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- == May's News from Bookbag Towers == ...for the second year in a row? Screen fatigue is getting the blame and this may be right. We think it's more likely that ebooks and ereaders are finding th9 KB (1,467 words) - 16:34, 10 August 2020
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- {{amazonurl|isbn=0553819690|title=Bryant and May On the Loose}} (2009) [[Bryant and May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler|The Invisible Code]] (2012)1 KB (155 words) - 13:10, 16 August 2020
- {{amazonurl|isbn=1786891360|title=Bloody January}} 2017 {{amazonurl|isbn=183885679X|title=May God Forgive}} 2022442 bytes (57 words) - 10:56, 14 May 2023
- ...l being entertaining and fun to share, is perfect for highlighting that it may not always be a good idea to be given absolutely everything that you want. |date=May 20172 KB (397 words) - 08:36, 10 October 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...rfect size for a tea-break, although readers may get so absorbed that they may wish to brew another cup in order to read the next story.3 KB (528 words) - 15:24, 27 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...vers being just some of the dogs joining in the preparations some children may like to identify similarities with the original lyrics. The rhyming text en2 KB (397 words) - 16:45, 16 February 2018
- |summary= It's 2017, and now even babies are doing yoga. If you can shake the cynicism of it al |date=September 20173 KB (548 words) - 16:59, 12 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 And what Dominic does, as you may well have surmised, is a lot. He can meet this, and that, and do this, and3 KB (553 words) - 13:49, 23 September 2020
- |summary=A very first reader book that may be simple, but has a sense of fun that makes it a joy to read. |date=May 20173 KB (607 words) - 09:15, 9 August 2020
- |date=June 2017 ...darkness, across the river and on, along the underground railroad. But as May's secrets become harder to keep, she learns she must endanger those now dea4 KB (565 words) - 15:21, 7 September 2020
- |date=November 2017 Living in 2017 has me longing to live in some sort of futuristic Utopia, in a world of fre4 KB (742 words) - 13:46, 9 September 2023
- |date=February 2017 ...What better way is there to get a kid to look under something than say it may contain the missing object? In this case, a Chick has lost their ball and3 KB (461 words) - 07:36, 19 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 '''Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2017'''4 KB (635 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...ntirely passed me by since first publication in 2003 until here and now in 2017. This is very different from [[Free Lance and the Lake of Skulls by Paul S4 KB (689 words) - 08:55, 17 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...th the novels. This new presentation of the YA trilogy, while bearing the 2017 Copyright mark, is the 2004 children's novelisations, as far as I can make4 KB (679 words) - 08:48, 10 October 2020
- |author=Gareth P Jones and Steve May |date=August 20173 KB (524 words) - 08:57, 4 October 2020
- ...that answers some of the big questions about technology that curious kids may ask. |date=January 20172 KB (374 words) - 16:33, 24 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...all, was my thinking. If I'd had this book as a youngster, who knows – I may have come out of it differently, having been shown the diversity of the bir4 KB (597 words) - 09:29, 5 March 2023
- |date=April 2017 This book featured in our [[May 2017 Newsletter]]3 KB (476 words) - 16:33, 10 August 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...nds. There's Evelyn, an upper-class girl expected to marry at a young age, May, a middle-class girl with an opinionated Mother, and Nell, a working-class5 KB (778 words) - 09:34, 25 April 2018
- '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal''' ...However, a book with striking visuals that strikes a chord with a parent may not always chime with a child. Is a children's book always meant to be jus3 KB (541 words) - 14:51, 30 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...ture. It is, after all, vital we know not only where we are, but where we may be going…3 KB (556 words) - 10:48, 27 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...years old, but an 'interest' set for anyone from seven to twelve. Now you may think a book that took me twenty minutes to read will struggle to totally a3 KB (529 words) - 08:50, 8 May 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...a bank, but in doing so interweaves his life with a group of hostages that may be more on his side than you would think.4 KB (648 words) - 14:22, 10 March 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...insisting her superhero husband took a day off. The illustrations by Steve May are great and complement the text perfectly.3 KB (487 words) - 12:17, 17 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 The news of the death of Sir Roger Moore in May 2017 came as a great shock: he was one of those people you knew would go on for3 KB (548 words) - 15:49, 29 August 2020
- |author=Michael Morpurgo and Briony May Smith |date=July 20173 KB (544 words) - 08:32, 25 April 2018
- |date= November 2017 Cleverly written, the chapters alternate between 2017 and 1991, with the friends' teenage years brilliantly setting the scene for3 KB (579 words) - 14:52, 4 August 2021
- |date=January 2017 ...wanted to write and then lost his way and meandered to a conclusion which may have some screaming ''is that it?''. The key questions raised in this book4 KB (667 words) - 14:52, 6 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone|(here)]], I took to the brand-new-for-2017 volume with my pen, mapping paper, and most importantly, dice. For the fir7 KB (1,226 words) - 16:11, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...ther random journey spying on animals and their children. A double spread may have two of three different creatures and tell us some facts about them –3 KB (564 words) - 13:24, 25 August 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...provement. Readers looking for quick answers, bullet points or sound bites may be disappointed as Duhigg's approach is to focus on case studies, told with3 KB (548 words) - 19:39, 3 August 2020
