Book Review: Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens - By Alex McCall...
This book will surely scramble your brain! The vision that you can see on the front cover is eggs-actly the same vision that is laid out within the story. I love this book cover - it's chicken...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Children's Books Published March 2014 - US Post Two
Chuck Black - Cloak of the Light Wars of the Realm - Published by Multnomah Books - 13, March 2014 Drew is caught in a world of light - just inches away from the darkWhat if...there was a world beyond...
View ArticlePress Release: Patrick Ness - A Monster Calls to be Come a Motion Picture
A motion picture adaptation of Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls is to be made, directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona.River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Book Review: Django Wexler - The Forbidden Library
Django Wexler is a new name in the fantasy realm. His first book, The Thousand Names, was written for older/adult readers and was published by Del Ray in the UK. The follow-up to this book should be...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Books Picks: Children's / Teens Published April 2014 - UK...
Kelley Armstrong - Sea of Shadows Age of Legends: BK1 - Published by Atom - 8, April 2014 In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire's worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are...
View ArticleCILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2014 and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal...
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2014 shortlist:All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry (Templar)The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks (Puffin)The Child's Elephant by Rachel Campbell-Johnston (David Fickling...
View ArticleMr Ripley's First Look: Charlie Fletcher - The Oversight - First Adult...
Charlie Fletcher, author of the Stoneheart Trilogy, is about to publish his first fantasy novel for adults, The Oversight, which will be published early 6th, May by Orbit UK. Read the first Sample...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Children's/Teen Books Published in April 2014
Also Check out my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MrRipleyspageKimberly Derting - The Taking - Published by Harperteen - 29, April 2014 The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer meets The Fifth Wave in...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Book Review: Roy Gill - Werewolf Parallel - Published by...
I first discovered Scotland's dark side when reading Roy Gill's Daemon Parallel about two years ago. This was a truly brilliant read that I thoroughly enjoyed. In fact, the book made my list of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Claudia White - Aesop's Secret/ Keys to Kashdune - Published by...
Also Check out my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MrRipleyspageFelix and Melinda Hutton are the main characters in my middle grade fantasy novels and have been with me for a very long time....
View ArticleMr Ripley's Book Review: Mind Blind by Lari Don - KelpiesTeen
Lari Don's Mind Blind is another offering from the newly formed KelpiesTeen. This is a brand new teen fiction imprint showcasing Scottish books with attitude. Launched this March, the publishing...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Children's Books Published April 2014 - US Post
Andrea Cremer - The Inventor's Secret - Published by Philomel - April 22, 2014New from Andrea Cremer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade novels, comes an action-packed...
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Tim Kehoe - Furious Jones and the Assassin's Secret - Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 8, 2014)When his dad’s book turns out to contain deadly secrets, twelve-year-old...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Book Review - The Tin Snail - by Cameron McAllister
Imagine the following fantasy pot filled and boiling over with magical ingredients from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a slice of reality from Dad's Army and a dash of occasion from Back Home. If you can...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Children's/Teen Books Published In May 2014 - UK Post One
Moira Young - Raging Star (Dustlands) - Published by Marion Lloyd Books; (1 May 2014)Loyalty and betrayal. Lovers and enemies. The final installment in the heart-stopping DUSTLANDS trilogy, which began...
View ArticleMICHAEL GRANT - LIGHT (GONE) UK BLOG TOUR - DAY 6 - EGMONT/ELECTRIC MONKEY
Thanks to Vincent who was foolish enough to hand his blog over to me. Thanks Michael for popping over as well to Mr Ripley's Enchanted books on the final stop on the Light UK blog tour. People like...
View ArticleBook Review: Steve Feasey - Mutant City - Published by Bloomsbury
Book Synopsis:Fifty years ago, the world was almost destroyed by a chemical war. Now the world is divided: the mutants and the pure, the broken and the privileged, the damaged and the perfect.Thirteen...
View ArticleMichael Owen Carroll - Hunter (Super Human) - Out in May 2014
The defeat of the near-invincible villain Krodin has left a void in the superhuman hierarchy, a void that two opposing factions are trying to fill. The powerful telepath Max Dalton believes that the...
View ArticleEVENT UPDATE: UK'S FIRST YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE CONVENTION - LONDON JULY 2014...
New York Times Bestseller Rainbow Rowell Completes YA Convention Line UpFinal list of names announced for Young Adult Literature Convention.Waterstones Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman and the...
View ArticleMr Ripley's New Great Children's/ YA Books Published May 2014 - UK Post
Cameron McAllister - The Tin Snail - Published by Jonathan Cape (8 May 2014) - See review: HEREThis is the story of a brave little car that helped to win a war.In the 1940s world of elegant, luxury...
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