The Book Corner

The Seeing Stone Review Hi all, it’s Neassa here and today I am going to write a review on the second Spiderwick chronicles book, the seeing stone by Holly Black and Tony Diterlizzi, which I have just finished reading.  What is it about? The book follows Malory, Jared and Simon as they settle into their new home, where very strange things happen. First there are odd sounds, then a daunting meeting with an old friend, and then Simon goes missing! What can the other’s do? Did you like the book? If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t particularly like this book because it was very short and very similar to the first book. I mean, in the first book, they are happy in the beginning, something bad happens, they are sad, something worse happens, they are sacred, they find out who is responsible , and sort everything out. In the second book, they are happy in the beginning, something weird happens, they are upset and curious, something more weird happens, they are scared, something ...

  Goblin Secrets Review Hi all, it’s Neassa here. I am going to be reviewing the book that I am currently reading, Goblin Secrets by William Alexander. I chose this book because it was recommended to me by an online book tracker website. What is the book about? This book is about an orphan named Rownie whose brother went missing a few months before the story began. He lives in a town called Zombay where acting is severely outlawed. Rownie is convinced that this was the cause of his brother’s disappearance, as he was an actor. Rownie lives with a witch called Graba, who happens to have metal chicken legs rather than normal legs. She provides shelter for orphans, which she calls “grubs”, and in return they run errands for her. Things start going badly when Rownie sees an ad for a group of goblins who are daring to put on a show. Rownie is intrigued, so rather than running the errand he was told to do, he uses Graba’s money to go to the show. When Graba finds out about this, she gets ...

                                                                                                              The Twits Author: Roal Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake Publisher: Penguin publishers Rating: 4 and a half stars Description: The Twits are mean people who play horrible tricks on one another, are cruel to their pets and shoot birds to eat in bird pie. They don't think anything to bad is going to come of this but oh how wrong they are A book report by Neassa McDermott