- |date=October 2017 You may think me lazy, but there is an inherent satisfaction for book reviewers in3 KB (571 words) - 17:57, 17 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...r seller, Bella, Dan's love interest, to have had a more active role. It's 2017 and girls aren't objects that boys ''win'' through feats of valour. But tha4 KB (701 words) - 09:50, 19 September 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...breathtaking journey. The book conveys his emotions perfectly and readers may need a pack of tissues on hand as it reaches its conclusion.3 KB (534 words) - 10:51, 26 February 2018
- |date=November 2017 ...n’t think. So much of this novel is about ignorance; though the characters may not be immediately appealing, we do understand them. This way of thinking,5 KB (780 words) - 13:41, 1 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...n – finding some of them will require a very sharp eye, and older siblings may have to be drafted in to help. And that's not all! There is even a very loo3 KB (434 words) - 14:05, 28 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...out in your thirties and know who you are and what you want to do. Things may have happened a little quicker if you had read more books as a child all ab4 KB (721 words) - 15:45, 10 April 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...If a picture of a Ball bores you, a bunch of bubbles, barbers and babies may be more exciting. Seuss' patented illustrations and colour scheme also hel3 KB (605 words) - 14:34, 16 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 If you enjoyed this you may wish to try another charming picture book that portrays us as one united wo3 KB (492 words) - 09:38, 19 July 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...he North Pole - he gets everywhere. From jungles to deserts to tundra, you may come across Charlie. Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offe4 KB (650 words) - 14:13, 19 February 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...and asides are funny enough to have adults laughing (or groaning) too. You may well find yourself having another sneaky look at the book once the sprogs a3 KB (482 words) - 13:01, 3 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...hand on the back of your neck or the spine-tingling creep of fear that you may not be totally alone upon waking in the night. The often impish tone of the3 KB (491 words) - 18:04, 24 February 2018
- |summary=Two apes take part in a game of dare that ends in something that may be a little too shocking to small children, but at least it is well illustr |date=July 20173 KB (534 words) - 11:20, 30 March 2018
- |title=The May Queen |sort= May Queen7 KB (1,140 words) - 10:09, 18 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...ged lady who wears a pigeon on her head as a hat but is not as daft as you may first think. As you would expect from this author there is loads of humour4 KB (639 words) - 12:00, 6 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...me discovered, Molly and her new friends face new threats and dangers that may threaten their new-found freedom.3 KB (460 words) - 15:48, 20 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...surprising twists with a firm, forceful hand: this is a page turner which may well need reading twice in order to get a completely full picture of the va3 KB (553 words) - 14:06, 21 October 2021
- |date=May 2017 ...read. I worried that it might have been rushed out in advance of the June 2017 General Election and that whilst it might be of interest at that point, it4 KB (588 words) - 10:48, 2 October 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...g that they do have going for them is the slapstick humour and although we may not enjoy clowns themselves, we do enjoy watching someone get smacked in th3 KB (560 words) - 09:10, 22 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...his book is designed to applaud his ninth decade's arrival due in November 2017 (his birthday is 9/11 – that's the British 9/11, not the other one), and4 KB (602 words) - 09:33, 16 February 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...ture bride, a circle of courtiers and a mistress. History suggests that he may have sought to strengthen his none too secure position by killing his mothe4 KB (713 words) - 13:12, 8 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...othpaste on the mirror, or a flannel on the floor? It would appear that I may not actually be to blame and that when I'm at work all the bathroom items c3 KB (557 words) - 15:50, 28 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...friendly type face. This is designed to help more people love reading but may put confident readers off. However, this is most definitely a story for all3 KB (608 words) - 12:48, 15 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...o think about what they are doing. With this in our backpacks, some of us may have been inspired to go into the industry.4 KB (627 words) - 11:30, 25 March 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...this franchise. The third work may be the best here, even if that verdict may depend on how happy you are to guess the twist a page or two before the boo3 KB (560 words) - 11:54, 23 April 2018
- '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal''' ...o he hatches a plan to learn from the best, however scary a beast the best may be. I don't want to give away the ending, but this book is brilliant and ha3 KB (476 words) - 09:28, 4 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 There is so much to look at in the illustrations I think a child may enjoy curling up alone and discovering more about a typical school day by t3 KB (558 words) - 08:32, 18 August 2020
- ...is inventively silly for so long, results in a wonderful book that perhaps may persuade new audiences for poetry. |date=October 20174 KB (689 words) - 12:22, 19 September 2020
- |date=May 2016 '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal'''3 KB (584 words) - 19:48, 25 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...interesting enough to capture the imagination. For an older reader 'VIA' may seem at first to be a little too in your face. It is certainly a fun book3 KB (534 words) - 09:30, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...on which the reader can see distinctly, from his intriguing past and devil may care attitude to his love for his adopted daughter and the responsibility h3 KB (527 words) - 11:20, 21 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 However, as exciting and mysterious as this early incident may sound, the plot was, unfortunately, as slow as the giant Xeelee vessel that4 KB (629 words) - 11:10, 20 April 2018
