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Book Review: Zom-B City by Darren Shan

Title:  Zom-B City Author:  Darren Shan Series:   Zom-B, #3 Pages:   224 Publisher:  Simon and Schuster Children's Date of Publication:  14th March 2013 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: How many survived the zombie apocalypse?Where do the living hide in a city of the dead? Who controls the streets of London? B Smith is setting out to explore... My Thoughts: Just as the second improved on the first, this book, Zom-B City (book three) improved yet again. It was my favourite of the three so far and I'm very much looking forward to carrying on with B's story. This book takes place after B has broken out into open air after being kept underground with the other zom heads in book two,  Zom-b Underground . As she wanders around London, it was really great to read about so many familiar places, places I've visited so many times. It just made the story even more vivid for me, to be able to really follow B around London and follow the story aro

Book Review: This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

Title:  This Is What Happy Looks Like Author:  Jennifer E. Smith Series:  Standalone Pages:   416 Publisher:  Headline Date of Publication:  4th April 2013 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: If fate sent you an email, would you answer? In This is What Happy Looks Like , Jennifer E. Smith's new YA novel, perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill meet—albeit virtually—when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an email about his pet pig, Wilbur. In the tradition of romantic movies like "You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle," the two 17-year-olds strike up an email relationship, even though they live on opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's first names. Through a series of funny and poignant messages, Graham and Ellie make a true connection, sharing intimate details about their lives, hopes and fears. But they don't tell each other everything; Graham doesn't know the major secret hidd

Book Review: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

Title:  The School for Good and Evil Author:  Soman Chainani Series:   The School for Good and Evil, #1 Pages:  488 Publisher:  HarperCollins Children's Books Date of Publication:  14th May 2013 Source:  Publisher, via NetGalley Synopsis from Goodreads:  “The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.” This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole l