A Book I’ve Read More Than Three Times (02)

Welcome to the Moonlight Library’s 30 Day Book Challenge! This meme intends to generate discussion, so please feel free to add a comment. This particular challenge is taken from the 30 Day Challenge Archive on Tumblr. Day 02 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times I’ve read a lot of books more […]

Mini Review: Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publishing Date: October 28th 2003 Genre: YA, Fantasy, Steampunk Format: Hardcover Page count: 64 My rating: Lyra’s Oxford is the pocket-sized book containing the short story Lyra and the Birds, and it a sequel to His Dark Materials, taking place roughly two years after the events in The Amber Spyglass. The book also […]

Audio Book Review: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Publisher: Listening Library Publishing Date: September 28 2004 Genre: Children, Fantasy Format: Audio Book (unabridged) My rating: The Amber Spyglass is the third and final book in the His Dark Materials trilogy and tells the closing chapter of Lyra and Will’s tale – and also that of Dr Mary Malone, a few random miniature spies that ride dragonflies, Mrs […]

Stacking The Shelves (15)

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. It’s all about sharing the books we’ve picked up for the week, whether they are bought, borrowed, gifted, galleys, physical or virtual. Share your shelves and remember to visit Tynga’s Reviews where it all started to find more great books! Borrowed I’ve heard a […]

Top Ten Authors I am Thankful For (12)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s all about bookish lists! Share your lists and remember to stop by The Broke and the Bookish to see where it all began. This week’s list: Top Ten Authors I’m Thankful For 01. Philip Pullman Writing books that challenge religion […]

Top Ten Books for a Deserted Island (11)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s all about bookish lists! Share your lists and remember to stop by The Broke and the Bookish to see where it all began. This week’s list: Top Ten Books  I’d Want On A Deserted Island 01. Before I Fall by […]

Audio Book Review: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

Publisher: Listening Library Publishing Date: November 2003 Genre: Children, Fantasy Format: Audio Book (unabridged) My rating: The Subtle Knife is Book 2 of the His Dark Materials trilogy, and the audiobook is an unabridged version narrated by the author and performed by a full cast. Lyra has left her world and stumbled into a strange, adult-less city called Citagazze, […]

Top Ten Favourite Kick-Ass Heroines (9)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s all about bookish lists! Share your lists and remember to stop by The Broke and the Bookish to see where it all began. This week’s list: Top Ten Favourite Kick-Ass Heroines 1. Rose from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 2. Yelena from […]

Mini Review: Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Date: April 8 2008 Genre: YA, Fantasy, Steampunk Format: Hardcover Page count: 110 My rating: Once Upon a Time in the North tells a prequel tale of the aeronaut Lee Scoresby from Pullman’s fantastic world-wide hit trilogy His Dark Materials and his first meeting with the ice bear, Iorek Byrnison, set in the familiar […]