- |date=June 2017 As with all Despentes' work, Vernon Subutex may be challenging for some readers. Never one to shy away from the seedy under4 KB (633 words) - 13:53, 25 August 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...around the pairs themselves, as some are quite similar to others, and you may think you've found a match only to see later that your shades of green were3 KB (511 words) - 11:42, 18 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...ce or on the high seas? Sometimes you do not need to seek adventure as it may just find you. It makes perfect sense to me that if the teacher leaves the3 KB (577 words) - 16:33, 16 February 2018
- What a fantastic story. Many may think that A Pig Called Truffle would be aimed at girls. However, the stor ...is another Jasmine Green adventure: A Duckling Called Buttons and in June 2017 the third book in the series: A Sheepdog Called Sky. I can easily see a fur4 KB (602 words) - 13:03, 25 August 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...y inch of the page with his watercolour style illustrations. A given city may be New Delhi and rather than telling you all there is about this city, he p3 KB (592 words) - 09:11, 7 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...forward once more, but actually ends in a nice surprise as Little Monster may just get what he wants.3 KB (606 words) - 09:57, 14 September 2020
- |date=March 2017 ...'s a bird type thing. Books that show images of items, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adult, but to a toddler learning about the world t3 KB (577 words) - 22:00, 15 February 2018
- Looking back over this month, April 2017, the news has been full of terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone individual ...arsenal that can be used to inflict harm in a number of ways. Nowadays, we may need to be more concerned about the lone hacker about to launch a cyber att4 KB (588 words) - 11:51, 14 April 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...ied political commentary, aimed at preteens, than the adventure story some may expect. Yet, this definitely doesn't make this book boring- it just means r3 KB (544 words) - 16:54, 17 April 2018
- ...pters make it feel like a quick and easy read, even though the plot itself may take a while to wrap your mind around. This is one story that will keep you |date=May 20174 KB (660 words) - 14:30, 6 March 2018
- ...pages as a whole, but as for instantly likeable verse for the young, that may be a different matter. |date=July 20174 KB (704 words) - 09:35, 16 February 2018
- |date=May 20172 KB (351 words) - 15:02, 16 March 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...ect woman', with the house, the husband, the children and the dog. Careers may be a little unnecessary in this scenario (the husband is successful, but he3 KB (534 words) - 15:01, 31 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...ef bio of each artist. Perfect for an interested kid, helpful for one who may nothing about art, and easily ignored for those who just want to draw and d3 KB (558 words) - 15:39, 9 April 2018
- ...ritish literary canon. By academics and largely for academics, lay readers may find some of the essays a little dense. ...collection stops in 2010, just short of the Brexit referendum. Reading in 2017, this seems apposite and I certainly feel as though my country is in a peri3 KB (538 words) - 10:37, 6 October 2020
- |date=June 2017 ...s-friendly adaptation, designed to appeal and cater to the young, and they may want for more clarity as to what they're seeing. It makes the volume, even4 KB (626 words) - 22:15, 15 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 '''Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017'''5 KB (865 words) - 13:07, 12 August 2020
- |summary=For once, perhaps, a slightly Hollywood look at Buddhism's founding may be justified, as this simple and decent history has both appealing visuals |date=July 20174 KB (635 words) - 08:11, 4 September 2020
- |date=June 2017 Who is Aimee Leduc? I have to be honest and say that though this novel may be seventeenth in series from the best-selling Cara Black, it is in fact my4 KB (634 words) - 11:00, 10 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...rations when Consultants say ''I know there's no evidence for this, but we may as well try it''…the list goes on. As time passes, the pain remains but i4 KB (641 words) - 08:19, 7 April 2018
- |date=May 2016 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'''6 KB (1,044 words) - 10:33, 24 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...d with the glamour and enviable jet setting that many of us on the outside may connect with the profession. Via Kate Nuala shows us the dark, disturbing4 KB (707 words) - 10:53, 28 July 2021
- |date=December 2017 ...ed but not specifically named – and whilst many can guess at where Verheul may have taken his inspiration from, that vagueness allows the reader to allow3 KB (534 words) - 09:25, 29 October 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...d whilst Kleeman does build relationships well, it's something that I feel may alienate some readers. The characters inhabit an exaggerated world, similar4 KB (713 words) - 09:04, 7 August 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...y men, danger and mystery. I know, the lad is totally irresponsible. You may well know it from panto, or from Disney – and it's the latter that this b3 KB (547 words) - 11:37, 18 April 2018
- |date=November 2017 ...o have seen Fry back in his days of presenting QI may think that this book may be filled with unpronounceable words and slightly baffling concepts at all,4 KB (634 words) - 17:12, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'''4 KB (697 words) - 15:44, 21 February 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...y and the Pursuit of Sausages]], [[May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt|May Contain Traces of Magic]] and [[The Good, the Bad and the Smug by Tom Holt|3 KB (556 words) - 14:42, 3 October 2020
