Medium – Book About the Book – Cat Sparrow lives in a nunnery as an orphan, with her big sister Meg. One day, Meg is taken away by a man on a big black horse, and Cat decides that she will go after her. Armed with her bird flute, a beautiful singing voice and aContinue reading “2021 Book #69 – The Queen’s Fool”
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2021 Book #65 – The Girl of Ink and Stars
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Isabella Riosse is the daughter of a cartographer, trapped on an island ruled by a cruel governor. One day a young girl in her class is murdered by an unknown but terrifying beast, and Isabella’s best friend (who is also the governor’s daughter) disappears into the island’s forgottenContinue reading “2021 Book #65 – The Girl of Ink and Stars”
2021 Book #53 – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Medium – Book About the Book – Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia live in a version of 19th century Britain which never existed, which is full of wild wolves that rule the countryside and hunt people. Bonnie’s kind parents, Sir Willoughby and Lady Green leave to go on a sea voyage to improve Lady Green’sContinue reading “2021 Book #53 – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase”
2021 Book #41 – The Blackthorn Key
Medium – Book About the Book – Christopher Rowe is an apprentice apothecary, working with the renowned and extremely kind Benedict Blackthorn. After being brought up in an orphanage, he is happy and content, and is looking forward to one day being an apothecary himself. His dreams are shattered as a spate of murders ofContinue reading “2021 Book #41 – The Blackthorn Key”
2021 Book #30 – The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Sophie Taylor is a young, orphaned, well-to-do girl, who has recently lost her father and has been left in poverty. In desperation, she gets herself a job at the newly established Sinclair’s Department Store – which is a little bit like Harrods. She is looked down upon byContinue reading “2021 Book #30 – The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow”
2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic
Medium – Book About the Book – Olia is the descendent of Russian royalty, though now an ordinary person, and she lives in the beautiful Castle Mila, which has a huge number of domes. She lives with her parents (her mother is a character from a previous book by Sophie Anderson), her newborn sister RosaContinue reading “2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic”
Book #34 – The Girl Who Speaks Bear
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”
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