Reviews & Columns
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Bel Reviews: You Were Here by Cori McCarthy
I read this book with the help of Netgalley.com and I’m so glad I took the chance.
The Goodreads blurb reads…
“On the anniversary of her daredevil brother’s death, Jaycee attempts to break into Jake’s favourite hideout—the petrifying ruins of an insane asylum. Joined by four classmates, ...
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Joelene Reviews: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Melinda Sordino is an outcast. No one will talk to her at school. No one will eat with her during lunch breaks. No one will sit with her in class. It wasn’t always this way. Before she called the cops at a party during the ...
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Krista Reviews: How to Fall by Jane Casey
Sixteen-year-old Jess Tennant has never met any of her relatives, until her mom suddenly drags her out of London to spend the summer in the tiny English town where her family’s from. Her mom’s decision is surprising, but even more surprising is the town’s reaction ...
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Sarah Reviews: The Winter Isles by Antonia Senior
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and ...
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2016 Escape Club Book Club
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and …
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Night Creatures is a Must Read YA Dystopia
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and …
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Burn Bright on the IF List
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and …
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Welcome Our New Blogger: Natasha
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and …
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Writing Competition for Younger Writers
There are books that take some time to get into. Others manage to captivate from the very first page. For me The Winter Isles is the latter.
It opens with a boy stranded on a rock. Sea laps at the edges of this remote outcrop and …
Features
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Big 4 Interview: Sophie Hardcastle
Friday, July 15, 2016
Everything We Know About Allegiant
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: Could it be?
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Screen It
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TV Review: Shadow Hunters
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Film Review: Suffragette
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Film Review: The Dressmaker
Monday, December 14, 2015
Looking Good
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Chris on Clothes: Shanghai Street Style by Toni Johnson-Woods and Vicki Karaminas
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Chris on Clothes: Xtreme Hair Dyeing
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Chris on Clothes: Colour Me Pastel
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Vlog It
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Three Minute Christmas Decorations 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Holly Black Event : #swag – what was in our bags
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Holly Black Event 2015 Pt 2 – Forthcoming Books
Monday, September 7, 2015
Eat It
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Cookbook Review: Not Just Jam
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Cook Club: The Big Cupcake Bake by Mandy Wrangles
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Cook Book Review: Homemade Takeaway by Julie Goodwin
Thursday, December 17, 2015
>> More Eat It
Book Club
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Book Club: Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Book Club: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Book Club: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Friday, April 15, 2016
Inspire Me
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Mirror Mirror: Temple Grandin
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Mirror Mirror: Sophie Delezio
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Mirror Mirror: Margaret Bourke-White
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Your Life
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Tash Says: LGBQT Youth Crisis
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Tash Says: A, B, C, D, LGBTQ+
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tash Says: ‘That’s so Gay!’ Queer Kids and Bullying
Monday, September 7, 2015