![]() Now intrigued, I immediately returned to Net Galley to read in full the description and swiftly downloaded the book to my Kindle. It was while having my usual evening Twitter fix a couple of days ago that my attention was really drawn to this book, this time in the form of a tweet pronouncing it to be an ‘astounding story of Leo, a selective mute, who dreams of performing in the West End’ accompanied by an image of a short blurb from The Bookseller. It’s not that I didn’t find the image appealing – it’s gorgeous – but from that I was expecting this to be one those fluffy, saccharine reads that I really dislike and scrolled past it several times on Net Galley as a result. Here, although I loved the picture you see above, I misjudged the story terribly and almost missed out, which would have been a terrible shame. ![]() ![]() I know I’ve said before how heavily I am influenced in choosing titles to read by looking at their cover art. ![]()
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The pack has been designed in alignment with the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s reading objectives for Year 6.ĪBOUT THE NOVEL: What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?Once Upon a Dream marks the second book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. **This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Once Upon a Time: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell. ![]() ![]() Jewelry-making was the occupation of two of her characters: Thorn St. Research led to her life’s passions – jewelry making, orchids, Japanese maples, bones, travel, white-water kayaking, and writing. Occasionally, she remembers to turn on Roomba (that she named Duma$$ because it fell down the stairs once.)įaith researches in great detail, and tries most everything her characters do. ![]() She does still make cold cereal and sandwiches. She gave up cooking for lent one year and the oven hasn’t been turned on since. Croix, a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic alternate reality.įaith writes full-time, tries to keep house, and is a workaholic. Her Rogue Mage novels-Bloodring, Seraphs, Host, and the RPG Rogue Mage-feature Thorn St. The Soulwood series is a dark-urban fantasy / paranormal police procedural /para-thriller series featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram, an earth magic user and Special gent of PsyLED. ![]() ![]() Jane is a full blooded Cherokee skinwalker and hunter of rogue-vampires in a world of weres, witches, vampires, and other supernats. Faith Hunter's Junkyard Cats novella series is available in Audible and eBook at this time.įaith's Jane Yellowrock series is a dark urban fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() “How could a machine create inspired works of fiction?” “The robots are coming for your jobs”, they tell us. Get it here, enjoy your books and have a Happy Hallowe’en! If I could toss one more slim volume upon the pile, it would be my new collection:ġ6 tales of horror and science fiction that will sink their fangs into you and won’t let go. ![]() ![]() Phew! That’s a lot of books, I bet the shelves inside your eReader are starting to creak. In a frontier prison, he comes face to face with his greatest enemy, THE MAN CALLED OTHER.įinally, seeking to learn the remaining secrets of Adon’s plot to bring about The Hour of Incursion, the Rider and his companions arrive in Tombstone only to be confronted with the horror of THE FIRE KING TRIUMPHANT. The Rider sets out to rescue the succubus Nehema from the wrath of THE MULES OF THE MAZZIKIM. The Rider infiltrates an Apache stronghold to convince the combined forces of Vittorio and Geronimo not to lend their might to the forces of THE WAR PROPHET. The Rider and Kabede must rally a US Cavalry troop against an army of the undead led by three of Adon’s renegade riders if they are to survive THE LONG SABBATH. Here’s a bonanza of Sci-Fi and Fantasy releases for OctoberĪ late addition to the roundup, it’s Grimtoberfest with a horde of Grimdark fantasy books on sale for 99 cents!īook 3 of the acclaimed Weird Western series, Merkabah Rider! Get them now before this deal expires in November! Here is a squirming pile of spooky books free on Kindle Unlimited. ![]() ![]() ![]() With literal bathroom humor and just the right touches of creepiness, this is sure to be another hit with young readers.Ĭons: I wasn’t so clear on what made the crayon creepy. Pros: Jasper’s many fans will welcome him back (and enjoy glimpses from the other two books) just in time for the spooky fall season. (Creepy epilogue: the crayon travels through the sewer system and washes up on a beach where it’s discovered by Elliot Pelican.) 