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simpsonrd
Oct 2, 20211 min read
Fireborn- Aisling Fowler
Fireborn HarperCollins Published 30th September
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simpsonrd
Sep 21, 20214 min read
The Wisdom Of Crowds - Joe Abercrombie
'Grimdark' is a genre many whatiread visitors and followers of my usual reviews may not be familiar with, but I'm a huge fan of this...
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simpsonrd
Sep 20, 202110 min read
The Bewitching Of Aveline Jones - Phil Hickes
Phil Hickes' 'The Haunting of Aveline Jones' was one of my favourite reads of last year as spooky, seriously scary fare for my Year 6...
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simpsonrd
Sep 14, 20211 min read
The Dream House - Laura Dockrill, ill. by Gwen Millward
An incredible mix of prose, poetry and playsuit, following the story of Rex, a young boy coming to terms with the loss of his father....
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simpsonrd
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Polly Pecorino - Emma Chichester-Clark
Are you brave enough to enter the Wild Bear Woods? Polly Pecorino rescues animals, and she can talk to them too. She spends all of her...
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simpsonrd
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Giften- Leyla Suzan
A BLIGHTED LAND Ever since The Darkening, survival has been a struggle. The people of the Field toil on parched earth, trying to forge a...
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simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20216 min read
Play Like Your Football Heroes - Matt Oldfield and Seth Burkett
We're massive fans of Matt Oldfield's 'Football Heroes' series in this house...my son, Finn, has a huge selection of them, and loves...
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simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Wrecked Lives- Donald Wraith
Having grown up on the noth coast of Northern Ireland, close to the wreck of an Armada ship (the Girona), I was thrilled to be asked to...
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simpsonrd
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Hoglets' Christmas Magic- Lynette Creswell
A Christmas story in August!? Why not...it's never too early! This is a fun, family-friendly adventure following the story of two...
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simpsonrd
Aug 25, 20212 min read
The Monster Belt - Ruth Estevez
In the Monster Belt, discoveries are made. Some good, some bad, some life changing ... Harris White is on a journey, one that takes him...
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simpsonrd
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Grandad Wheels - Brian Abram, ill. by Lynne Hickin
The start of the Paralympics and the upcoming release of the third book in this fab series seems like a good time to post this review of...
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simpsonrd
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Spy Master-Brad Thor
A rumor, a remote cabin in Norway, and an American intelligence operative charged with stopping the next world war before it begins—Scot...
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simpsonrd
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Beside The Syrian Sea-James Wolff
“Best new spy novel by a mile…don’t let this one pass you by if you are a fan of intelligent, complex spy thrillers.” NB Magazine, Top...
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simpsonrd
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Crowfall-Vashti Hardy
Cast out from the clockwork island of Ironhold, where mechanical technology controls everything, Orin Crowfall finds himself adrift on a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 15, 20212 min read
The Maidens -Alex Michaelides
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together...
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simpsonrd
Aug 10, 20215 min read
Hide and Seek - Robin Scott-Elliott
Summer, 1942. Paris is boiling hot and thirteen-year-old Amélie Dreyfus is hiding in the dark cool of her mother’s wardrobe. The sound of...
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simpsonrd
Aug 10, 20212 min read
We Made A Movie - Charlotte Lo
The funny, heart-warming sequel to the acclaimed We Won an Island. When Luna’s family won an island, their dreams came true – Luna opened...
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simpsonrd
Aug 5, 20212 min read
Ten Delicious Teachers - Ross Montgomery, ill. by Sarah Warburton
Cards on the table....I'm a huge fan of Ross Montgomery. I loved 'Midnight Guardians' last year (and if you did, too, just wait until you...
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simpsonrd
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Listen, Layla - Yassmin Abdel-Magied
I am Layla Kareem Abdel-Hafiz Hussein, the greatest Sudanese Australian inventor the world has ever seen. And if they don't know my name...
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simpsonrd
Jul 20, 20212 min read
There Is No Big Bad Wolf In This Story - Lou Carter, ill. by Deborah Allwright
The Big Bad Wolf is late AGAIN and is ruining stories as he rushes through the forest to Grandma's house. When the Three Little Pigs get...
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