Dive into fall with these 75 amazing new books hitting bookstores September - November 2018!
English Movie Lesson Theo and Celeste. "Would you still be my friend if there were things about me you didn’t know?” Celeste asks her friend Theo while they’re on a seesaw. The two of them start an innocent game and come up with increasingly surreal questions.
- Jokes, memes, and headcanons about PJO and relatable fandoms stuff! - Highest ranks: #1 in relatable, collection, and joke book - Sorry the book cover doesn't match the title, I'm too lazy to fix it - Completed on March 12, 2018 * Disclaimer: I don't own any jokes or the cover
Read this mystery stories KS2 resource then dramatise the story and write your own versions by modelling the structure and themes...
Keep your eyes open and you're sure to spot a few relatives of today's word. Invigilate is a descendant of the Latin verb vigilare, meaning 'to stay awake.' As you may have guessed, vigilare is the
Happy World Read Aloud Day! I think Refugee will be one of the most talked about middle-grade novels of 2017. I hope teachers and librari...
The Running Vixen by Elizabeth Chadwick Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance Ages: 16 and up There were two children who grew up together, a boy and a girl. They loved eachother as brother and sister...or at least she did. Adam came to love her differently, but Heulwen didn't see him that way and married another man at fifteen. Ten years later, her husband is dead and she is soon to be betrothed to a man she likes but does not love. It seems impossible that Adam can change her mind in time, but when he learns that her suitor has a dark secret, it seems like he might have one last chance to win her. This is not my favorite of Elizabeth Chadwick's novels, there is too much sex and not enough history. The characters are as interesting and likeable as ever, but there story is somewhat painful to read. (Especially a certain scene when a certain fiance comes barging in to discover a certain man and woman with a certain lack of clothing, it was quite messy.) Ms. Chadwick's later novels seem to be an improvement on her earlier ones, the writing doesn't change but the stories improve. I give it a 6.10 in profanity for two uses of the f-word and several milder swearwords and insult. There are a couple pretty graphic scenes of sexuality and several that are more vague or fade away as well as references and innuendo, so I rate it a 8.10. There are several scenes of pretty bloody violence as well as a vague scene of rape, so I rate it a 7.10. Lieder Madchen
It's rare that I sit and read a book in one sitting. If I don't like a book, it's hard to force myself to read it all, and if I like it, I want to treasure the story and make it last a little longer. Fierce is a book that's designed to be read in one go, as the story takes you through an intense tale of one afternoon. I gave this a good go, but after reading two-thirds of the way through I put it down for the day because it just wasn't gripping enough for me to get through the whole thing (and if I'm honest, I can't really think of a book that would be, so there's no shade being thrown here). Fierce tells the story of Joan's and her four year old son Lincoln's disastrous trip to the zoo one Sunday afternoon. It's their favourite place to spend time together, until they hear shots fired. Two gunmen are making their way around the zoo and Joan has no idea where's safe. She calls her husband, and keeps in touch with him over the phone, but as it starts to get darker she fears that the phone light will attract the armed men, and abandons it in some bushes. Joan will do anything to protect her son, even if it means making questionable choices to leave others behind. But as Lincoln gets more tired and upset and loud, Joan realises that they need to do something drastic, because they can only hide for so long ... This was quite a gripping read in some places, but I just felt as though it was missing that big twist that shocks you and changes the force of the novel. There were quite a few parts where I felt the narrative dragged, and there wasn't enough action to rectify it. It was definitely readable, and I'm glad to have pushed myself out of my comfort zone by trying to read it in one sitting, but I'm not sure if it's something I'd recommend. *This book was gifted to me, but as always my words and opinions are my own* Follow me on Bloglovin | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube
Shows like 'Outlander' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' are revealing a big appetite for the female-driven fantasy genre. Here are five new novels to look out for in 2018.
