Tag: 5 Star Review
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The Sleepy Pebble and other stories, by Professor Alice Gregory and Christy Kirkpatrick
The Sleepy Pebble and other stories is a collection of short stories which are designed to be calming at bedtime.
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Slow Horses by Mick Herron
I LOVED this book! The characters are well-rounded and in-depth, with back stories delivered naturally rather than forced, the settings are vivid if squalid, and the plot is makes it hard to put down. This is the first story in the ‘Slough House’ series, which focusses on a MI5 department made up of failures, lead…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
I was on Google and typed in ‘best stories for 2 year olds’ and The Hungry Caterpillar popped up so I ordered it from LibrariesWest. At this point I hasn’t read the book in 30 years, but felt so familiar with the illustration on the front cover, the painterly collage of a simple chubby caterpillar,…
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
We’ve had two reviews for this classic, one written by staff and one from Lilah, a Midsomer Norton reader. Lilah gave the book 5 stars and wrote: “Great because it makes you feel like you’re there.” Staff said: A real children’s classic. Join Charlie Bucket and his search for a Golden Ticket which will gain…
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Arctic Star by Tom Palmer
Daisy sent us her review; she gave the book 5 stars! “I think this book is very interesting and gripping because there is a lot of suspense building up in the book. This book is about an arctic convoy sailing their ships to the Soviets. The characters in this story travel through dangerous seas making…
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Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
This book is part of our Centenary Collection. Eye of the Needle was one of the BBC’s 100 Books that Shaped Our World and no wonder, as it is one of the best thrillers of the last half-century and screams “just one more chapter”. This is quite something, given that the plot – a German…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
This book is part of our Centenary Collection. ‘Ford… you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.’ I first read this book when I was about 13, stuck in a tent hiding away from the sun, and about 10 years later it is still the funniest book I’ve ever read. It works perfectly as a stand-alone…
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Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Two members of our staff loved this book so much they wrote reviews! This book is part of our Centenary Collection. This book was on the top ten bestsellers for ages and I can see why. It is a beautiful story. It took me a few pages in to really appreciate the tale. However it…
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The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
This book is part of our Centenary Collection. This is a twisted tale of a body muddle and a body double! Body Number One….The body of a young woman appears in the Bantry’s library and Miss Jane Marple is called in to unravel the mystery. Arriving before the police she investigates the scene seeing the…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Jess, aged 10, sent us this review: The book is about a boy called Harry Potter who is a wizard and goes to wizarding school called Hogwarts, he has 2 friends called Ron and Hermione. There is a dark arts wizard called Sirius Black and there were rumours that he killed Harry’s parents. But later…