Prompt – A book with a map. Medium – Book About the Book – Yanka is found abandoned in the wilds of Russia as a baby, snuggled in a bear cave. She is taken in by a kind woman from the nearby village, her Mamochka. However, she never feels like she fits in within theContinue reading “Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear”
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Book #33 – The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Prompt – A book set in Japan. Medium – Audiobook About the Book – This book is the tale of Nana, a stray cat who is befriended and rehomed by a young man called Satoru. The two live together peacefully and happily for five years, before Satoru decides to start travelling Japan visiting three setsContinue reading “Book #33 – The Travelling Cat Chronicles”
Book #32 – Granada’s Greatest Detective
Prompt – A book with a title with more than twenty characters Medium – Book About the Book – Keith Frankel tells the ‘behind the scenes’ story of the Granada production of ‘Sherlock Holmes, filmed in the 1980s and 1990s. The incomparable Jeremy Brett played the role of Sherlock Holmes, alongside David Burke (seasons 1-2)Continue reading “Book #32 – Granada’s Greatest Detective”
Book #31 – A Summer Scandal
Prompt – A book with a pink cover. Medium – Book About the Book – Violet is left an apartment and a pier in her recently deceased grandfather’s will, in a place called ‘Swallow Beach’ on the coast somewhere near Brighton. She arrives in Swallow Beach and is immediately entranced by not only the pier,Continue reading “Book #31 – A Summer Scandal”
Book #30 – We are Displaced
Prompt – A book by an author in their 20s. Medium – Audiobook About the book – This book tells the stories of refugee girls from around the world who have fled from different types of situations in their home countries, and their lives now as they come to terms with their displaced statuses andContinue reading “Book #30 – We are Displaced”
Book #29 – Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History
Prompt – A book with ’20’ or ‘twenty’ in the title. Medium – Book About the Book: Written by Sam Maggs, this book tells the stories of 20 groups of female friends, whose friendships can be #squadgoals and who changed history through working together. The book includes different ‘squads’ – warriors, athletes, scientists, political andContinue reading “Book #29 – Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships that Changed History”
Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice
Prompt – A book from a series with more than 20 books. Medium – Book About the Book – The 19th book in the Tortall series, and the first in a short series (Daughter of the Lioness), the book tells the story of Alianne, the daughter of the King’s Champion, Alanna, and the King’s spymaster,Continue reading “Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice”
Book #27 – Cinder
Prompt – A book with a robot, cyborg or AI character Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Linh Cinder lives with her Guardian and two step-sisters, Peony and Pearl, in New Beijing in the distant future. She is an expert mechanic and works to earn money for her horrible guardian and her sisters toContinue reading “Book #27 – Cinder”
Book #26 – Agent Jack
Prompt – The First book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed. Medium – Book About the Book – The true story of a MI5 agent who worked with Fifth Columnists during WW2, Robert Hutton tells the story of Eric Roberts, code-named Agent Jack. Roberts operated within England during the Second World War,Continue reading “Book #26 – Agent Jack”
Book #25 – The Cruel Prince
Prompt – A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name. Medium – Audiobook About the book – Written by Holly Black, the book tells the story of Jude Duarte and her sisters Vivi and Taryn. As young children, their parents are killed by their adoptive father, Madoc, and taken to theContinue reading “Book #25 – The Cruel Prince”
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