Every Wee Bit Helps

Margaret Borosch's easy read book is based on real life and describes what happens at the supermarket.It is written in Scottish dialect which makes it all the more comical but some words you would need the Scottish Dictionary to understand, you can relate to the book because you probably have encountered much of what Margaret has said. I would recommend bloggers to read the book and give your views

The Tannery

hello everybody I am a new member of the bloggers. It is a little while since I read The Tannery but my recollection was there was to much story in a small book. Although it was a good story I felt particulary that one was not given enough chance to get into the characters. Does anybody agree?

The Shack by William P Boyd

This story is about how the main character Mack encounters God. The Main characters in this book are Mack,his wife nan and her sister and mack's children. This book is a very emotional book. This story is about how Mack goes on holiday with his family and that while he is playing with his daughter Missy when he isn't looking she goes missing.Mack gets into deep turmoil about this as he believes its his fault.Mack is then direct to The Shack that is near where they are holidaying where he meets papa (God)who is portrayed as a african women.

God (papa)helps Mack understand why missy was taken and shows him how she was killed as she beleives this will help Mack with his grief.At the beginning of the story it talks about Mack falling on the path and sustaining a head injury which I feel din't really need to be mentioned as it didn't really relate to the rest of the story.This story is basically about Mack meeting God and how at first he doesn't understand why God allowed missy to die and that he wishes that was him that died but God makes him see why its important that hes alive.

The ending of this story is a suprise as its a unexpected ending it basically tells you a little bit about how it was possible for Mack to meet God(Papa). I think the genre of this book was a bit of a thriller but it also had sad bits so I am not sure whether its a thriller or not. I suppose you can decide this for yourself if you choose to read this book yourself.

I highly recommend this book as its got a very good storyline to it.Mack is directed to the shack by this papa figure.It also highlights a little bit how the rest of the family are coping with Missy going missing and the reality of the likeness of her being dead. This is a story that shows how missy was very young only five when she died so this is why it highlights Mack meeting God.This is also a book you'll probably have to read more than once because of this storyline.

The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

Hi All

It is good to be back hopefully I will be more successful this time when I am trying to post a Blog. My last book was The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas my thoughts on this book was if we could carry our innocence through to adulthood. Does anybody agree?

Sabrina Fludde

Over the weekend i started reading such an unusual book. The book was callled 'Sabrina Fludde'. The book was written by Pauline Fisk. The book had a mystery and adventure storyline.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. The storyline was exciting and it always kept you guessing. I was unable to put it down.

The book was about Abren, a young girl who had no idea why she ended up floating up the river and nobody came to help her. Abren was forced to sleep in a boarded up picture house. On the night of halloween she was invited to spend the night with the Bytheway family afetr being chased by the Border Commandos. As the book goes on you learn more about Abren's struggle to get her memory back and to survive on the streets with no money for food and nowhere to sleep. Abren was attacked by the Border Commandos again and ended up being pulled from the river again by a young chap named Phaze ll . Phase ll invited Abren to stay with him in a shelter that he had made into a home for himself. Phase ll and Abren were found by he police and were taken to live with foster parents but were they ever to get the happy ending they wanted so badly?

This was an unusual book, too many things going on at once but still, it deserves a rating of four it was well written and easy to read.

IN THE WINGS

I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING A BOOK CALLED 'IN THE WINGS'. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY ANTONIA BARBER. THIS WAS A FANTASY BOOK AND WAS SET IN AND AROUND LUCY'S LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD.

THE BOOK HAD TEXT THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. IT WAS A GREAT BOOK AND THE STORY KEPT YOU GUESSING. I WAS NEVER SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

THE BOOK WAS ALL ABOUT LUCY (LOU). LUCY WAS LIVING AT HOME WITH HER MOTHER JENNY AND HER LITTLE BROTHER. LOU AND HER FRIENDS EMMA AND JEM ALL WENT TO THE MAPLE SCHOOL OF BALLET. THEY WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JUNIOR ASSOCIATION BALLET AUDITIONS BUT WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BOTH LOU AND JEM CAME DOWN WITH CHICKEN POX. LOU AND JEM TRIED THEIR VERY BEST AT THE AUDITIONS AND JUST HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO EARN THEM A PLACE. AS THE BOOK WENT ON LOU WAS BEGINNING TO WONDER IF MAYBE HER MOTHER WAS GOING TO GET MARRIED AGAIN, AS HER MOTHER WAS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, BUT DID LOU HAVE REASONS TO BE CONCERNED? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE A READ AT THIS BOOK, IT REALLY IS A GREAT BOOK.

