Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo

Warning: Tissues needed whilst reading this book!

Oh my gosh what a tear jerker. This is an amazing novel. A well written, thought provoking, emotional novel. Told by Private Tommo Peaceful 24 hours before his brother's execution for 'cowardness'. Tommo recounts moments of their lives leading up to the the amazing ending. We look at their lives, how they grew up and came to be where they are. Family life, death, and happy memories. You really get the sense of family and what their lives were like. A brother's love, Big Joe, Molly and Mother and how important they are to each other. The senslessness of war and the 'ugliness' of war are portrayed. It's unjust and unfair and the ending is heart breaking.

A Fabulous, fabulous Book!

Blood Magic - Tessa Gratton

An easy story to read. A story about Magic. A good magic that turns evil. A story about family secrets, magic and living forever. What happens when greed and love become all consuming passions?

Happy New Year !! and a post on 3 books - The Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck

The Tiger Saga

Tiger's Curse, Tiger's Quest and Tiger's Voyage.

What a Saga! Loved these books, a great series full of fatasy and the history of India. A love story between a girl and a white tiger that weaves its way across India, involving 2 brothers, a curse and a quest. It's engrossing although the love traingle got a little annoying and i couldnt help but compare it with the Twilight series 'love traingle'. With that comparison also came my annoyance with the main character and her 'Bella like' tendacies! The third book ended with me thinking ok where's the 4th, as it doesnt end here. Annoyance or not, of course I will have to read the 4th book so i can see if good triumphs over evil and also to see 'who gets the girl'.