EVER BOUGHT A BOOK ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REVIEWS ON THE BACK???

If you are like us (and probably one of the many thousands of book lovers across the globe) and have had the misfortune of spending your hard-earned cash on an apparent "best-seller"; you will probably also have experienced the dull thud as you bang your head against the wall, thinking "Why did I listen to the reviews on the back?!" The truth is: reviews found on books are usually self-promoting, PR stunt-type hype and not necessarily a true reflection of the books' quality at all.

It is our aim to tell the truth about books, but don't for one second assume that that is synonymous with us creating a blog to 'diss' authors' work - to the contrary - our intention is to provide an honest appraisal of each and every book we read. If the book is any good - it'll get a good review. If it's awful and a tragedy to the literary world - then it won't. It's that simple.

Thursday 22 September 2011

Readers' Choice Competition

Watch out for 1st October, when we launch the Readers' Choice competition once again...
We'll have THREE great titles for you to vote for and in doing so, enter our comp for your chance to win a free copy of the winning book!


Good luck!
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Things That Make Writing Book Reviews Tough


  1. The author is amazing but the book isn't... it makes having an opinion hard.
  2. The book is amazing, but the author isn't... easier to manage, but incredibly difficult to prevent personal opinions from sneaking in.
  3. Writer's block (Yes, we're writers too!)
  4. You can't just write: "I thought this was rubbish/great"... there's probably dozens of reasons why you finally came to that conclusion - but pinpointing them, or being able to articulate them is a whole other matter.
  5. When you've spent hours perfecting your review only to have your Editor ask you to redo almost half of it! (I'm mentioning no names...!!)
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Tuesday 17 May 2011

Topsy and Tim First Numbers and First Writing

Those amongst us who have young children got very excited at the prospect of reviewing these books as they seem to promise a fun way of educating your child; so it was hugely gratifying to discover that they really are as brilliant as we had hoped!
As sad as it may sound, the thing that most impressed us (apart from the beauty of wipe-clean pages so you can do the activities over and over and over again) was the sturdy pen with the funny looking, but incredibly useful eraser on the cap.  The gasps and 'Oooo's that went around made the males wonder if some firemen had turned up outside (they hadn't, more's the pity)... Do not underestimate the convenience factor for parents.  We also especially liked the fact that the pen can fit right back into its little compartment once you're done - making sure that its always there when you come back to it.  Genius!


Read our book reviews of both new titles, out in June:  


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Saturday 14 May 2011

Reminder about this month's BOOK GIVEAWAY

Just a quick reminder that our current book giveaway is now open!  We've got THREE copies of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time to giveaway to our readers - absolutely FREE!!!!!!  


It couldn't be easier to enter this fabulous competition... 
All you have to do is follow this link: book giveaway, answer the question and hit 'submit' - simple!


You'll have to hurry, though... this competition is only open until 7th June 2011.  So if you want to be in with a chance of winning this brilliant title from award winning author, Yasutaka Tsutsui, then get yourself over to our competitions page and get your entry in NOW.  It's free and there is no limit to the number of times you can enter.  Good luck!
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