I AM GIVING THIS BOOK A RATING OF FOUR, IT WAS A GOOD BOOK BUT I FELT IT WAS MORE OF A CHILDREN'S STORY.

A Child Called It

Yesterday i read a book called ' A Child Called It'. The book was written by Dave Pelzer. This was a true story about Dave and the life in which he was subjected to by his alcoholic mother.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. The book had me hooked from the very first page, i couldn't put it down. All through the book i was very unsure whether or not this young lad actually managed to survive this horrific ordeal.

This book was all about Dave. Dave lived at home with his alcoholic mother, his father and his brothers. Dave was made to feel like his mothers personal slave especially when his father was at work. Dave was forced to do many things by his mother, and if he took to long she would beat him. Dave's ordeal got worse and worse as the story went on, his mother would starve him, forcing him to steal food at school, she neglected him, leaving him wearing dirty and wripped clothes every day, she would make him lie in an freezing cold bath for hours at a time, she had tried to poison him with amonia and she had even stabbed him. Dave built up the courage one day and asked the school for help. Was Dave to get the loving, caring family that he so desperately wants?

Very emotional story, i was in tears all the way through. I have to give this book a star rating of five, it was a fantastic book to read.

WATCHING THE ROSES

I started to read a book over the weekend called ' Watching The Roses'.  It was a book that was based on the fairytale Sleeping Beauty. The book was written by Adele Geras.

The text in this book was was really small and difficult to read. After the first ten or so pages i wasn't really enjoying the book. However i continued to read it, i thought that i would be surprised by the ending and what can i say, i was shocked not surprised.

The book was all about Alice. Alice was aseventeen year old living at home with her parents. Alicewas looking forward to her eighteenth birthday party, despite the fact that her aunt Viollette who was a witch of some sort put the curse of death on her when she was a baby. Aunt Viollette wished that Alice would never grow old only living to eighteen perhaps. Alice invited many people to her eighteenth birthday party and she was having a great time until someone done something to Alice that was to almost ruin her life. Alice was raped and left alone and frightened until her father came to find her.  Alice took this very badly, she wouldn't comeout her bedroom and wouldn't talk to anyone, but someone in Alice's life changed all that, but who?

This book i enjoyed very much, it took me a while to get into it, but it was a fantastic story. I would recommend it to anyone. I feel that it deserves a star rating of five, what a fantastic ending to a difficult story.

PRISONER IN ALCATRAZ

I HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED A BOOK CALLED ' PRISONER IN ALCATRAZ'. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY THERESA BRESLIN. THE BOOK WAS ALL ABOUT CRIME AND WAS SET IN A PRISON IN AMERICA.

THIS BOOK HAD TEXT THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. THE STORY WAS FANTASTIC, YOU WERE ALWAYS KEPT GUESSING, YOU WERE NEVER SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

THE STORY WAS ABOUT A YOUNG CHAP CALLED MARTY. FROM AN EARLY AGE HE HAD LEAD NOTHING BUT A LIFE OF CRIME. HE WOULD BREAK INTO THE GOODS WAGON AT THE RAILWAY YARD AND STAEL THINGS SO THAT HIM AND HIS MOTHER COULD EAT. MARTY GOT INVOLVED IN A BANK ROBBERY THAT WENT WRONG, HE HAD SHOT TWO PEOPLE DEAD, WHICH LEAD TO HIM HAVING HIS SPELL IN PRISON. WHILE IN PRISON LIFE WAS TO GET NO BETTER, HE WAS ASKED TO HELP SOMEOF THEOTHER INMATES TO ESCAPE. WAS THERE PLAN GOING TO WORK? WELL READ THE BOOK AND FIND OUT.

I FEEL THIS BOOK DESERVES A STAR RATING OF FOUR, IT IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK. ANYONE WHO LIKES TO WATCH CRIME STUFF ON T.V WILL LOVE TO READ THIS BOOK .

LATE AGAIN

I HAVE JUST READ A BOOK CALLED ' LATE AGAIN'. LATE AGAGIN IS A BOOK THAT IS PART OF THE QUICK READ COLLECTION AND WAS WRITTEN BY IAN MCPHERSON.

