us. ...:Category:Benedict Jacka|Benedict Jacka's]] urban fantasy novels featuring Alex Verus. We had a few questions to ask him when he popped in to see us.
    6 KB (1,063 words) - 11:22, 28 February 2013
  • The Stronger Sex by Hans Werner Kettenbach and Anthea Bell (Translator)
    .... His illness confines him to just a couple of rooms. It's apparent that Alex is rather taken with his wife, Cilly Klofft, who is still rather beautiful ...lmost claustrophobic feel throughout, which I liked. I got the sense that Alex felt out of his depth at times having to put delicate questions to a moneye
    4 KB (631 words) - 12:19, 19 March 2018
  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs
    |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs ...per by Alex Kovacs|The Currency of Paper]], but the opportunity to chat to Alex Kovacs was not one to miss.
    5 KB (857 words) - 14:12, 29 November 2013
  • The Wraiths of War (Obsidian Heart book 3) by Mark Morris
    ...who visited him a century or so later. It's not as simple as it seems, as Alex keeps telling himself… or rather as Alexes (plural) keep telling himself. ...nd the many sleepless nights the temporal conundrums must have caused. As Alex leaps back and forth across the centuries, the complications of time travel
    3 KB (591 words) - 11:08, 16 April 2018
  • Eye Spy by Tessa Buckley
    Twins Alex and Donna live in a somewhat unusual household. Their mum died when they we ...re isn't much money sloshing around the house. In an attempt to earn some, Alex and Donna set up Eye Spy Investigations. Their first case is that of Kiki,
    3 KB (586 words) - 12:46, 23 April 2018
  • Alex and Ada Volume 1 by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn
    |title=Alex and Ada Volume 1 ...ng like its own, as it is not allowed to get that close to sentience. But Alex changes his mind right upon the point of returning the thing, and begins to
    5 KB (795 words) - 12:46, 9 August 2020
  • The Glory by Lauren St John
    ...teenage boot camp. But even naughty teenagers have their plus points, and Alex's is her love of horses. She'll do anything to save the mustang scout from ...mile endurance race with a $250,000 dollar prize. Winning would offer both Alex and Will a way out of their current difficulties... but who will win? And w
    3 KB (521 words) - 10:22, 24 April 2018
  • Bullet Boys by Ally Kennen
    ''Alex is a crack shot. His gamekeeper father trained him well.''<br> ...s to connect with the world more, especially since his mother died, and so Alex goes along with his wishes with as glad a heart as he can manage. Max doesn
    3 KB (529 words) - 11:43, 1 March 2018
  • Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
    ...brothers who grew up in a somewhat dysfunctional home. This one focuses on Alex, youngest of the three, who is a brilliant designer and builder. Unfortunat ...nexpectedly, the ghost finds that he can leave the house - but can’t leave Alex.
    5 KB (912 words) - 13:39, 31 March 2018
  • Charlotte Says by Alex Bell
    |author=Alex Bell |summary=Fab prequel to [[Charlotte Says by Alex Bell|Charlotte Says]] which explores the origin story of the murderous Char
    3 KB (462 words) - 12:26, 26 August 2020
  • Fated: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Fated: An Alex Verus Novel ...powerful, unscrupulous enemies. Sometimes Camden shop owner and diviner, Alex Verus, wishes he hadn't got out of bed. He may be able to see into the fut
    5 KB (901 words) - 11:16, 16 August 2020
  • All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster
    ...telling. ''All The Things That Could Go Wrong'' takes us into the heads of Alex and Dan, neither of whom are happy, but both for entirely different reasons ...Alex and Dan's stories as they just try to make it through the days. While Alex fights his OCD and his bullies, Dan fights his loneliness and all the anger
    5 KB (830 words) - 12:25, 12 March 2018
  • Furnace: Death Sentence by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...the knife of the warden, who has a new tactic. He does not want to break Alex - he aims to remake him, with medicine, surgery and Clockwork Orange-style ...... They're chiefly concerned with the torture and mind-wipe inflicted on Alex, and the way things swing so often from dream to nightmare to real life, fr
    3 KB (563 words) - 12:30, 29 August 2020
  • 17 Equations That Changed The World by Ian Stewart
    ...iful Experiments by George Johnson]], [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]] is a fantastic read about maths. [[Professor Stewart's Hoard of Ma
    2 KB (367 words) - 13:24, 14 April 2018
  • You, Me and Thing 4: The Mummy That Went Moo by Karen McCombie
    ...h]] and these help the story along. I like Thing's big bushbaby eyes, and Alex is very good at capturing the expressions of the children as various events ...might also like to check out Alex T. Smith's book [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]].
