Our Favourites
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what our favourite titles are at the moment. All reviews are written by our
booksellers – we hope you agree with our picks!
Elizabeth's Spymaster by Hutchinson, Robert
Reviewed by Alan
Hutchinson recreates a protestant England in a precarious position: Elizabeth the Queen was under a virtual death sentence due to a Papal Bull and war was always on the horizon. The great powers of Catholic Europe (France and Spain) did not want a powerful England and so a period
New Moon by Meyer, Stephanie
Reviewed by Davies, Jenny
New Moon is the second book in the Twilight Saga written by the amazingly talented Stephanie Meyer. New Moon starts roughly four months after the end of the previous book 'Twilight', with Bella's eighteenth birthday. What should be a trouble free birthday party turns into a disaster after Bella
Twilight by Meyer, Stephanie
Reviewed by Davies, Jenny
This was the most amazing book I have ever read. It's ruined all other books for me. I don't want to give any of the plot away because, trust me, you'll want to read this book spoiler-free. If you like teen fiction, vampires, the supernatural, or even romance, then
BACK TO SCHOOL @ PAPERCHASE by PAPERCHASE
Reviewed by LISA your concession manager
We have just launched our new Back to School range. With the choice of 4 different designs you can't go wrong this summer. 1. Beats is our music themed design - brightly coloured musical items on a black background. 2. Rock Cats - this rock group is
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee, Harper
Reviewed by Alan
This Pulitzer prize winning story of bigotry and abuse is given a strange charm by its narrator ; a young girl whose father defends a black man against the wishes of the girl's home community. The father, Atticus Finch, based on Lee's own father (Amasa Lee) is one of
God is not great by Christopher hitchens
Reviewed by Brendan
A well argued and occasionally very funny contribution th the great faith debate. Hitchens is a jounalist, so he doesn't get so bogged down with promoting science (like Dawkins and Bennett) and has travelled the world meeting people of all faiths and in all circumstances. He attended hospitals in Calcutta
The Wire by HBO
Reviewed by Barry, Mike
I'd never really heard of The Wire until recently when there seemed to be a bit of a buzz surrounding the release of the 5th series (or Season 5 if you like the Americanised version). The one thing that I noticed was that no matter who was talking about it,
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Reviewed by Brendan
This is the opening story of what is possibly the greatest work of modern fantasy fiction. Neil Gaiman creates not only a world but other world just to the side of it and world within in those. Tying in mythologyes taken from across all time the world over (Greek, Norge
Eclipse by Meyer, Stephanie
Reviewed by Davies, Jenny
Warning.......................this review contains spoilers for the previous two books in the saga. Only click on the 'read more' button if you're sure you want to.................... Eclipse, the third book the the saga has been described as the best book in the series so far.