Quidditch Through The Ages - Kennilworthy Whisp

The other of the two Harry Potter books released for Comic Relief years ago.
I enjoyed reading it, it was sweet. I don't have much to say about it but wanted to record the fact that I have indeed read it.
4/5

Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them - Newt Scamander

When I first got this in 2001 I barely read it, skimmed it and read various fairly entertaining passages but this time I read it cover to cover.
I love the world of Harry Potter.

4/5

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom - Loius Sachar

Mum bought this book and said it was worth reading.
I'm a fan of Louis Sachar, have been since I read Holes and LOVED it, then read Small Steps and rather enjoyed that.

This book is for much younger children but its simplicity is lovely.
The story is sweet and has a good ending.
It seems like it would be good for young children to learn about each other.

3.5/5
I wouldn't read it again though, it isn't complex enough to forget what happens or to be as entertaining a second time round.

War Game - Michael Foreman

Mum brought me this book home from her school because it works as one of my Synoptic English War Literature texts.

It was a story about some friends who were involved in the Christmas game of football in WWI.

It was sweet, the best bit being that it was interspersed with actual propaganda posters.

3/5

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing. Volume 1: The Pox Party - M.T. Anderson

Well this book intrigued me when I saw it on the shelf one time I was on a shopping trip with my friends at the Metro Centre.
We were in a reduced book shop and this book was only £2.
A bargain for something with such high production values (artfully ripped pages to add a diary scrapbook effect) and a hardback novel at that.

I almost didn't buy it but I cannot resist a bargain and, with money burning a hole in my purse, and a desire to read it, I thought why not.

A few weeks ago this book surfaced near the top of my "to read" pile and around the same time it was mentioned by John Green as one of his top YA book recommendations.

I have to give it 4.5/5.

It is written from the point of view and in a time that I have never read about before and in a contextually accurate prose that is highly interesting.

I really want to read the next instalment and recommend this book enthusiastically.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

Oh gosh.
It's all over.
Again.

5/5.

Maybe next time I read it I'll review it properly.

It was a distraction as is this though and I mustn't let myself.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

I was sure I'd posted a review when I finished this last weekend.

I clearly didn't.

5/5

(this was added in later when I realised)