    3 KB (602 words) - 08:50, 7 August 2020
  • Yuck! Said the Yak (Early Reader) by Alex English and Emma Levey
    |author=Alex English and Emma Levey |summary=Adapted from the [[Yuck! Said the Yak by Alex English and Emma Levey|picture book]] of the same name, ''Yuck! said the Ya
    3 KB (521 words) - 12:06, 18 April 2018
  • Eye Spy II by Tessa Buckley
    ...trange things happening at the Priory, home to school friend Jimmy Devlin. Alex doesn't believe in ghosts and he is very keen to persuade Donna that they d ...figures that keep appearing? What about the items that keep going missing? Alex is about to have his own beliefs severely tested.
    3 KB (557 words) - 11:44, 17 August 2020
  • Claude in the Spotlight by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ts in the way! He's a sweet little dog, and it's amazing how much emotion Alex T Smith manages to put into a stripey sock! Great fun to read together, or
    3 KB (508 words) - 09:44, 20 August 2020
  • The Legend of the Swan Children (Island Fiction) by Maureen Marks-Mendonca
    ...y the beloved silver panman he inherited from his father before his death. Alex is determined to find his mother before she is hurt by her kidnappers, peop ...was the Caribbean setting, and this is referred to throughout the book as Alex's journey takes him through small, ramshackle villages to the rainforests t
    4 KB (707 words) - 15:28, 16 April 2018
  • The Society of Blood (Obsidian Heart book 2) by Mark Morris
    |summary=Alex Locke is back in the 19th century still searching for the stone heart in or ...le of years before are just as lethal but the danger isn't totally human. Alex doesn't quite know how you'd classify it, but it stands between him and the
    4 KB (733 words) - 15:04, 31 August 2020
  • Claude All at Sea by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...obblysock are, of course, not new. They’re best known as the characters of Alex T Smith’s hugely successful series of chapter books for young readers. It
    4 KB (666 words) - 10:11, 19 August 2020
  • Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica
    ...' know the girl with whom she shares a home and a life. A little way away, Alex is working in a restaurant when a mysterious stranger comes in. He can't qu ...ourse they are to some degree, but I just felt Quinn would lead me towards Alex, rather than the other way around.
    3 KB (535 words) - 11:56, 2 April 2018
  • See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
    ...emingly comatose couch potato mother, and the father he was told died when Alex was three years old. This book is a transcript of verbal essays and conver ..., but it's not a problem that he's an unreliable narrator due to his age. Alex is a strong, responsible child, and quite adept in getting adults to help h
    4 KB (671 words) - 12:21, 10 March 2018
  • The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman
    |summary=It's number 34 in the Alex Delaware series. Don't be worried about picking up part way through a long ...stigating officer and he called on the help of his friend, psychologist Dr Alex Delaware.
    4 KB (609 words) - 12:02, 9 February 2022
  • Jamie's Keepsake by Michael Gallagher
    ...not to mention TB and to say it was tonsillitis. Good luck with that one, Alex. ...grief for Peter. At one stage she had thought that she was going to lose Alex too. It's all been too much for her. Just occasionally, the mother he rem
    5 KB (853 words) - 10:26, 31 December 2020
  • The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein
    ...go around the block with the three main and immensely likeable characters, Alex, Detective Mike Chapman and Detective Mercer Wallace and watch them work th And so Alex and Chapman begin their investigation, Alex having been tenuously drafted in by Chapman under the pre-text of potential
    4 KB (576 words) - 13:59, 9 May 2018
  • City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
    |summary=It's book no 37 in the Alex Delaware series and whilst I wouldn't say it was one of the best, it's stil ...a brothel. When the police gain entry, they discover a woman's body - and Alex Delaware knows her. She's a psychologist too. Well, 'psychologist' might
    3 KB (566 words) - 08:13, 31 March 2024
  • The Heart Broke In by James Meek
    ...devout Christian opposed to the scientific studies of Alex and his father, Alex's uncle. Meek's handling of the gene therapy scientific content is exemplar
    4 KB (713 words) - 10:00, 17 March 2018
  • Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at Manchester United by Will Tidey
    |title=Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at Manchester United |summary=A very detailed, yet still very readable, history of the Alex Ferguson years at Manchester United. I wanted to hate it, but it was too w
    4 KB (765 words) - 10:10, 16 April 2018
  • The Currency of Paper by Alex Kovacs
    |author=Alex Kovacs ...lex Kovacs popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs|chat to us]].
