Book club

Days of Wonder by Keith Stuart

June 8, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

I have a confession to make. I don’t like heart warming books. I’m not a fan of tear jerkers. So why did I read Days of Wonder, when I had a pretty good idea of what was coming? Because it’s Keith Stuart, and although I feel I shouldn’t love his books, (I read YA! and […]

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Life Satisfaction: A Scientist’s Guide by Leo Lafferty-Whyte PhD.

May 28, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

There is an irony, I feel, in this post. A few days back I posted about doing 15 days of giveaways. I then failed completely and utterly to even put together the widget for the first giveaway, and have been slumped in a heap of self recrimination ever since. So how can I possibly be […]

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The Secret of the Night Train by Sylvia Bishop

May 21, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

We’re very happy today to be kicking off the blog tour for a wonderful MG book by Sylvia Bishop, the Secret of the Night Train. Smallest has read it, and will be contributing her thoughts after we’ve heard from Sylvia. Train no. 1: TGV Duplex (Paris – Munich) In my new book, The Secret of […]

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The Leavers by Lisa Ko

April 23, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

Today I’m pleased to be helping kick off the blog tour for the award winning The Leavers by Lisa Ko. Blurb: One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon – and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother […]

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The Imaginary by A F Harrold illustrated by Emily Gravett

April 3, 2018 By Jax Blunt 1 Comment

Ages and ages ago I started reading The Imaginary as a bedtime story. Turned out it was far too scary to be an end of day book, so we moved it to lunchtimes. Although the children loved the language and the characters, some parts were very upsetting so we kept having breaks. (Fortunately, you can […]

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Dreams and Regrets by Emily Williams, author of Rafferty Lincoln loves.

March 13, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

You may or may not be aware that I have an occasional series of posts on the theme of Dreams and Regrets. (If not, follow the link.) Today I’m happy to add to that series as part of the Rafferty Lincoln loves blog tour, with a guest post from author Emily Williams. Dreams… When Jax […]

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One Small Act of Kindness by Lucy Dillon

February 14, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

(Note, Kindle was showing 0.99 yesterday – I think the book is currently in the Amazon valentine sale 🙂 ) I am a sucker for a hard done by book. It’s one of (many) reasons why our house is filled with books – I rescue them from charity shops, adopt them from boxes outside houses […]

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Winter Storm (The Inventory 4) by Andy Briggs

February 13, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

We’ve been reading and enjoying the Inventory series by Andy Briggs since Small reviewed book 1 (read that review here). It seems only fitting that we are taking part in the blog tour for book 4, Winter Storm which finishes the series, and I’m very happy to give you a taster of the book by […]

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Force of Nature by Jane Harper

February 5, 2018 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

Buy at Amazon I absolutely loved The Dry by Jane Harper when I read it last year (review here ) so I was thrilled to be offered Force of Nature to read as well. There is always a moment of trepidation when you face up to reading a sequel to a well loved book, particularly […]

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Twelve nights by Andrew Zurcher – cover reveal and giveaway!

January 6, 2018 By Jax Blunt 29 Comments

Note, post contains affiliate links. Pre order at Amazon Kay and her little sister, Eloise, never imagined that their standard icy Christmas Eve in Cambridge would be the start of a twelve-night odyssey . . . Kay’s father is working late – as usual. Fed up, her mother bundles her daughters into the car and […]

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