Tink's Book Reviews

Amelia and her friends are taking part in a competition to visit Pumpkin Paradise Park – the most bloodcurding theme park ever! All they have to do is sell as many cookies as possible. But the creatures of Nocturnia have begun to act stranger than usual . . . Amelia and friends are back at it again and on a wild adventure!  When a new teacher arrives at Catacomb Academy, the gang can't wait to get started on their new cooking classes, apart from Grimaldi and Florence - they think something isn't right, though they can't place their fingers on what it could be!  Though Amelia's friends and family can't remember her name, or theirs for that matter! What's even odder is that not a single one of them remembered Amelia's birthday party - they never forget!  Soon the gang are on a mission to find out, just what is happening with everyone losing their marbles, before it's too late and they can't even remember their own names too!  Amelia Fang & The Memo...

Amelia Fang is the biggest hearted vampiress you'll ever meet. In this adventure, she and her friends Florence the yeti (DON'T CALL HER BEAST), Grimaldi the Death and Prince Tangine (reformed spoiled sprout), along with her pet pumpkin Squashy, must brave the journey to the terrifying Kingdom of the Light to try to find Tangine's missing mother, Queen Fairyweather. Amelia and her friends are back in a glitter filled adventure. When Amelia, Florence and Grimaldi find out about Tangine's missing mother, the gang head out on a quest to find Fairweather. Though there's just one catch, they need to venture to the scary world of The Kingdom of Light.   But when they arrive, something doesn't seem right and it certainly doesn't sit well with the little vampire. Once more,  the friends aren't used to the sun being up, let alone the glitter, unicorns, bunnies and sugar.  With time running out to save Fairyweather, the gang must find ...

Wealthy students from across the galaxy come to learn at the prestigious academy where Hugo toils as a watchmaker. But he is one of the lucky ones.  Many androids like him are jobless and homeless. Someone like Dorian could never understand their struggle - or so Hugo thinks when the pompous duke comes banging at his door.  When Dorian bursts through Hugo's attire space, demanding that he fix time travel watch. Hugo thinks it will be just another normal day in his mundane, android life.  However, when he starts takes a look at the watch, Hugo soon realises that something isn't right, and it's certainly not good.  With the surprising help from Dorian, both android and human must overcome their differences and embark on a journey to uncover who is breaking the watches and why, but it doesn't come  without a cost.  Oh, they also need to save the planet in the process.  The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James , is the first in a se...

Never stay out after the Switching Hour... never let the outside in... Amaya lives with her grandmother, her small brother Kaleb and her pet goat in a land suffering a terrible drought. Every night, the doors must be locked after twilight, the Switching Hour, because the drought has awoken Badeko, a creature that snatches people away to eat their dreams. The rules is simple; never go out after The Switching Hour, never let the Badeko in and never under any circumstances, leave the door unlocked. Amaya just did all three. When Amaya forgets to lock the door one night, her younger brother Kaleb soon goes missing and the only 'thing' that has taken him is the Badeko - The creature who feeds off children's dreams. Amaya must go on a quest to find Kaleb, but it doesn't come without a price. Leaving her home and her only remaining family behind, she must face the dark and mysterious world alone, apart from her pet goat Tau. With the heat of the sun, a stranger...

1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry step through a mysterious library door, it is the beginning of their most dangerous adventure yet. They discover the magical world of Folio, where an enchanted kingdom of fairy knights, bears and tree gods is under threat from a sinister robot army. The many stories of the Library are locked in eternal war, and the children's only hope is to find their creator - a magician who has been lost for centuries. What they discover will change not just their own lives, but the fate of the world, for ever... When four siblings venture to a library through the attic door of an old country home, they can't believe what they're seeing.  Simon, Patricia, Evie and Larry have come to Hatfield Hall to live over the school holidays after the most recent war.  Though none of the children envisioned getting caught up in a war of their own, especially a war between robots, bears and other mythical creature...

