Hi everyone, April has begun and along with it autumn makes herself heard. Our days are mostly cooler and shorter, and daylight savings is on its way… which means more days huddled up in bed!! What better to read than a good ol’ mystery wrapped up in history??! I know you agree with me…
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Contemporary Tween Detective Reads

Hi there, this last week’s post has another booklist in store for you! I thought long and hard on what to include in this one as I knew I had to come up with some interesting and intriguing reads for Miss Eleven. Having acquired her approval on code breakers and secret agencies, I finally managed to get a few titles read before setting up this blog post. So, without any further rambling… please press below to find out which titles made the cut…
Continue reading “Contemporary Tween Detective Reads”A Trio of Historical Girl Detectives

Hi friends, this week’s small-ish booklist post has a trio of titles featuring detective stories set somewhere in the not-so distant past. My niece isn’t a huge fan of history but I hope to convince her with this short list. Here’s hoping your tweens find something interesting in this post!!
Continue reading “A Trio of Historical Girl Detectives”Mystery & Mayhem by The Crime Club
Hi everyone, welcome to this winter month of July. As I promised my niece, this month’s posts are all filled with young detectives and amateur sleuths. This week’s review post is about a delightful mystery read that has several thrilling mystery stories inside. Get ready friends, there will be danger, there will be mayhem, and mostly there will definitely be my niece’s favourite…mystery!!
Continue reading “Mystery & Mayhem by The Crime Club”Shh… July is for Detective Stories
Your Task Friends, if you wish to accept, is to delve ahead and figure out what kind of detective stories I have coming up this month. Are you ready? Got your hat and magnifying glass with you? Good… onwards then…
Continue reading “Shh… July is for Detective Stories”Worth a Thousand Words by Brigit Young
Hi everyone, this week’s review post is about an intriguing little story that caught my eye a while back. I’m including photography as an art-form in this month’s reads as it takes quite a fair bit of skill to master and create images. This story takes readers on a journey into one young girl’s life behind the lens…
Continue reading “Worth a Thousand Words by Brigit Young”One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat
Hi friends, this week I’m featuring an adult crime novel that will take you into the unique backdrop that is Delhi, India. If anyone has heard of Chetan Bhagat and the stories he’s known for, this book will surely not disappoint. So crime lovers, get ready for a story that will keep you captivated and guessing until the end…
Continue reading “One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat”My favourite tween Christmas stories

Hi everyone, this week’s booklist post will give you my favourite Christmas stories for tweens!! These are titles that I have enjoyed from my younger years through to my years as a librarian. So why not put aside your decorating for a few minutes and have a read of this list and see if you have similar tastes…
Continue reading “My favourite tween Christmas stories”Fascinating graphics for tweens

Hi everyone, this week’s post will take the form of a booklist, with a slight twist. Since I started delving into the world of graphic novels for younger readers, I found a large number of titles in many different themes and topics. Click below to find out which titles I’ve read and found interesting…
Continue reading “Fascinating graphics for tweens”Mystery series for avid fans
Hi everybody, this week’s post will feature more than one young detective. Yes, you read right, I have a team of sleuths at your fingertips, ready to solve all sorts of crimes!! You have a pair of British crime solving twins, the tenacious daughter of New York City’s police commissioner, a too-smart…oops…I’ve given away half the post!! Well… if you’ve read this far you might as well press the button and find out what they’ve all been doing!!
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