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The Fictional Family Book Tag
Hi everyone, Today, I thought I’d bring to you my first blog book tag. I was tagged for this by Kay Wisteria from Hammock of Books [and if you haven’t checked out her wonderful YA blog you should totally do that now] to do this Fictional Family Book Tag. It seemed like such a brilliant and creative tag that I just couldn’t resist the lure! THE RULES Pick 8 books off your shelves (try to not pick just your favorites!) Arrange them into a random order (randomizers are good for this). In the order they are arranged, open them to a random page and write down the first name you…
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Orphan Monster Spy Book Launch Party
AKA The One Where We Got Lost and Drunk in London My day started ridiculously early. I’m one of those awful people who can’t manage anything more than the basic zombie functions without a cup of coffee, so I had one and felt a touch more human before I left the house to get the coach to London, but I also stopped at Costa for a large latte with an extra shot. This was probably a mistake. Not least because, while my friend was catching some zzz’s on the three and a half hour coach journey, I was quite literally jittering in my seat while blasting Halsey, trying not to…
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Female Heroes: Josephine Baker
When I was first approached to read and review Orphan, Monster, Spy, I was quite taken aback by the offer. I’d only done a little blogging before, and it was a big opportunity for me. Naturally, I took the chance, and decided to do the review. And I’m very pleased that I did. Matt Killeen’s debut is great for fans of The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak, and comes highly recommended by me, as you can see from my review. The book was wonderful and unique, fast-paced and riveting, and I’m so pleased that I can now say that I have the author, Matt Killeen, here on his book blog tour to talk about one…
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Exciting news guys…
Join me, on March 3rd, as I host Orphan, Monster, Spy author, Matt Killeen. He’ll be stopping by on his book blog tour to talk favourite female heroines [historical and fictional]. Other stops along the way can be found at the bottom of this post. I’m so excited to have gotten my mitts on an ARC of Matt’s novel earlier in the year, and it was such a fun read, so it’ll be awesome to hear his thoughts on heroines like Sarah, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany who must survive as a spy in a boarding school for the daughters of high-ranking Nazi officials. You can read my review of the…
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Orphan Monster Spy Review
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen A lonely orphan with a dangerous secret. Not just another blonde-haired, blue-eyed little monster. Trapped inside a world full of lies, when does a schoolgirl become a spy. Set against the high-tension, pressure-cooker backdrop of Germany in the late 1930’s, Orphan Monster Spy follows Sarah, a young Jewish girl, who is forced to flee following the brutal death of her mother as they try to escape persecution. Trained in the art of the theatre by her mother, Sarah is cunning and quick, sly and intelligent. And she soon attracts the attention of a British spy. Her mission is simple, but it will turn her into the thing she…
