Showing posts with label top reads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label top reads. Show all posts

Monday, May 5, 2014

top read, tween, tiny...uplifting

Both of these novels deal with hard subjects, but leave your heart uplifted.   Both were actually written for the teen to young adult market but have transcended all boundaries.  I love them both.

{The Fault in our Stars - John Green}
The story of teenagers living with terminal cancer, I know it sounds terribly heavy but trust me, it will make you laugh and make you cry and you will end up loving it.

{The Book Thief - Markus Zusak}
Miss E is reading this at the moment, I was worried that the setting of World War II Germany with all its darkness would be to much for her at 11.  But the beauty of this book is that it shows the light that remains in simple humanity and kindness even in the most terrible of times.  I loved this book.

{See Inside Your Body - Usborne Books}
Miss J is obsessed with what is happening under our skins.  Where does the food go, what is in your skull, where do all the bits fit, and 20 million other questions.  Luckily this book seems to have all the answers and has fun flaps to turn over too.  For all the questioning mini minds out there.


Thursday, January 23, 2014

top read, tween and tiny...to kick off the year

After the bustle of the festive season its fab to have the time to get stuck into a book.  Here are our favourite family reads just in time for the long weekend.


{Cockroaches - Harry Hole}
I am a huge fan of the Harry Hole series.  They reminds me of the Inspector Rebus series in many ways but have their own special character.  Note - they are worth reading in order as the later books refer back to events in earlier cases which can be a bit of a spoiler. 
This an early case, written before the start of the series.  I have enjoyed them all!

{The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan}
The latest in the second Percy Jackson series.  Miss E has loved every one so far.  As usual the stories and characters career off at a cracking pace with a cliff hanger at the end, leaving you champing at the bit for the next book to come out.

{Little Piggy's Got No Moves}
A favourite of mine and Miss J's right now.  Everybody seems to have moves except Little Piggy, but of course he can really dance too.  Makes us giggle every time I read it.