Something for the kids

Madame Pamplemousse By Rupert Kingfisher and illustrated by Sue Hellard. These charming book come in hardback and paperback editions. The hardback ones are the ones pictured  below.

These books are about a girl called Madeleine, who is talented in cooking. Book one is when Madeleine meets her two friends, Madame Pamplemousse, and her cat Camembert. While her parents are away, Madelein is forced to stay with her uncle in his restaurant, The Squealing Pig. Although Madeleine has new friends, can she stop her uncle from trying to find the recipe for Madame Pamplemousse's top secret Edible?

Book two is about a time travelling machine. Madeleine and her friends Madame Pamplemousse, and her cat Camembert have to go back in time to find one very important ingredient. But can they stop the time travelling machine from getting into the wrong hands?

Book three is the lastest one out, this one about a sweet shop like no other! While Madeleine is being bullied at school, there is a woman that doesn't like the thought of Madeleine of becoming famous for her cooking! Can Madame Pamplemousse and Camembert save her? This story tells the hiden background and Madame Pamplemousse and how she become the lady she is today.

This stories are wondeful fairy tales that both children and adults will enjoy (especially if you just want a quick read).

Ally Carter - Gallagher Girls

Do you like Spies???
Then These books may be the ones for you! If you're like me and like books about spies, then keep your eyes on this space!

The Gallagher Girls series about a school for spies which is set in the modern day in America. The first book is called I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you. This book introduces you to world of Cameron Morgan, who is a girl that attends the school. So when she falls in love with an Ordinary boy, her whole world is turned up-side-down. What will she do?

The second book, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, is about some mysterious guest that visit the school, but where does Cammie's heart belong? A mysterious boy, or her school and sisters?

The third book, Don't Judge a Girl By her Cover, is the latest one out in the UK. The fourth one is out this year. Can Cammie save her friend and keep her school a secret from the outside world, after all, a secret spy school must stay secret!

The Queen's Lady

This is the second book in a series by Eve Edwards that follows the lives of the Lacey's, a rich Elizabethan family. This one is about Lady Jane, her husband is dead and she is sent to be a lady to Queen Elizabeth I. She is delighted at the new arrival at court, James Lacey, a man that she has always loved even though she was betrothed to his older brother.
But when James goes to America to clear his head of the terrible things he has seen, Lady Jane's father and brother has other ideas about who Jane should marry.
Will James come to rescue of his Lady?
It's a good book if you romance and History, or if you just like a good Tudor style book. I advise you should read the first one first (don't make the same mistake as me!)

The Other Countess

and if you liked these two, why not read the third book? The Rogue's Princess.

Bed Red, Snow White

This book by Marcus Sedgwick is a brillaint one. Set at the time of the Russian Revolution, it is a fairy tale about a English journalist reporting about the war (WW1). Back in England he has a wife and a daughter, but while he is in Russia he falls in love with a secretary called Evgenia. Although everything seems fine, Arthur Ransome the English Journalist, is accused of being a spy for both the British and the Bolshiviks! War only brings death around, but can Arthur make a new life for himself and Evgenia?
This is brilliant book, even my friends have a copy now. I definitely recommend this to those who are studying Russia, or those who like fairy tales and love stories. Another book I could not put down.

The Book Thief

Let me start this blog off with one omy favourite books! The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.

This book is about a girl called Liesel Meminger, who lives in Nazi Germany. Liesel is obsessed with books, but this hasn't always been the case! Her love for books begin with a book she finds at the side of her brother's grave. The Grave Digger's Handbook. With the help of her foster father, Liesel learns to read and is stealing books whenever she can.

But when her foster parents hide a Jew in their basement, Liesel starts to see what is really happening in Nazi Germany.

The book is narrated by death, who sees Liesel three times during her life. This book is a real page turner, and I loved reading it! I would recommend this one to anyone! Especially if you like reading about WW2