Alfie Bloom and the Talisman Thief is the sequel to Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle (hereinafter referred to as SHC) which I reviewed back in July. I thoroughly enjoyed SHC, especially the humour and the pacy smart writing, but TT surpasses it in every way imaginable. SHC had the burden of the setup,… Read More
Month: December 2016
I read around 75 children’s books this year, up from 57 last year, which made it a much harder year to distill down into a top 10. There are loads of great books I’ve left off the list! As usual, date of publication is completely irrelevant – my only criteria for inclusion are that the… Read More
It’s that time of the year when bloggers looking for something to write about trot out their “best of” lists for the year. I think most of us will agree it’s been a particularly crap twelve months. But hey, at least there are still books to give us solace – until the Bradburyesque Firemen come… Read More