    4 KB (659 words) - 13:33, 24 April 2022
  • Jimmy Coates: Revenge by Joe Craig
    ...inism at every turn and this ratchets up his story a good few notches. The Alex Rider books are more complex and certainly darker. They probably provide a ...nt=I don't think The Alex rider books are that bad. I have read all of the Alex rider books and i find them very interesting. I also think that Jimmy Coate
    5 KB (784 words) - 09:00, 5 September 2020
  • Desert Heart: 2 (Ellen Martin Disasters) by Mark Lingane
    ...ending doom. We now catch up with them to discover that Ellen has ditched Alex, has become a partner in her law firm and is about to fly out to the Middle ...eyond Belief by Mark Lingane|sci-fi detective noir]], that first Ellen and Alex story and now this second adventure. How can someone rattle these off at s
    3 KB (549 words) - 10:22, 8 March 2018
  • No Way Out by Gene Kemp
    ...thing worse. Adam is always happy to read to their little sister Emmy, but Alex resents the attention she gets (she's disabled, y'see). By and large, they' ...re's a mysterious air throughout the book - you're along for the ride with Alex and Adam; just like them, you don't quite know what's going on. Is it just
    3 KB (557 words) - 09:58, 6 September 2020
  • Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag
    ...e the most exciting thing that you've ever done, and so it was PJ, Olivia, Alex and Zack. PJ's not so much running to Paris as running away from all that ...moral' doesn't quite sum her up, but it's getting close. What Alex wants, Alex is determined to have, no matter what.
    3 KB (572 words) - 10:58, 12 October 2020
  • Furnace: Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...ne of their tools. It's only now, on the outside for the first time, that Alex gets a clearer picture of just how many tools there are - and just how much ...tolen Humvees chased by helicopter gunships, and forever our likeable hero Alex is finding his biology altering, with the evils of Nectar coursing through
    4 KB (690 words) - 19:43, 29 August 2020
  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf
    |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf ...g their time-suspended lives. We were keen to take the opportunity to ask Alex Woolf a few questions.
    6 KB (1,013 words) - 13:57, 18 August 2011
  • Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith This gorgeous picture book by [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] is visually stunning. The brightly coloured and golden embossed c
    3 KB (579 words) - 18:24, 2 March 2018
  • Claude in the Country by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith Thank goodness Alex T Smith is doing such a grand job of continuing to feed my Claude habit. G
    3 KB (608 words) - 18:03, 1 March 2018
  • REMADE (Remade 1) by Alex Scarrow
    |author=Alex Scarrow ...dation for what looks set to be another epic series by the ever consistent Alex Scarrow.
    5 KB (740 words) - 15:19, 22 March 2018
  • Foxy and Egg by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...n likely you read the earlier review by our own Keith Dudhnath on [[Egg by Alex T Smith|Egg]]. With the success of Foxy in the intervening years, the book
    3 KB (518 words) - 16:19, 29 March 2018
  • Furnace: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...and tell Alex to run. The police are only ging to come to one conclusion, Alex murdered his friend. If you enjoyed this, I'd reccomend [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]].
    3 KB (579 words) - 12:29, 29 August 2020
  • Pigsticks and Harold and the Tuptown Thief by Alex Milway
    |author=Alex Milway ...different beast from [[Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey by Alex Milway|the first one]], however, but the verve on display suggests that if
    3 KB (516 words) - 10:42, 18 April 2018
  • Requiem by Lauren Oliver
    ...in the Wilds, Lena is now trying to cope with the return of her first love Alex along with her feelings for Julian, but these relationship issues take a ba ...ing it. Oh, and as well as the main novel, there's a bonus story told from Alex's point of view, which is well worth reading.
