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Tag: YA fiction

What I was reading 20 years ago

19/01/2022 nsford 10 Comments

Amazingly, I read 232 books in 2002. I’m sure it’s the highest number of books I’ve read in any year.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fiction, reading, YA fiction

Review of ‘Ouija’ by Zoé-Lee O’Farrell

20/10/2021 nsford 6 Comments

An ideal short read for Halloween, this is a YA horror novel with a Point Horror / Christopher Pike /…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, halloween, horror, reviews, YA fiction, Zoé-Lee O'Farrell

Review of ‘I Capture the Castle’ by Dodie Smith

25/09/2021 nsford 1 Comment

I first read this book 10 years ago. I remember being disappointed but I couldn’t remember why, so I’ve re-read…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dodie Smith, fiction, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Magic Fire’ by Christopher Pike

07/08/2021 nsford 2 Comments

If there was a prize for most misleading blurb, this book would win it! I’ve mentioned before how Pike’s books…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, reviews, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Mortal Engines’ (2018)

09/07/2021 nsford 2 Comments

This adaptation of Philip Reeve’s 2001 award-winning debut YA novel was one of the biggest ‘box office bombs’ ever. Directed…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Reading Filed under: books, films, Philip Reeve, reviews, science fiction, YA fiction

My most-read authors

27/06/2021 nsford 18 Comments

Which authors’ books have you read the most? I checked my spreadsheet, which records my reading since 2002, and searched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, Arthur C Clarke, books, children's fiction, Christopher Pike, Daphne du Maurier, fiction, H G Wells, J K Rowling, Paul Stewart, Philip Pullman, reading, Sue Townsend, Terry Pratchett, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Last of the Sky Pirates’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

13/06/2021 nsford Leave a comment

The 5th novel in the fantastic Edge Chronicles, this is a coming-of-age story introducing a new protagonist, Rook Barkwater. It’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘The Curse of the Gloamglozer’ by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

13/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

‘Far, far away, jutting out into the emptiness beyond, like the figurehead of a mighty stone ship, is the Edge.’…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Riddell, fantasy, Paul Stewart, reviews, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Last Vampire’ by Christopher Pike

01/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

I used to really like vampire stories. I’m not keen on vampires at all now, although last year I watched…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, reading, YA fiction

Review of ‘Black Light Express’ by Philip Reeve

07/04/2021 nsford 5 Comments

Following on from the fantastic Railhead, this book is even more imaginative and action-packed. The trilogy is completed by Station…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Philip Reeve, reading, reviews, science fiction, YA fiction

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