The Magical Cupboard by Jane Louise Curry

Discover a sweet children's book with magic, history and adventure.

Reading Update – 20/01/23

Explore my radical book goal for this year and my current read.

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Discover a rich fantasy involving sorcerers fighting amongst themselves, magical creatures, and magic for women, all set in Regency Britain.

Cordelia Underwood, or, The Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League by Van Reid

This is a novel which is convoluted and magnificent. Parts of it are reminiscent of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, particularly the three original members of the Moosepath League, as well as the numerous adventures experienced by other characters. The novel is set in 1890's Maine (USA), starting in Portland and going to Wiscasset, …

Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend

Morrigan Crow is what's called a Wundersmith; Someone with magical abilities who holds a type of white light/energy within herself which can be harnessed to produce great things. This is the third book in this fantasy children's series set in the city of Nevermoor, focusing on a 13-year-old girl called Morrigan Crow. The book follows …

The New Moon With the Old by Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith is known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians. She also wrote several adult novels including this novel.  In the 1960's spinster and career woman Jane at 34 has taken a position at an old country manor. The family is unconventional with their father away the four children have been spoilt at home. When …