    4 KB (633 words) - 13:32, 25 February 2018
  • Between by Jessica Warman
    ...happened in the run up to her death, she is soon joined by another ghost, Alex, one of the unpopular boys from her high school, who was killed a year earl ...re may be some point to this character and to their relationship. But when Alex drops a heavy hint that their fates may be connected in some way, Liz doesn
    4 KB (776 words) - 13:26, 31 March 2018
  • The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick
    |title=The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson |sort=Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson
    5 KB (914 words) - 09:34, 27 February 2018
  • My Favourite Poison by Anna Blundy
    ...), until she is completely sucked in to the whirlwind of adventure that is Alex Karamzin's life. ...oking shishas on the terrace of the Nile Hilton.... I might as well see if Alex's story was something publishable.''
    6 KB (989 words) - 15:34, 20 February 2018
  • ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
    |author=Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe The strength of the book lies in the illustrations by Alex Ayliffe. They're bold and deceptively simple, but once you look more closel
    3 KB (528 words) - 10:51, 7 September 2020
  • Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
    ...ling action. The only real difference between the two is that as an adult (Alex Rider is just 14) Bond can smoke, drink, shoot and, of course, seduce all t ...en if you're officially too old for 'teen' fiction. Try [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Crocodile Tears]].
    4 KB (577 words) - 13:31, 3 April 2018
  • Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
    ...r vein but by a different author, try [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]]. We think you'll also enjoy [[Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mat
    3 KB (527 words) - 13:30, 19 September 2020
  • Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...is heart. The PA, Mel Gornick, is distraught and it falls to psychologist Alex Delaware to calm her down whilst Lieutenant Milo Sturgis gets more agitated ...lved. It's all cracking stuff and this latest book is no disappointment. Alex and Milo don't seem to have aged over all the years I've been reading but w
    3 KB (534 words) - 21:23, 2 April 2024
  • My Friend's a Gris-Kwok (Little Gems) by Malorie Blackman and Andy Rowland
    ...day. The second is that his sister has the same powers. The third is that Alex is babysitting and if you think babysitting ordinary siblings is difficult
    4 KB (645 words) - 11:33, 17 April 2018
  • Ashes by Ilsa Bick
    Alex is hiking in the wilderness when it all kicks off. Suffering from a brain t ...veteran, and Ellie, a small girl whose grandfather died during the pulse, Alex must find a way to cope with this new world and a life suddenly returned to
    3 KB (534 words) - 10:17, 12 October 2020
  • Claude: Lights! Camera! Action! by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]] or [[Hector and the Big Bad Knight by Alex T Smith|Hector and the Big Bad Knight]] is another fun read by the same aut
    3 KB (516 words) - 11:15, 29 March 2018
  • Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...till with his partner who's a doctor. The book is only incidentally about Alex and Milo: they're there to solve the case, not to star in the book. I've read earlier books in the Alex Delaware series but never before appreciated quite what a brilliant picture
    4 KB (665 words) - 10:51, 29 March 2024
  • The Babylon Gene by Alex Churton
    |author=Alex Churton ...velist but he has a large body of non-fiction behind him written as Tobias Alex Churton, ranging from alchemy to the Rosicrucians and Judas. He is also a
    4 KB (712 words) - 10:46, 4 October 2020
  • Angel by L A Weatherly
    ...o herself, she is part-angel, part-human. This is unheard of, and at first Alex is repulsed by her: he has lost all his family and many of his friends to t ...el half is evil, like all the other angels, but slowly, painfully, she and Alex come to accept who and what she is, and her role in the struggle to save hu
    6 KB (1,033 words) - 14:03, 25 February 2018
  • Kiss Heaven Goodbye by Tasmina Perry
    ...les' older sister. She was clever, thoughtful – and despite the fact that Alex was younger than her she had something of a crush on him.
