Libba Bray pens an intriguing and suspenseful tale in A Great and Terrible Beauty and even throws in a hint of passion (not too much – this is a Young Adult novel after all!). I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be on the look out for the other two novels in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy.

Fade to Blue is a teenage comic-scifi-thriller novel, filled with humour and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing that by the end of it all you’re not really too sure what actually happened!

If you have a Twilight fan in your family then you’ll want to order a set of these Twilight journals before they sell out. There are four beautiful journals in a special keepsake tin – and each journal features one of the gorgeous jackets from the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight theme doesn’t [...]

If you missed the Twilight Concert Series at the back end of next year then you’ll be pleased to read that Stephenie Meyer is releasing a Special Edition of Breaking Dawn. The hardcover book comes with a DVD of the concert series and a reproduction of Justin Furstenfield’s hand written lyrics for the song My Never.

A few weeks back I posted an online book review of the fabulous WILLOW by Julia Hoban. I really enjoyed the book and Julia was kind enough to answer some questions about it for me.
Interview with Julia Hoban
CS: What inspired you to write WILLOW?
JH: I wanted to write a book for all of us with [...]

In this Young Adult novel, Hoban takes the very sensitive subject of self-harm and delivers a powerful story. Of how people cope with loss, of our perceptions of the world around us, and how sometimes we see things differently to everyone else, almost to the point of paranoia.