Posts made in November, 2015
Books Read in November 2015
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix — Adult horror. I picked this up based on a recommendation from Lauren James. Horrorstör is a totally unique book, designed to look like an Ikea catalogue. A group of employees in a furniture warehouse stay in the store overnight to investigate some strange goings-on. The story switches rapidly from satire to full-on horror, and I thought it was really clever. The Rain by Virginia Bergin — YA sci-fi. Narrated by a teen girl as the UK is struck by killer rain (which means killer tap-water — nothing to drink or wash with), this was scarily believable, but also surprisingly...
Review: WINTER by Marissa Meyer
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend—the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long.Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter...
Most Read Authors
Today, I’m on the Author Allsorts blog sharing my most read authors. They’re mostly YA writers, as you might imagine, but the top two spots are taken by adult fiction authors. Find out who here, and let me know who your most read authors are! Share...
The ‘Spell Your Name with Book Titles’ Tag
I picked up the challenge of this tag from The Happy Reader. It’s given me a good excuse to look through my books, which have been packed in boxes for months since I still don’t have bookshelves in my new house (I miss looking at my books). Plus it’s a pleasingly primary school-ish task! K — Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson. I haven’t read this yet, but struggled finding books I had read that start with K! E — Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey. Really clever mystery about an elderly woman with dementia whose best friend goes missing. N — Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Intelligent and heart-breaking adult sci-fi. D — Dark...
Glimpse
Inspired by Alfred Noyes’ poem 'The Highwayman', Glimpse is a ghost story, a love story, and a story of overcoming trauma.
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About Kendra Leighton
I’m a YA writer and chocolatier. Glimpse, my debut novel, was inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem 'The Highwayman'. It was published in 2014.Read more...