TEH BOOK HAD TEXT THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. THE STORYLINE IN THIS BOOK WAS FUNNY AT TIMES AND IT HAD YOU HOOKED, YOU WERE NEVER SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. FANTASTIC SHORT STORY I WAS UNABLE TO PUT IT DOWN.

THIS BOOK WAS ALL ABOUT LIAM. LIAM HAD MADE A PROMISE TO HIS DAUGHTER NIAMH. THIS BOOK FOLLOWS LIAM AND THE JOURNEY HE TAKES TRYING TO KEEP THE PROMISE HE HAD MADE TO HIS DAUGHTER. LIAM'S DAUGHTER LIVED IN IRELAND AND HE HAD PROMISED TO TAKE HER TO SCHOOL, HE HAD ONE MAJOR PROBLEM, HE WAS HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY IN SHEFFIELD. AS THE STORY GOES ON YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HURDLES THAT LIAM FACED TRYING TO GET TO IRELAND: SUCH AS BEING CHASED BY THE POLICE AFTER SIGNING DADDY ON HIS CHEQUE INSTEAD OF LIAM, BEING CHASED BY TWO OLD LADIES AFTERAGREEING TO MARRY ONE OF THEM IN A CAFE, WHEN HE NEVER ACTUALLY MEANT IT AND THE FACT THAT HE MIGHT JUST BE LATE AGAIN. DOES LIAM MAKE IT IRELAND IN TIME TO TAKE NIAMH TO SCHOOL? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ THIS BOOKIT IS A FANTASTICALLY FUNNY SHORT STORY.

THE BOOK DESERVES A STAR RATING OF FIVE. IT WAS VERY WELL WRITTEN, EASY TO READ AND FANTASTICALLY FUNNY. BITH ADULTS AND CHILDREN WOULD LOVE TO READ THIS STORY.  

ALL THESE LONELY PEOPLE

I HAVE ONLY JUST FINISHED A BOOK CALLED ' ALL THESE LONELY PEOPLE '. THIS BOOK IS PART OF THE QUICK READ COLLECTION AND WAS WRITTEN BY GERVAS PHINN. THE QUICK READ COLLECTION IS MANY SHORT BOOKS THAT HAVE MANY DIFFERENT SHORT STORYLINES.

THE BOOK HAD TEXT THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. IT WAS A FANTASTIC STORY AND IT HAD YOU HOOKED FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE, I COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN.

THE BOOK WAS ALL ABOUT A PRIEST CALLED FATHER MCKENZIE.  FATHER MCKENZIE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND IT WAS SPREADING FASTER THAN HE HAD THOUGHT, IT HAD SPREAD INTO HIS SPINAL FLUID. THE STORY FOLLOWED FATHER MCKENZIE THROUGH ALL OF THE TOUGH TIMES THAT HE FACED. FOR EXAMPLE: BEING QUESTIONED BY THE POLICE ABOUT A YOUNG BOY SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AT THE CHURCH, BEING LEFTOVER THREE MILLION POUNDS IN THE WILL OF A PARISHONER, HIS HEALTH GETTING WORSE AND BEING FORCED TO MOVE INTO THE ST CATHERINES HOSPICE. WHAT DID FATHER MCKENZIE DO WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT HE WAS LEFT? READ THE BOOK AND FIND OUT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

THE BOOK DESERVES A STAR RATING OF FOUR IT WAS WELL WRITTEN AND EASY TO READ. WELL DONE! THE AUTHOR

HANNAH'S GIFT

I HAVE RECENTLY READ A BOOK CALLED 'HANNAH'S GIFT'. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY MARIA HOUSDEN. THIS BOOK WAS ALL ABOUT A HEARTBREAKING TALE OF A LIITLE GIRL'S FIGHT AGAINST A CANCEROUS TUMOUR IN HER STOMACH.

THE BOOK HAD TEXT THAT WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.  THE STORYLINE KEPT YOU GUESSING RIGHT FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE, I COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN.

