Reviewsday: Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
Tempests and Slaughter was the Tamora Pierce book I wasn’t sure I needed but ended up really loving. I adore Tamora Pierce. I’ve been reading her since the age of ten, and her books dominated my early teens. Among my favourites was her Immortals sequence, in which we first met the powerful mage, Numair. Tempests […]
Blood Will Tell…
There’s a good reason George R. R. Martin based his A Song of Ice and Fire saga upon the dramatic events of the Wars of the Roses. It’s difficult for any writer to encapsulate the drama, intrigue and betrayal of fifteenth century England, but Conn Iggulden has proven he’s up there with the best of […]
QBD Reviews: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
I come from a country which was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. Girls don’t come much tougher than Malala Yousafzai. When she was just a child, the Taliban took control of her home in Swat Valley. During the following years, Malala and her father took a stand against […]
QBD Reviews: Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
Thou art Famine. Go thee unto the world. Yesterday, seventeen-year-old Lisabeth Lewis was just Lisabeth Lewis. Calorie-counting, over-exercising, plain old Lisabeth. Her biggest worry was hiding her eating disorder from her boyfriend and her family. Today, Lisabeth is no longer just Lisabeth – she’s Famine. The Famine. You know, black rider, horseman of the apocalypse, […]
