My stop on the blogtour and scavenger hunt is this amazing Parisian landmark building... Pompidou Centre Many people were disgusted at...

Whenever I am feeling sad or life feels hard or wrong or bad, I focus for a little while on LITTLE THINGS that make me smile... What a...

The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured...

There's an exciting addition to the Upton Green family (and it's not whatever Mr Paws has left on the living room carpet...). But getting...

I absolutely love the trend for oversized, beautifully illustrated, nature-themed hardback picture books of recent years...Animalium,...

I'm thrilled to be a part of the blog tour for this much anticipated release from Walker Books by Louie Stowell! Check out the other...

The fun second book in the 'Big Sky Mountain' series follows Rosa and Grandma Nan's latest adventures on the mountain involving the...

Loved this! Read longside my 9 year old daughter, this was a laugh out loud page-turner that had us both in stitches as we followed the...

I'm thrilled to have been asked by the wonderful Rebecca Oram and the lovely people at Walker Books to revisit one of my favourite...

THE WESTERN FRONT, JULY 1918… Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front when ...

A joyous celebration of Christmas, with a message of kindness and a reminder of what Christmas is really about, this is a wonderful book...

Blog tour post December 2nd 2021 A stunning novel that examines the price of loyalty, the burden of regret, the meaning of salvation, and...

Blogtour, 26th November 2021 This had begun as a quest of self-discovery, following the meagre clues she had with regard to her birth...

Updated for my stop on the #thechimeseekers blog tour 30th November 2021 If you liked last year's brilliant Midnight Guardians (I did)...

Lucy Strange's 'Ghost of Gosswater' was one of my favourite reads of last year, a Gothic, dark thrill of a tale, with storms, graveyards,...

When Sally Jones and The Chief discover a curious rose-shaped necklace hidden onboard their beloved Hudson Queen, it’s the start of...

What a beast of a book! And I mean that in a good way...it's brilliant! Ever since it arrived, it hasn't left the paws/claws of my 7 and...

Fireborn HarperCollins Published 30th September

'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...

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...