Confessions of an ugly stepsister

Title of book: Confessions of an ugly Stepsister
Name of author: Gregory Maguire
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Headline Review (3 April 200
ISBN-10: 755341678
ISBN-13: 8-0755341672
Synopsis:
We have all heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave amongst the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? [...]

Sinema – The Northumberland Massacre by Rod Glenn

Title of book: Sinema – The Northumberland Massacre
Author: Rod Glenn
Synopsis:
A winter’s tale with a sting.
There’s a newcomer to the small Northumberland village of Haydon…a charming novelist and film buff, researching a crime thriller about a serial killer on a rampage in a remote Northumberland community. The only trouble is, it’s a work in progress and it’s [...]

Vinegar Hill by Manette Ansay

Title of Book: Vinegar Hill
Name of Author: Manette Ansay
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Headline Review (26 Jul 2007)
Synopsis:
This is the unforgettable story of a mother’s struggle to find the courage to save her children from cruelty and unhappiness. When Ellen Grier’s husband loses his job, she has little choice but to agree to his suggestion [...]

Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks

Title of book: Hallam Foe

Name of author: Peter Jinks
Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: Headline Review

Synopsis:
Hallam Foe, a confused and sweetly old-fashioned teenager, is in doubt that his father and wicked stepmother are responsible for his mother’s suicide and, subsequently, must be watched at all times. In fact, he may as well spy on everyone else at the same time.
However [...]

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

Title of book: Remember Me?
Name of author:  Sophie Kinsella

Synposis:
Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it’s 2004 and she’s a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it’s actually 2007 - she’s twenty-eight, her teeth are straight, she’s the boss of her [...]

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Title of book: The Eyre Affair
Name of Author: Jasper Fforde
Synopsis:
Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend.
There is another 1985, where London’s criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new wave’s Mr Big.
Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters [...]

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Title of book: Anansi Boys
Author of book: Neil Gaiman
Synopsis:
Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning out of control, and it [...]

Where were you, Robert? by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Title of book: Where were you, Robert?
Name of author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Number of pages: 272 Pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition (10 April 2001)
Synopsis:
An enchanting journey through time and through history, this phenomenal European bestseller is a magically evocative novel for readers of all ages. Fifteen-year-old Robert is a dreamer and one evening while [...]

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Synopsis:
‘Toru Okada’s cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada’s vague and blameless life - spent cooking, [...]

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Title of book: Oryx and Crake
‘Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered, so, for that matter, are wolves, and raccoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children [...]