- ...Go to Sleep]] is about a woman's search for her dead sister's killer. It may start low key (comparatively) but builds to something exceeding the sum of ...hat with our own greater paranoia as we begin to see what's coming and who may be involved. The thing is that, even if we feel we might, we in no way com4 KB (671 words) - 09:26, 11 March 2018
- ...mpressively gross recipes that cheeky children will love, but other people may find a little unappetising. |date=September 20173 KB (600 words) - 21:56, 15 February 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...about them. There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, but are just as exciting. I don't know much about New Yor3 KB (599 words) - 08:25, 7 May 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...n, for they met much later on, at work for the FBI. But if they had, they may well have camped out in the back yard. They made have read scary stories t3 KB (561 words) - 16:21, 28 August 2020
- |date=November 2017 ...interest. Hamdy may never tell us precisely where this one went awry – he may not know himself. But ''Freefall'' is a failure. Another year, another 1003 KB (517 words) - 12:49, 9 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 .... Things designed to save us may kill us and things we think would kill us may save us. Welcome to the modern study of Microbes.4 KB (674 words) - 08:15, 28 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...or will have had, a father. Of course the modern world and current morals may mean that father is not present, or not even known, but somewhere along the3 KB (573 words) - 10:03, 25 April 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...full of weird characters, weird situations and even weirder events, which may be a problem. To my measured, too-mature mind a lot of this became a littl3 KB (594 words) - 13:24, 20 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...behind so they don't have to see any vicious comments the mysterious Thor may have posted about them to ruin their fun. Yeah, right – as if the average3 KB (520 words) - 18:07, 22 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...s vehemence may sting and Ava's justification for not speaking to her twin may seem righteous, but the more we read, the more our loyalties waiver.4 KB (642 words) - 09:33, 10 October 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...nd Zed Jacey]] tells the young audience to do what they can, not what they may not ever be able to – a similar and equally valid moral.2 KB (391 words) - 14:04, 27 September 2020
- |date=August 2017 ...challenges us beyond our comfort zone by encouraging us to draw things we may not necessarily consider (one study is about pipes under the sink). It also3 KB (585 words) - 11:25, 29 March 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...cret places that the lonely Reuben explores during his school holidays. We may not recognise New Umbra as any city we know, but it's so well described tha3 KB (544 words) - 16:16, 11 March 2018
- |date=April 2017 Science Fiction is not always what it seems. You may think that you are reading an exciting space adventure about many tentacled4 KB (590 words) - 14:27, 16 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...books out there. This is for the young, and also for those of any age who may not be able to pick out every word on a 'regular' page with ease.3 KB (569 words) - 20:34, 9 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...d, and perhaps uncomfortably, we may find that we understand. Fiction this may be, but Fisher has taken a topic that we read of often and given us a diffe3 KB (589 words) - 08:45, 15 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...what are they doing there? – and not knowing the answer when the original may have done.3 KB (588 words) - 09:32, 16 February 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...s of Hollywood renown. As you're the kind of person to ask questions, you may well ask 'how do you get that next generation ready for their place in the4 KB (696 words) - 10:30, 6 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 If you enjoy ''The Island that Disappeared'', you may also enjoy:4 KB (597 words) - 12:57, 27 February 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...the little girl reminded me of Lola in the Charlie and Lola series so you may also like to try [[I'm Just Not Keen On Spiders (Charlie and Lola) by Laure3 KB (434 words) - 12:06, 30 March 2018
- ...s, this book is merely a ripple of sunlight in the depth of the ocean, but may well inspire further lessons. |date=March 20173 KB (578 words) - 15:53, 9 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 .... Ten years later and it is Emperor Vespasian who wears the purple. Things may have settled since the civil war but Vespasian's son Titus is plagued by wo4 KB (690 words) - 09:30, 21 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...endour to the darkest corners of human psychology wherein fathers and sons may share the same lover, brothers are divided by suspicion and jealousy and wo4 KB (732 words) - 12:10, 16 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...e'd be able to set up his kiln, but he wouldn't be able to home-school Amy-May. The alternative was Sandcastles Secondary School but the rather nervous A3 KB (588 words) - 08:35, 8 May 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...ed in the story by asking questions and pointing out things they thought I may have missed.3 KB (417 words) - 15:04, 29 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...c dare to bag herself a bloke by Valentine's Day, come what may. And, what may come, are a run of very bad dates with increasingly unsuitable men.3 KB (615 words) - 12:33, 2 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...structure of the book – for one thing, which has a bearing throughout, you may struggle to keep track of the timeline, and it's not perfectly clear when w3 KB (600 words) - 18:58, 15 April 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...ay be possible, with the development of fully realised virtual reality you may feel that the online world is more real than your own. Even today we spend4 KB (754 words) - 08:48, 24 August 2020