    3 KB (583 words) - 12:37, 5 April 2018
  • Home by Alex T Smith
    |author= Alex T Smith Alex T Smith is better known as an illustrator and 'Home' is the first book he h
    4 KB (694 words) - 12:55, 19 September 2020
  • The Rev Diaries by Reverend Adam Smallbone
    ...who has adopted Adam and his wife Alex (Mrs Vicarage to Colin). But then Alex also has a lot to get used to; after all, she didn't actually marry a vicar ...n-child. We also see more of the depth of Adam's love for Alex as well as Alex's authentic struggles with the expectations heaped on her because of Adam's
    5 KB (827 words) - 11:49, 23 March 2018
  • The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
    ...married to the flighty, flirtatious Joanie and has two daughters, teenager Alex, a model who might just have a bit of a drug problem and ten-year-old Scott ...will have a lasting effect particularly on Scottie. He, his daughters and Alex's friend Sid set off on a journey to find Joanie's lover.
    3 KB (535 words) - 11:29, 24 September 2020
  • Still Bleeding by Steve Mosby
    ...murdered and the prime suspect is her partner, Alex's brother James. For Alex, this is the one thing that could call him home, as Sarah was the one who t
    4 KB (757 words) - 12:43, 11 March 2018
  • The Haven: Book 1 by Simon Lelic
    ...ure riffing on Oliver Twist. A light read but an exciting one. For fans of Alex Rider and any young reader who likes a good, old fashioned goodies vs baddi ...ou might also enjoy the [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]] series. And for older readers who enjoy a riff on the classics, Mel
    3 KB (525 words) - 16:05, 26 August 2020
  • The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...lex Delaware had been badly injured but he felt responsible and even after Alex recovered, Sturgis was reluctant to ask for his help on difficult cases. H ...t going to be a trial. There's a list of the books [[Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware Series in Chronological Order|here]].
    3 KB (553 words) - 09:02, 3 April 2024
  • A Crown for Cold Silver: Book One of the Crimson Empire by Alex Marshall
    |author=Alex Marshall [[:Category:Alex Marshall|Alex Marshall]] is a pen name for someone who uses other names in other genres,
    5 KB (863 words) - 10:10, 13 March 2018
  • The Wolves of London - The Obsidian Heart Trilogy (Book 1) by Mark Morris
    ...s? What's so special about this piece of rock? As all hell breaks loose, Alex is about to find out. Alex is a bloke who's learnt from his past and has grown but now he has no choic
    4 KB (731 words) - 21:40, 29 January 2024
  • The Race by Nina Allan
    ...whose young niece is kidnapped at the tender age of 4. We also learn about Alex, a man who can help Christy uncover the truth behind her past as well as Ma ...aving met them in the previous parts of the novel. In particular, I liked Alex's background in dealing with racial tensions as a child and how bullying in
    3 KB (583 words) - 09:21, 5 March 2018
  • The Darkness Inside by John Rickards
    Alex Rourke retires from a solid career with the FBI in part due to the unorthod ...is asking for him. Facing this monster once more may stir the demons that Alex Rourke has worked hard to banish and he is understandably very reluctant.
    3 KB (593 words) - 13:42, 18 February 2018
  • The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer
    ...ing the most dastardly villains from literature to join his dark army. Can Alex and Conner stop him? ...rately for the next book in the series in order to see how our twin heroes Alex and Conner deal with this surprising twist in the tale. The waiting is over
    4 KB (762 words) - 14:43, 26 September 2020
  • Grave Matter by Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith
    |author=Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith ...ed throughout. Author Juno Dawson and illustrator [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] have collaborated to create an enticing story that is wonderfully
    3 KB (549 words) - 13:05, 16 February 2018
  • The Mirror Dance (Dandy Gilver) by Catriona McPherson
    ...nd Osborne to warn the man about infringement of copyright - and Dandy and Alex would be cheaper than employing a solicitor to do the same job. ...he'd have a quiet word with the Punchinello. There was no need to involve Alex Osborne who, Dandy suspected, would be entertaining his new lady friend, Po
    4 KB (629 words) - 14:52, 9 January 2021
  • The New Libearian by Alison Donald and Alex Willmore
    |author=Alison Donald and Alex Willmore For the magical world of Donald's imagination to work, Alex Willmore needed to be on top form to illustrate it. Thankfully, the pictur
    4 KB (679 words) - 09:14, 19 September 2020
  • Wicked Games by Kelly Lawrence
    ...hen she starts up with him, however, is exactly what Alex is into. Because Alex likes to play games. Kinky games. Erotic games. Sometimes downright dirty g ...neurotic heroine than Ana, but I think I’d probably choose Christian over Alex. This book is shorter, and all the better for it, because there’s little
    5 KB (852 words) - 11:06, 8 April 2018
  • Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell
    |author=Alex Bell |website=http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/
    4 KB (643 words) - 08:02, 19 August 2020
  • I Can't Tell You Why by Elaine Robertson North
    ...out to get an offer that would appear to be all too easy to refuse. She's Alex Cambridge's agent and the indications are that he's about to make the big t ...separate. So, what ''was'' the problem? Well, Dani knows the score with Alex Cambridge, but somehow, despite all her best intentions, she can't quite re
    4 KB (680 words) - 08:40, 4 September 2020
  • Exposed by Alex Kava
    |author= Alex Kava ...pot by Terri Persons|Blind Spot]]. You might also enjoy [[Black Friday by Alex Kava]].
