Search results

• Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic) by Kathleen Duey
  ...man. Told from two viewpoints several generations apart, the links between the two gradually increase, building great tension. Recommended. ...share her secret, Sadima follows him willingly in the search to rediscover the long lost lores of magic, despite Somiss, his forbidding companion.
  4 KB (669 words) - 16:30, 18 April 2018
• The Dark Wild by Piers Torday
  |title=The Dark Wild |sort=Dark Wild, The
  4 KB (712 words) - 15:42, 23 April 2018
• The River House by Margaret Leroy
  |title=The River House ...whimsical rather than elegant but it suits her and in the right light and the right company it is charming.
  4 KB (651 words) - 14:47, 24 September 2020
• Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
  ...ious perspectives; countries and individual characters. And we get to see the full horrors of war at close quarters as well as an awful lot of political ...of class, outlook, values etc. I have to admit at the outset that this is the first Ken Follett book I've read even although two of his previous books ar
  4 KB (736 words) - 13:37, 1 March 2018
• Magic Ink by Steve Cole
  ...important than any superpowers. Steve Cole popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Steve Cole|chat to us]]. ...tew's grandfather, a famous comic-book artist. When Stew's father opens up the attic his grandfather had locked up 20 years ago, things are about to get r
  6 KB (1,032 words) - 11:42, 4 September 2020
• Secret Breakers: The Power of Three by H L Dennis
  |title=Secret Breakers: The Power of Three ...est code on earth. What he doesn't realise is that by doing so, he has put the three children in deadly peril.
  4 KB (702 words) - 12:07, 3 April 2018
• Bruno's Challenge and Other Dordogne Tales by Martin Walker
  ...ere's the occasional crime but overall there's a strong feel-good factor. The stories are occasionally heavy on information but they're still a good read ...t introduction that will tell you all you need to know about who's who and the background to why Bruno is in St Denis.
  4 KB (704 words) - 15:45, 30 March 2024
• Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver
  ...grew up here, until something happened and he ran away to the city. He's running away again…only this time evil is following him and is going to touch jus Over the course of five days darkness takes hold and people are somehow not themselv
  4 KB (758 words) - 10:21, 29 March 2024
• The Last Free Cat by Jon Blake
  |title=The Last Free Cat ...and exceedingly satisfying chase novel set in an authoritarian Britain in the near future. Themes of corporate power, civil liberties, and personal respo
  4 KB (675 words) - 12:44, 2 March 2018
• West of the Wall by Marcia Preston
  |title= West of the Wall ...tory for days after having finished it. It will, at times, bring tears to the eyes of any mother.
  4 KB (755 words) - 16:10, 29 August 2020
• Frontline by David Loyn
  ...defence of independent journalism. You can't help feeling that TV news is the poorer for Frontline's demise. I absolutely loved it. There. Review over. Buy the book.
  7 KB (1,114 words) - 08:23, 9 May 2018
• Lockdown (Urban Outlaws) by Peter Jay Black
  ...to take down a spiteful baddie who knows all their secrets, right down to the location of their underground home. This time, there's nowhere to hide. ...giving the characters even more complex back stories, and by ratcheting up the tension so high you'll need to nip outside and have a quick scream from tim
  4 KB (695 words) - 17:05, 9 March 2018
• The Book of Moods by Lauren Martin
  |title=The Book of Moods ...u're in, this is an intriguing read about how to wrangle your emotions for the better
  6 KB (1,166 words) - 10:39, 29 March 2024
• Gutted by Tony Black
  ...ng. There were some nice touches, but they weren't quite enough to offset the disappointment. ...is compared to others you already know are great writers, this does raise the expectation level a little. This is not always a good thing.
  5 KB (800 words) - 14:04, 9 March 2018
• Odalisque (Percheron) by Fiona McIntosh
  ...t to come. My opinions of this may have been slightly coloured by reading the superior second part first, but this is still an enthralling read. ...s, but in this case, I think that reading them backwards has taken some of the excitement out of this instalment.
  5 KB (936 words) - 13:40, 19 April 2018
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
  |title=The Belles ...uarantee you will savour each and every chapter like I did! Quite possibly the best book of 2018 and definitely a new fantasy favourite.
  5 KB (865 words) - 13:49, 11 August 2020
• Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon by Kate Williams
  |summary=The biography of Josephine, born on Martinique, the often-overlooked woman who married Napoleon Bonaparte and became Empress of ...Josephine, but few of us perhaps really know anything of the woman behind the name.
  6 KB (986 words) - 12:16, 9 April 2018
• Going to Ground: Shapeshifter Book 3 by Ali Sparkes
  ...one uses her psychic abilities to discern a threat. They are chased across the southwest of England by shadowy agents, in a thriller that could have had m ...apeshifter series, from this third book anyway, is a cross between X-Men - the School Days, and Manimal.
  6 KB (953 words) - 12:09, 14 May 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gerry Brown ...Guide to Effective Board Presence]] was fascinating and certain to become the go-to book for anyone thinking about taking on an independent directorship.
  9 KB (1,545 words) - 15:57, 25 June 2015
• Traveller by Ron McLarty
  ...vement of a bullet she's carried in her shoulder since they were children. The past comes back to haunt everyone from those days...those who've survived t The "traveller" of the title isn't a person, but a bullet.
  6 KB (995 words) - 14:07, 11 March 2018

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