- ...desolate Yorkshire moors. If you enjoy gothic, historical fiction then you may find something in this that you like, but sadly the story and the character |date=January 20174 KB (714 words) - 14:03, 22 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...empathy for Nilsen, developed through a particularly unusual relationship may also be challenging, however I appreciated his obvious desire not to simply4 KB (705 words) - 21:03, 17 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...family. They don't come more parodic than Warlock Holmes and although he may have died at the end of the last book, this won't stop him investigating on4 KB (659 words) - 08:36, 6 May 2018
- ...ain, but the rest is a deep, dark mixture of fiction whose literary riches may well elude the reader. |date=August 20175 KB (928 words) - 11:30, 2 May 2018
- ...Wars'' universe, with much more Shakespearean styling and riffing than you may have hoped. |date=October 20174 KB (667 words) - 09:23, 17 February 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...t the book begins with this quote an ominous warning that the Bailey twins may not get their 'happily ever after' after all?4 KB (605 words) - 14:44, 26 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...oncerns just one trip out, girl, father, hound – and hawk. But while that may surprise you as a subject matter of choice, it was the whole artistic appro4 KB (594 words) - 10:03, 11 March 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (449 words) - 14:10, 12 April 2018
- |title=Bryant and May: Wild Chamber |summary= Bryant and May return somewhat to form in the case of the dead woman in the park. Controll6 KB (1,012 words) - 13:17, 16 August 2020
- ...ead confidently but aren't keen to tackle complex plots. Fans of Dax Jones may, however, be a little disappointed by the slower pace. |date=March 20173 KB (570 words) - 10:32, 25 April 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...st is released from jail having served his time for a crime that he may or may not have committed. What did he do? What happened that year? Why did things3 KB (602 words) - 12:05, 17 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...reader enjoys a comfortable ride across the events of the tale - one which may leave them a little out of breath and rather bedraggled, but always eager t4 KB (596 words) - 11:04, 16 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...n a story like this there are secrets just waiting to be uncovered, and he may find that these are things he would rather have never known.4 KB (660 words) - 14:14, 3 April 2018
- |date=July 2017 ..., or we may burn the house down; we may stay home, burning inwardly, or we may take off in a conflagration of self-assertion. We watch the fires of destru5 KB (783 words) - 22:22, 15 February 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (467 words) - 17:52, 28 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...o look up at our leisure. This is also when we begin to realise that this may be a small volume but the knowledge shared is encyclopaedic right down to t5 KB (826 words) - 09:01, 4 May 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...hares writing on the main bulk of the piece with Brian Azzarello, and that may somehow be the problem. Yes, we get defeatism among the Trinity players, b4 KB (735 words) - 17:14, 16 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...of Edward V, who was seriously ill and, like his younger brother Richard, may have been secretly disposed of by the ambitious Duke of Buckingham.5 KB (900 words) - 11:24, 23 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...killer's list or why they are being targeted, but Makani realises her past may soon catch up with her.4 KB (632 words) - 08:56, 25 April 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...hiding on most pages. Considering the fact that the Crumbs are giants it may seem a little odd that Fum is so very little...it's probably best not to qu2 KB (437 words) - 16:36, 29 March 2018
- |date=May 2016 '''Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017'''4 KB (617 words) - 10:14, 28 September 2020
- |date=May 2016 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'''5 KB (768 words) - 15:27, 15 August 2020
- '''The Richard and Judy Book Club Spring 2017 Choice''' If you've read [[Room by Emma Donoghue]], this story may sound a little familiar. A nasty man takes a young girl and keeps her hosta4 KB (628 words) - 14:41, 25 February 2018
- Star Wars Where's the Wookiee? 2 Search and Find Activity Book by Katrina Pallant and Ulises Farinas|date=September 2017 ...an, and not only Chewbacca but other Wookies to spot, some of which may or may not be present, dammit. You also get a quick check-list of other character4 KB (641 words) - 09:19, 25 April 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...a band of undead Mummies will take it out of the best of us and a holiday may be needed. If you are from New York there are not many other cities worldw4 KB (672 words) - 11:05, 30 August 2020
- ...ry=Atmospheric, but also highly esoteric – this strange historical fiction may be highly thought of, but only by a few. |date=January 20174 KB (602 words) - 14:27, 22 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...n and the fun they have together. It's a mainly adult-free metropolis (mum may pay for the hairdressers, but we don't actually see her) but the two have a2 KB (420 words) - 15:28, 29 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...n of comparatively few words, much action and hidden depths.) The feeling may be Shogun Japan (although the world is their bubble path), yet the way that4 KB (736 words) - 13:23, 13 March 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...a date to the Renaissance, or the invention of the modern city? This book may aim to be a portrayal of key moments in time, but even it admits you have t4 KB (601 words) - 13:29, 11 August 2020
- |date= June 2017 ...oir', and this felt a bit more about environmental politics. That said, it may be that other readers will enjoy the segments dealing with both, and it is3 KB (458 words) - 21:48, 15 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...n or a manicure, but could absolutely get both if she wanted, because it's 2017 and it's her choice. She leaps off the page, as does her newfound co-worker5 KB (772 words) - 15:53, 3 October 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...her age at it again. Things are different this year, however and the King may finally be returning to public life.2 KB (417 words) - 12:19, 17 April 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...world, a simple DNA swab is all that stands between you and true love. It may not be immediate – and your future better half has to be in the market to3 KB (478 words) - 15:36, 24 September 2020
