Where My Books Go: September 2015

Wednesday 30 September 2015

September Purchases

1) Frankenstein
2) Keats Poems
3) The Wolf Princess
4) The Early Years at Malory Towers

Thursday 24 September 2015

Sunday 20 September 2015

Review: Violet and the Pearl of the Orient

Blurb:
When a new family move in next door, Violet is sure there's something strange about them. Then her eccentric, but lovely neighbour, Dee Dee Derota, has a precious jewel stolen. Could the new family be to blame? Violet is on the case to uncover the truth…

Violet and the Pearl of the Orient is the first book in the series written by Harriet Whitehorn. It's a charming middle-grader mystery with characters and illustrations. The protagonist is Violet who is rich and kind-hearted girl...and pretty smart too.

The second book is out but I haven't read it yet...but
because I enjoyed the first book I'll be reading all the books in this series.

Saturday 19 September 2015

Unforgettable Trains and Train Journeys in Literature

In 1920s Nick's commuter train that runs between West Egg and New York passes through an industrial area Nick calls "Valley of Ashes". (Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Sylvia has to take a long train journey from London to the countryside where her cousin lives...she meets a stranger on the train, and gets attacked by a wolf. The 19th century train journey in Joan Aiken's classic book still sends shivers down my spine. (Wolves of the Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken)

Hercule Poirot starts his journey from Istanbul to London travelling on Orient Express when murders start to take place in the luxury train compartments. (Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie)

"The Hogwarts Express" is the name of the train that makes a run between London, King's Cross Station Platform3/4 and Hogsmeade Station." Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling)

A magical circus that travels in a train disguised as an ordinary Victorian coal train. (The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern)

A cargo train called "401", "a great gold beauty of a train"......that travels through the territories of the Solace Kingdom. (The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson)

"Capitol Trains travel at an average speed of 250 miles per hour...most of Panem citizens are not authorised to travel by train unless they are reaped for the Hunger Games. (The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins)