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The Overflowing Library: Lying out Loud by Kody Keplinger
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Friday, 3 July 2015. Lying out Loud by Kody Keplinger. Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend's house every night because she has nowhere else to go. Why were the school asking questions when she was turning up late regularly? I know this makes me old...
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The Overflowing Library: All my secrets by Sophie McKenzie
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Monday, 13 July 2015. All my secrets by Sophie McKenzie. It's ok. As expected it is tightly plotted and fast paced meaning I read it very fast as I needed to know what happened next. I disliked how the main character treated her parents as soon as she found out a "shocking" truth. The reaction was pantomime OTT. Kirsty at the overflowing library. British Books Challenge 2016.
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Crooks on Books: July 2015
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Books, books and more books. Friday, 31 July 2015. My Sister's Secret - Tracy Buchanan. Willow’s memories of her parents are sun-drenched and full of smiles, love and laughter. But a mysterious invitation to a photographic exhibition exposes a secret that’s been buried since a tragic accident years ago. Willow is forced to question everything she knew about Charity, her late mother, and Hope, the aunt she’s lived with since she was a child. Why will Hope not break her silence? And now here I am. The colo...
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The Overflowing Library: Birdy by Jess Vallance
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Wednesday, 15 July 2015. Birdy by Jess Vallance. A darkly compulsive tale of friendship and obsession. I picked up Birdy after hearing about it at Hot Key's Blogger Brunch and because it sounded brilliant I found myself unable to leave it on the TBR pile more than couple of days. Kirsty at the overflowing library. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Overflowing Library: My Name's not Friday by Jon Walter
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Wednesday, 1 July 2015. My Name's not Friday by Jon Walter. This boy has bought me. This white boy who don't even look as old as I am. He owns me body and soul and my worth has been set at six hundred dollars.'. Samuel's an educated boy. Been taught by a priest. He was never supposed to be a slave. Well worth a read. Kirsty at the overflowing library. Bookworm, history teach...
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The Overflowing Library: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Tuesday, 11 August 2015. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foor-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. Since finishing the first one I managed to get new covers of book 2 and 3 which are at the top of my TBR pile for the summer holidays. Why A...
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The Overflowing Library: Books I have reviewed
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Books I have reviewed. Panic: The Ultimate Edition by Jeff Abbott. Halo by Alexandra Adornetto. Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson. Fated by Sarah Alderson. The Sound by Sarah Alderson. Out of Control by Sarah Alderson. Speak by Laure Halse Anderson. Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson. Tiger Lily by Jodie Anderson. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. Breaking Butterflies by M Anjelias.
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The Overflowing Library: August 2015
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Monday, 31 August 2015. Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher (3 stars). Here's looking at you by Mhairi McFarlane (3 stars). A royal disaster by Meg Cabot (4 stars). About last night by Adele Parks (3 stars). Princess in the Middle by Meg Cabot (3 stars). In the Unlikely event by Judy Blume (4 stars). Della says OMG by Keris Stainton (4 stars). George by Alex Gino (5 stars).
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The Overflowing Library: July review
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Friday, 31 July 2015. It has been a funny reading month for me. For the first two weeks of July I didn't read a thing because I was exam marking but as soon as that finished I have read loads. X Files Season 10 Volumes 1 - 4 (4 stars). Buffy Season 9 Volumes 1 - 5 and Faith and Angel Volumes 1 - 5 plus Spike and Willow spin offs (4 stars). For Holly by Tanya Byrne (4 stars).
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The Overflowing Library: House of Windows by Alexia Casale
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Middle Grade Strikes Back. Books I have reviewed. British Books Challenge 2016. British Books Challenge 2016 sign up info and FAQs. Monday, 3 August 2015. House of Windows by Alexia Casale. The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.' Robert Louis Stevenson. Not that his strategy is working. I really enjoyed this book. I loved how this book showcased Cambridge as a city and it has left me desperately wanting to go back and vis...
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