- |summary=Whatever may have happened since I last visited this series, this entry is clearly stret |date=April 20174 KB (690 words) - 10:23, 25 April 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...s is so gung-ho with action may be due to this being a tweaked version for 2017 of a 2014 original, and several years have been spent stuffing it – and s5 KB (803 words) - 15:04, 24 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Self-Published Books 2017}}5 KB (774 words) - 12:41, 12 August 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...ecome clear - not to mention the trusty sidekick and the adults who may or may not be on the hero's side. What is unusual – and a lot of fun – is the3 KB (584 words) - 10:09, 25 April 2018
- |date=February 2017 ..., [[First Class: A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps by Chris West]] may well prove worth your while.4 KB (632 words) - 13:46, 11 April 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...ote this novel with care and control which subtly explores how although we may try and move away from what terrifies us, negativity still manages to seep4 KB (668 words) - 16:33, 7 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...are silver and not ruby, the companions do not get given solid things that may imply they have achieved what they seek, and the flying monkeys played back4 KB (633 words) - 08:46, 25 April 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...t for keeping kids busy and sparking the imagination. Who knows? This book may be the starting point to a future career in science for some of its readers3 KB (433 words) - 09:56, 25 August 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...all my high expectations and is highly recommended. Fans of these animals may also enjoy Scaredy's exploits in [[Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday Party by3 KB (445 words) - 14:03, 7 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...not all dangers come from outside her community. Life on a sheep station may be harsh but for Kate, it's going to get a lot worse.4 KB (716 words) - 08:22, 15 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...ut mention of the wonderful cartoon black and white illustrations by Steve May. I especially like the picture of a grumpy-looking Commander F with his hea4 KB (618 words) - 12:48, 17 April 2018
- |date=November 2017 ...fs, and those who have come from different areas. Needless to say, readers may notice that Becket seems to have been inspired by certain aspects of real-l5 KB (774 words) - 15:26, 2 October 2020
- |summary= This story of how friendships are made, broken and repaired may appeal to the type of reader who enjoys books by Jacqueline Wilson. It also |date=August 20174 KB (678 words) - 16:45, 15 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 From here we go into the realms of the documented. His initial rise may be due to a rumour and then a boost from his uncle, Archbishop Anthelm, but4 KB (766 words) - 09:44, 21 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...the psychic may actually, genuinely, not-conning-anyone, be psychic. She may not be the only one.5 KB (797 words) - 12:38, 12 August 2020
- |date=June 2017 ...een as long lasting as Judith Kerr's ''Mog'' books and even though the cat may no longer be with us, there is a huge back catalogue of old stories and ima3 KB (512 words) - 16:09, 4 April 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...to Jane and Cinzia's home as they continue their search for truth. Cinzia may still be a Priestess of Canta but Jane's heretical ideas are making more an4 KB (730 words) - 09:45, 19 February 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...&E). Could it be his father? Sally left him in charge of their son, but he may have popped out for a while (something she doesn't know…yet) and if he wa4 KB (649 words) - 14:41, 20 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...isrupts the village quiet and it's not long before gossip spreads. The war may have ended, but for these girls, trouble is only just beginning...4 KB (681 words) - 08:07, 26 September 2020
- |date= May 2017 For another life of the early Stuart era, you may enjoy a biography of King Charles I's consort, [[Henrietta Maria by Dominic4 KB (683 words) - 13:26, 3 October 2020
- |date=July 2017 ...ho could have come from the wrong side of Henry VIII's sheets. Historians may argue this one but Carey's manservant is in no doubt… More of him later.4 KB (767 words) - 13:39, 14 April 2018
- |summary=A very funny, science fiction tale set in 2017 when the Earth is under threat from a distant planet whose peace is being d |date=May 20105 KB (884 words) - 11:46, 7 October 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...certainly seems to allow for a continuation, so let's hope that the author may have a series, or at least a sequel, in the works.4 KB (650 words) - 10:53, 14 September 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...of the law but Sam Challoner lights up every page on which he appears. We may feel that he's there to be a predictable dénouement but sometimes there's4 KB (609 words) - 13:44, 22 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...sterhood and relationships. Readers expecting an action-packed blockbuster may wish to go elsewhere. Although there are some hints of romance as the story3 KB (513 words) - 09:54, 7 September 2020
- |date=August 2017 ...ovel. As a result, there are some criticisms older readers would make that may escape the book's actual target audience, but I feel they should still be r4 KB (732 words) - 12:00, 11 October 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...doubt a book for everyone) stories pretty realistic and contemporary. That may seem a strange thing to say about a story which features mysterious blue fl4 KB (620 words) - 09:39, 25 April 2018
- |title=The Date-A-Base Book 2017 |sort=Date-A-Base Book 20177 KB (1,128 words) - 12:14, 2 September 2020