THE STORY  WAS ALL ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL NAMED HANNAH. AT ONLY THREE YEARS OLD HANNAH WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A CANCEROUS TUMOUR. THE BOOK FOLLOWED THIS YOUNG GIRL AND HER FAMILY AS HER HEALTH BEGAN TO GET WORSE. OPERATIONS, CHEMOTHERAPY AND MANY DAYS IN HOSPITAL BUT WAS THIS ENOUGH AS SAVE THIS YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE? I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE. IT IS HOWEVER A VERY EMOTIONAL STORY AND I ADMITMANY TEARS WERE SHED AS I READ THIS BOOK.

THIS BOOK DESERVES A STAR RATING OF FIVE. IT WAS A FANTASTIC STORY.  EMOTIONAL STORY THAT REALLY PULLS ON YOUR HEART STRINGS.

BEING JORDAN - MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I have just read a book called 'Being Jordan - MyAutobiography'. This book is an autobiography and is all about the life of glamour model Katie Price.

The text in this book was rather small and difficult to read. It was however a book that i found fantastic to read as there werethat many twists and turns to the book, you were never sure what Katie would get up to next.

As i have already said this book was about the lifeof Katie Price who is a glamour model. As the book goes on you learn more about Katie who had always wanted to be a model or a popstar. You learn things like that she loved horses and that she bought her first house at eighteen. You had a list of many of the relationships that Katie had found herself involved in from Gareth Gates to Teddy Sheringham. Katie Price was fondof plastic surgery mainly enlarging her boobs. Katie then discovered that she was carrying a child after a short relationship with Dwight Yorke. Katie gave birth to her first son Harvey. Katie left her home town and set off for the Australian jungle to take part in the hit t.v show ' I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here'. This was where Katie's life was to change but was it for the better?

The book was fantastic and deserves top marks. I enjoy reading things aboutcelebrities and their private life. Many of these books prove that celebrities can have bad times like normal people.

High School Musical

I have just finished reading a book called 'High School Musical'. This book was written by Peter Barsocchini. It was based on the Disney Channels original movie.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. Ireally enjoyed the book, it had a storyline that kept you hooked, you were never sure what was going to happen next.

The book was all about Troy Bolton, a young lad with adream of winning the high school basketball championship, that was until he met Gabriella a member of the school Scholastic Decathlon team anyway. Since Troy and Gabriella sang karoke together on New Year's Eve he couldn't get his mind off them trying out for the lead roles in the school musical. All their friends said that it was a bad idea. Did Troy and Gabriella follow their dreams of being on stage or did they give it all up and lead their teams to victory? Read the book and find out, it is a book that is worth reading.

This book deserves a rating of five it was well written and it was a great book to read for the whole family, it was fab!

Baby Baby

Yesterday i read a book called 'Baby Baby'. The book was part of the quick read collection and was written by Viv French. the quick read collection is many shirt stories that have many magnificant storylines.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. I loved this book right from the very first page, i was unable to put the book down.

The book was all about April and Pinkie who were both school girl mothers. Both girls were complete opposites of one another, Pinkie had pink hair and biker boots and April was the pretty clothes and snow white trainers type. Pinkie and April didn't get on and thjings only got worse when they found themselves at the Tinely Road Centre together. The Tinley Road Centre was an education centre for school girl mothers. April had a healthy baby boy but Pinkie had many problems and her baby was in danger, but why? Please read the book it shows great determination from these two single and underage mothers and it is fantastic reading.

This book deserves a star rating of five, it was a story that covered a regular occurance in everyday life.

Refugee Boy

I have recently read a book called 'Refugee Boy'. The book was written by Benjamin Zephaniah. The book was all about a young chap named Alem and his application for asylum in Britian.

The book had text that was easy to read and understand. This was a very gripping story, i was always wondering if Alem made it to the end alive and happy. This was a book that i couldn't put down.

The book was all about a young chap called Alem. Alem was brought to live in Britian by his father because of the war between Ethiopia and Eritrean. Alem's parents were concerned for his safety. After four days Alem's father left to go home, leaving Alem by himself in England. As the story goes on you learn more about Alem and his family. Alem puts in an application for asylum in Britian and was sent to live firstly in a childrens home, then with foster parents. Later in the story Alem recieves a letter from back home saying that his mother had been killed. Alem continues with his application for asylum and his education, he then gets more devastating news, but what was his news? I recommend reading this book to anyone.

I would give this book a star rating of five it was a fantastic story that i would recommend to anyone. Great holiday reading, it was .