Meet Amelia Fang. She loves playing Goblin Tag and cuddling her pet pumpkin, Squashy. She hates going to her mum and dad's boring Barbaric Ball. Oh, and one more thing - Amelia is a Vampire .  When the spoilt prince of Nocturnia captures Squashy, Amelia must plan a daring rescue. But things in the Kingdom of the Dark may not be all they seem... It's time for the annual Barbaric Ball again and for the young vampire, Amelia Fang. It's the worst time of year! Though when there's talk of a new boy starting school and not just any boy, but Price Tangine, Amelia and her friends can't wait to meet him. Though not all is what it seems. He's rude, unpleasant and a downright spoilt sprout. But when Amelia's pet pumpkin, Squashy is stolen away from her, the little vampire has an idea on who may be behind it. Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball by Laura Ellen Anderson , is the first book in the Amelia Fang children's series and I loved it so much. I feel ...

Cosmo’s family is falling apart. And it’s up to Cosmo to keep them together. He knows exactly what to do. There’s only one problem. Cosmo is a Golden Retriever. Cosmo knows there's a problem as soon as dad doesn't wait for mum to take the kids Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. Then, when he starts to hear raised voices more often than not, that's when Cosmo certainly senses somethings not right.  Mum and Dad have always done everything together, from getting Cosmo as a pup, buying their first home, holidays and even to having Max and Emily. But when Cosmo notices that both parents have stopped dancing as a family in the evening and have begun shouting, that's when he must act fast, for the sake of everyone.   Soon Cosmo and Max have entered into the local talent show, in hopes of winning their parents over and for them not to do the inevitable of separating. But it's a hard task, especially when you're not the sprightly dog you once used to be.  ...

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "the Dragon Whisperer"...but it wasn't always so.  Travel back to the days when the mighty warrior was just a boy, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans. Hiccup isn't your regular dragon hunter. He doesn't know the first thing on how to find a dragon, let alone hunt it down! Much to the happiness of Stoick the Vast, the great Chief. Who just so happens to be his father and the rest of the clan in Berk.  When the time comes for Hiccup's initiation to become a great viking, things don't go as planned. Sure he manages to bag a dragon in the depths of the fearful dragon cove, but he didn't intend on getting the most smallest or useless one out of the cave.   Soon Hiccup finds that he too can train dragons like his fellow peers, it may not be in the same sense and he finds out that that he can speak  dragonese, but ...

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Come away! Come away! The darling children are all tucked up in there beds when Peter Pan bursts into their nursery. Peter and his mischievous fairy Tinkerbell entice Wendy and her brothers to fly away to a magical world called Neverland. There you can do all mystical and magical things, that no one would of every thought you could do.   The Darling children we're not like most children, they had one bedtime story like any other, and what made it different was that they believed. Wendy was the eldest of all three children, there we're her brothers John and Micheal too.  After Nana, the big St. Bernard dog had given them their medicine and tucked them all into bed, the children would dream of flying away to one place in the world that all children wish they could go. Neverland. Filled with sparkling fairies, beautiful mermaids in their colourful lagoons and we can't forgot about the dangerous and vicious pirates ever to have walked the eart...

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury A thousand pumpkin smiles look down from the Halloween Tree, and twice-times-a-thousand-fresh-cut eyes glare and wink and blink, as Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud leads the eight children - no nine; but where is Pipkin? -  On a leaf tossed, kite-flying, gliding , broomstick-riding trip to learn the secret of All Hallows Eve. And they do.  For all nine children, Halloween is their favourite holiday of all time. It's even better than Christmas. So when they all get dressed up in different costumes there's, The Skeleton, The Ape man, The Witch, The Mummy, The Beggar, and more! Though the group of lads can't start there night of Halloween and trick or treating without there good friend Pipkin, it's his favourite of all holiday's.  Though reaching up to poor Pipkin's house, they find he is too ill to go. With the group of boys stuck in their tracks without their leader, Pipkin tells them to go to an old Goth...

There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff In the beginning there was Bob. And Bob created the heavens and the earth, and the beasts of the field, and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species, including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. And all of this in six days. Six Days! Congratulations, Bob. No wonder Earth is such a mess. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy. Bob is you're typical teenage boy, being lazy and constantly thinking of sex. But when his mother Mona wins a poker game, that soon makes her goddess on the world, she decided she didn't want it and passed the job down towards her son, Bob. At first Bob is thrilled, and begins to create all the wonders of the world. Such as the animals, humans, the land and seas. The bui...