- |date=June 2017 I may seem like an objective reviewer of books but I have an alter ego: Dorothy K4 KB (673 words) - 12:52, 2 October 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...ing danger is ever present in Fraser's writing, no matter how sunny things may be for these characters when the story starts. Fraser writes her youthful c4 KB (637 words) - 12:26, 19 March 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (441 words) - 15:45, 9 April 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...wn world says your tribe has to be exterminated then your immediate future may not be so rosy.3 KB (458 words) - 14:37, 22 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...son, life is a little more ordinary, death and disablement aside, but that may change with a new job offer and a chance to face her demons.3 KB (480 words) - 06:50, 24 July 2023
- |date=February 2017 It's a lovely sunny day, and looks as if it may just turn out to be a perfect day, since there is a sunny spot for cat in t3 KB (523 words) - 10:40, 7 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...nguin getting ready for Christmas. A lot of the activities they undertake may be in the penguin world but will be instantly recognisable to any parent.3 KB (548 words) - 09:47, 19 August 2020
- ...that cannot sleep in this well designed board book that has a message that may not suit all toddlers. |date=July 20173 KB (545 words) - 10:38, 29 March 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...tle not one but two enemies bent on destroying Gehenna. Lady Lilith Shadow may be the sole heir to her country, but she's still just a girl and therefore4 KB (680 words) - 15:54, 16 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...promised him has never materialised. If things don't look up soon, hunger may well catch him before the plague can.4 KB (655 words) - 07:38, 7 October 2020
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- |date=September 2017 This may be a new edition, but it's classic Dr Seuss. There are weird and wonderful3 KB (490 words) - 08:35, 18 April 2018
- |date=January 2017 I worry that Veronica may come across as ''too'' liberated for her time, especially as the author fee4 KB (677 words) - 09:17, 22 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...the initial events. The gentle progression of this plot does mean that it may struggle to grab the reader at first – but the minutiae of detail that Mi3 KB (480 words) - 11:36, 19 March 2018
- ...t his touch. Surviving France to come face to face with his wife's killer may not be much fun for him but it's one heck of a ripping action story for us. |date=February 20174 KB (759 words) - 09:38, 30 August 2020
- |date=March 2017 ...e Rosie and the girls as good as murdered her uncle… yes quite! DS Miller may be lovely but…5 KB (795 words) - 12:04, 25 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 Born in 1328, Joan of Kent may be of royal blood but she's from a family tainted by treachery. Her father5 KB (833 words) - 11:47, 22 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...Some of the best pages are just a list of names with the type of cat that may be associated with them.3 KB (566 words) - 14:01, 11 August 2020
- |date=August 2017 ...els a little like an art project being sold as a children's book. Parents may appreciate the stripped back art style and intriguing interaction, but a ch3 KB (526 words) - 14:47, 6 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...gly Five'' to recommend the book, especially for fans of the author. This may not be as magical as other outings, but it has more heart than most. The b3 KB (575 words) - 13:20, 9 October 2020
- |date=September 2017 This is such a standard story, you may think, that it would take a standout book to make it worthwhile experiencin4 KB (730 words) - 17:13, 16 February 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...place and the solution reveals itself. If puzzles are your thing then you may wish to put your grey cells to the test with ''The Sherlock Puzzle Book,''3 KB (486 words) - 14:17, 29 September 2020
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- |summary= Bitter, freezing weather, a bunch of research scientists who may not all be the affable, karaoke-loving clever-clogs they seem, and a missin |date=April 20174 KB (646 words) - 16:42, 15 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...ther you are out there looking for love, or happy as you are, however that may be, our [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]] section has book for every occasi4 KB (796 words) - 11:56, 17 February 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...dn't work as it is presented in this format. The short stories themselves may be enjoyed by fans of magical realism or fantasy.3 KB (503 words) - 11:16, 2 May 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...ch she neither dreamt nor was prepared. This is part of her charm. Livia may be in the feisty female hero mould yet there's an authenticity and vulnerab4 KB (654 words) - 14:07, 11 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...but we know from the blurb it's not going to stay that way. Indeed things may be better but we see the Damoclesan sword which makes us wonder if she'll g4 KB (698 words) - 10:15, 19 August 2020
- ...laims by a noted impostor. Cook's account, one of many recently published, may not offer anything which has not already been published in other titles, bu |date=March 20176 KB (998 words) - 13:59, 12 April 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...ring a Nazi camp doctor at work, a story slowly starts to emerge, one that may prove to be a wicked conspiracy to keep the Nazi alive and still practicing3 KB (503 words) - 13:02, 11 March 2018
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- |date=September 2017 ...accompanied by glorious, full-colour photographs. Whilst the word ''owl'' may conjure up a certain image in the mind, there is a startling amount of dive3 KB (521 words) - 21:47, 15 February 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (482 words) - 10:15, 18 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...the above summary was given due care and attention. And I am aware people may turn to this book, as I for one did, and not have any inkling as to just ho4 KB (720 words) - 10:45, 27 August 2020
- |date=May 20173 KB (506 words) - 10:51, 28 September 2020
