‘The Alchemist’ – Paulo Coelho 1988
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho My rating: 3 of 5 stars Actual rating: 3.5 stars Every book we read is a journey. Either short or long, difficult or easy, it migh...
‘Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances’ – Neil Gaiman 2015
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Neil Gaiman is a master storyteller. This collection made my heart soar,...
‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ – Benjamin Alire Saenz 2012
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book swelled my heart with hope and happiness un...
‘Looking for Alibrandi’ – Melina Marchetta 1992
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta My rating: 4 of 5 stars Required reading for young teens, Looking for Alabrandi is a beautifully realised tale of grow...
‘I’ll Give you the Sun’ – Jandy Nelson 2014
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book broke my heart. Smashed it into little pieces. Then, little by little, it put it b...
‘Romy (2250 Saga, #1)’ – Nirina Stone 2015
Romy is an interesting YA dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic imagining of Earth in 2255. The story is told by protagonist Romy, who is a teenager born in...
‘Feed’ – M. T. Anderson 2002
It is the future: Where American children have an electronic ‘feed’ implanted into their brain. This embedded machine grows with them and takes over...
‘The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly’ – Stephanie Oakes 2015
“I am a blood soaked girl” What an opening line! It sets the tone for the most engaging and unique YA novels of 2015. The genre of Young Adult is fl...
‘The Secret History’ – Donna Tartt 1992
This book drew me in from the very first few sentences of the prologue. Perhaps because it outlines the terrible crime of the protagonists in such distant manne...
‘Saint Anything’ – Sarah Dessen 2015
“You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core.” I ow...