48 pages ages 4-8. Flushing it down the toilet winds up being the most effective solution, and Jasper can enjoy whatever grades he gets, knowing that they’re the result of his own efforts. That’s not as easy as it looks, as the crayon turns out to have the ability to regenerate itself after being broken, melted, and thrown into the trash. or feeling haunted by a horrible crayon, Jasper Rabbit always has a knack. ![]() ![]() Jasper seems to feel like he’s losing his identity when his work is not his own and decides the crayon must be destroyed. (Boxed Set) The delightfully creepy New York Times bestselling picture book. Jasper’s been struggling with school (he’s failing all his subjects except art) but he discovers that when he writes his assignments with his new crayon friend, he gets straight A’s. Summary: Jasper Rabbit of Creepy Carrots and Creepy Pair of Underwear fame is back with a new reason to be scared: a purple crayon that seems to have all the answers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is the kind of book that takes over all of your waking thoughts, and then invades your dreams, turning them into the most horrific of nightmares. The Isle of Blood is nothing short of being a masterpiece of horror literature, and is definitely my favourite in an already outstanding series. It would appear that there is more money in selling a multitude of Twilight wannabes, rather than truly literate, complex horror stories that have more in common with Shelley's Frankenstein and Stoker's Dracula than most of the mass-market (but top selling) rubbish that has saturated the market in recent years, especially in the US. With my objective hat on I can sort of understand why the series has not sold as well as the author and publisher had hoped: it is simply too good. Of course, this rather low moment was followed several weeks later by a massive high when it was announced that Simon and Schuster had decided to extend the author's contract to a fourth and final book in this most fantastic of horror series. From what I could make out, this decision came quite late, after Mr Yancey had completed the third book, thus not giving him the opportunity to finish telling the story of Will Henry. ![]() Like many fans of Rick Yancey's Monstrumologist series I was truly gutted when I read that his publisher had decided not to extend his contract beyond three books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Blue and Gansey: here I come.Īges 14 and up | Publisher: Scholastic | Sept. I’ll definitely have to read it sooner rather than later, however, in order to truly capture its autumn feel. I then proceeded to buy it, leave the bag at the store, and have it stolen, but oh well. The sequel to one of my favourite books of 2012, I literally jumped up and down and screamed when I first held The Dream Thieves in my hands. Here are the ones that have me on the edge of my seat with suspense: The Dream Thieves Is that an October thing? Undoubtedly.Ī good book, of course, would do more good than harm. A bit of a howling wind outside, possibly with some stray foliage floating picturesquely past, wouldn’t hurt either. Really, the window seat is the key element here. It doesn’t even have to be a life-changing, enlightening, immensely gratifying book-any book will do. Lately, all I’ve really wanted in life is to wear knit sweaters and flashy scarves, go to Starbucks, and curl up by a window with a good book. By Ana Turner, for The Children’s Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Dinosaurs may be different in many ways but they all come together at the end.Īt the back of the book is a gorgeous pull-out poster, featuring all the dinosaurs in their colourful glory, which can be framed and would delight any toddler. The illustrations are vibrant and whimsical, with emphasis on each dinosaurs features and expressions bringing them to life on the page.Ī fabulous read for all enthusiastic dinosaur fans that will eager to have the book read over and over, each reading being an educational experience with the use of opposites in the text and a natural cadence in the rhyming of words. The wording is simple and kept to a minimum with large text that jumps off the page. Inside is a double spread with all sorts of dinosaurs to feast your eyes on every shape, colour and size imaginable. It features a fiercely roaring T-Rex with a small dinosaur looking suitably unimpressed. Dinosaur Roar! immediately catches the eye with its striking silver foil cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.Īnd for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. ![]() Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. ![]() She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of She's Not There ![]() |
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