- |date=March 2017 ...which are intentionally vague and so those looking for a clear conclusion may be left wanting, but don't let this deter you because the overall style of3 KB (507 words) - 11:01, 16 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 This is a formula that we Nora fans recognise. In fact in some ways it may remind us of [[The Obsession by Nora Roberts|The Obsession]]: the story of4 KB (686 words) - 10:16, 18 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...o an adult reader. There are, certainly, poems in here that a young reader may enjoy, but I think an adult would get more out of poems that deal with larg3 KB (548 words) - 12:47, 13 August 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...truggles to fit in - desperate to join the popular group no matter what it may take. His focus on surviving the perils of school so intense, that he fail3 KB (519 words) - 11:55, 4 October 2020
- |date=May 20173 KB (515 words) - 22:21, 15 February 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...s where diminutive heroes beat muscly, overgrown villains, but some people may wonder if such sneaky techniques are equally valid when applied to loved on3 KB (514 words) - 12:00, 30 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...ling truth- such things can happen anywhere and this case is proof that we may never really know someone, even someone we choose to build a life with. It5 KB (819 words) - 21:05, 17 February 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (548 words) - 12:55, 1 March 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...rls Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, but pass them this - it may be dark, it may be gruesome, but it conveys the anger of a woman shaped and molded by the p4 KB (732 words) - 11:47, 19 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...and patently heartfelt look at the silver screen industry from someone who may well be a top name in it for years to come.4 KB (710 words) - 10:29, 7 September 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...'re amidst the four years of centenary commemorations of World War I so we may feel as if all has now been revealed. Yet David provides us with this exam5 KB (815 words) - 12:56, 12 April 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...of steam, or story line, or, indeed, shocks come to that! The War itself may be written in history's stone but he takes advantage of anything being able4 KB (685 words) - 15:30, 5 September 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...d one of those suggested closing my eyes to sound better (I think she also may have plugged her ears when I wasn't looking). That from a kid who was lumb5 KB (916 words) - 11:23, 25 March 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (548 words) - 12:47, 23 April 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...king for something to nurture a love of books in even younger children you may like to try [[It's a Little Book by Lane Smith]]. As a school librarian I a3 KB (556 words) - 10:16, 16 August 2020
- |date=October 2017 Fans of the podcast may be disappointed to find that this book is, essentially, a selection of the3 KB (490 words) - 14:53, 17 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...alo has turned-out toes. He also has a wart on the end of his nose. They may also know about Superworm, Stickman or Room on the Broom. All of these sto3 KB (582 words) - 09:31, 16 February 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (537 words) - 11:31, 6 April 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...early years, there were also Anne Stafford and Elizabeth Carew, who may or may not have borne him children. Some years later there was also Mary Berkeley,5 KB (791 words) - 14:37, 9 April 2018
- ...ngs she does to get even, due to perceived slights from her partner. These may be on purpose or completely accidental but, even so, the book cries of a ve |date= January 20173 KB (514 words) - 09:24, 19 September 2020
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- |date=June 2017 Check out the original [[Paddington by Michael Bond]], although it may not have held up. Emerging readers will enjoy [[Amazing Esme by Tamara Mac3 KB (570 words) - 15:17, 10 August 2020
- |date=February 2017 ''Norton and Alpha'' is a simple story well told that feels like it may be sad, but is actually uplifting. Any child will love it, but a fan of ro3 KB (568 words) - 17:36, 4 April 2018
- |date=February 2017 There are many other enjoyable stories in this series and you may like to try [[Mary's Hair by Eoin Colfer]] or [[Mr Birdsnest and the House3 KB (490 words) - 11:41, 12 April 2018
- |date= January 2017 ...cularly enjoyed was the chapter entitled 'Lady Writers'. Though the title may sound at first glance demeaning, it is a tongue-in-cheek look at the trepid3 KB (522 words) - 09:16, 5 May 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...something very unpleasant on the loose. We may pretend that it isn't; we may deny it, but we know that there are more and more people who hate those who5 KB (812 words) - 09:48, 20 February 2018
- |date=May 20173 KB (553 words) - 16:06, 9 October 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...dresses for rich women and eager debutantes. But look at them now! Sophie may still be in millinery, but at least the grateful Mr Sinclair is giving her4 KB (704 words) - 12:26, 20 September 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...Run, run, run, but perhaps if you have them a friendly hello these pants may be nicer than you think?3 KB (577 words) - 12:19, 17 April 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...to give them some restful ease, you never know what else they used. They may, for one, have dabbled in colouring-in books, and their much-lauded effect3 KB (545 words) - 09:29, 18 September 2020
- |date=February 2017 [[:Category:Dinah Jefferies|Dinah Jefferies]] may only have started writing novels later in life, but she's definitely made u4 KB (731 words) - 13:53, 29 September 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...as if Bing was speaking. This will entice children, but as an adult, you may find some of the baby-style speak a little unpalatable.3 KB (591 words) - 12:30, 19 September 2020
- |date=November 2017 ...tasy. That being said though, those looking for a fast read full of action may find some enjoyment here.3 KB (552 words) - 08:18, 28 September 2020
- |date=July 2017 ...need anything so negative as out-and-out horror, for whatever age range it may be written.3 KB (546 words) - 08:43, 8 May 2018
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