    3 KB (594 words) - 08:32, 15 August 2020
  • Bella and Monty: A Hairy, Scary Night by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ary things really are, and these draw the reader in with their quirkiness. Alex T Smith's illustrations accentuate this quirkiness and make every page a de
    3 KB (425 words) - 10:42, 1 March 2018
  • Furnace: Execution by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...opulation. There is only one thing to do - kill the man responsible. And Alex, eight feet tall, with an obsidian blade for an arm and muscles upon his mu Unfortunately for me, I wasn't keen on the first third of this book. Alex wakes from his latest battle in hospital. He's again penned inside an inst
    4 KB (580 words) - 12:31, 29 August 2020
  • Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
    ...t to co-operate with our trio, even in her own best interests and provides Alex and the team of investigators with the scantest of detail and information b ...ment alongside a very valuable book, the search is on to find Tina, taking Alex, Chapman and Wallace into a world of wealthy, mysterious book collectors, c
    4 KB (606 words) - 08:54, 10 March 2018
  • The Wondrous Apothecary by Mary E Martin
    |summary=It seems that after ''The Trilogy of Remembrance'' Alex Wainwright and Rinaldo still have a great deal to say to each other - and t ...relationship between the two men comes the possibility of collaboration. Alex's art contains humanity, but each man's work exhibits something which is la
    4 KB (627 words) - 13:57, 10 November 2019
  • Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith I have long been a fan of Alex T. Smith's books having seen both his picture books and his gorgeous Claude
    4 KB (639 words) - 12:00, 6 September 2020
  • Chasing Heart: 1 (Ellen Martin Disasters) by Mark Lingane
    ...going to be more than useful. Once Barranca really shows its true colours Alex is going to be indispensable. ...a fish out of water in Colombia, things perk up and, on the appearance of Alex (a musician and Ax to his mates) we're in glorious technicolour. It's very
    4 KB (736 words) - 08:52, 24 August 2020
  • The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh
    |author=Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh ...n't read Ms Bell since her teen horror days, such as [[Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell|Frozen Charlotte]]. We can recommend [[Arkspire by Jamie Littler]] fo
    4 KB (658 words) - 09:18, 3 April 2024
  • The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
    ...e over all of the kingdoms and the fairies seem powerless to stop it. Will Alex and Conner find a way to stop her and save their mother before time runs ou
    3 KB (476 words) - 14:44, 26 September 2020
  • Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
    ...Lena is alone in the Wilds. Having to face the unthinkable - life without Alex – she chooses to join the resistance of the Invalids in an attempt to bri ...ne in the resistance movement who really seems as well portrayed as either Alex or her friend Hana in the first book. I also found the ending to be somewha
    3 KB (471 words) - 15:35, 17 April 2018
  • Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
    ...e, one-dimensional, rich girl. A member of the Mexican gang, Latino Blood, Alex is more likely to carry a gun than a designer bag; to receive a black eye i Brittany and Alex are immediately set up as complete polar opposites – the ultimate enemies
    4 KB (734 words) - 12:14, 18 September 2020
  • Dark Storm by Sarah Singleton
    ...relationship with Alex was well written and built up very nicely – I liked Alex all along. Sarah Singleton has written a good book about grief, which is w
    3 KB (474 words) - 17:27, 2 April 2018

View (previous 100 | next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)

Retrieved from "http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/Special:Search"