Filtered Visions

Another book by Marika Cobbold with so much heart it made my heart break in many places. The twin threads of a relationship breakdown and the deteriation of an elderly relative are painful topics, you can't read this without feeling. Saying that, there where lots of light comic touches and feel good moments throughout.

Christopher Brookmyre is a good author, incredibly clever, sickening sometimes and very funny; this one fell a little short for me though. By no means a bad book, and I'll definately keep reading him - you can't like them all!

Loved this book! The moon is knocked out of balance by an asteroid, after which the world becomes a truely frightening place. This book follows the life of one girl and her family, trying to survive in the face of what could be the end of the world. It shows real courage, strength of relationships and really gives a reminder into just how lucky we are.


Fantastically gripping read from beginning to end - can't wait to read more of Susan Beth Pfeffer

This really could be a life changing read. Mitch Albom tells the story of the period of time he spent with his old tutor, Morrie, at the end of Morrie's life. Morrie is suffering from a deginerative terminal illness, so as you can imagine, the reading is tough in places - but, it is so enriching. Morrie's outlook and perspective on the world is one that we could all learn from. I normally mark the pages of books where there are interesting quotes - this book is covered in sticky tabs! If I could recommend one book that I think that everyone in the world should read, its this one, we could all learn so much.

A nice complement to His Dark Materials, but not as rewarding to read. It gives a bit of back story of Lee Scoresby, its nice to be back in the universe again but its not really a 'must read'. - Good stocking filler though, especially as this edition is beautiful, fabric covered hardback with wonderful engravings.

Fun packed action / adventure book, when Skulduggery Pleasant, the snappy dressing skellington detective first enters into Stephanie's life, things will never be the same. Lots of one liners and sarcasm fill this book in between the fast paced action. Some of the characterisation for me was a little out, with the two main characters feeling too similar, and some of the baddies weren't as scary as they could have been - that aside though, this was a fun book to read, and for its target audience its probably near perfect!