Coffee side reads

A Map of Days The fourth novel in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculuar children series By Ransom Riggs Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 496 Published:  02/10/2018 I couldn’t put this down!  I have been waiting for this book ever since the last book finished looking forward eagerly to read what would happen next to Jacob and his friends. A few weeks ago I was so excited to hear that a friend of mine got a copy of a proof to read for his work. I then hounded him to lend me it and I’ve been reading it throughout the past few days enjoying each moment of it (he’s not even gotten a chance to read it for himself but let it be his loss as I couldn’t wait much longer).  The story takes off where the third book ended with Jacobs family shocked by the peculiar children and the adult stranger on their property along side Jacob who was meant to be going to a mental facility.  Jacob and the team are thrown into many new experiences in this new series, with...

The Little Red Wolf By Amelie Flechais Buy it here Publisher: Lion Forge, LLc, The  ISBN: 9781941302453  Number of pages: 80  The Little Red Wolf is an original fairy tale for children and adults alike (maybe more for the parents) with following the little red wolf as he is sent out to deliver a rabbit for his grandmother who is to old to hunt. Upon his travels the little wolf may face some problems along the way bringing an entertaining experience matched with wonderful artwork to be enjoyed by the reader. This was a wonderful tale with inspiration from little red riding hood. I went in thinking that was what I was going to see in the story and it split off into a whole new story of it's own with a wonderful lesson that things are not always what they seem, along side to listen to your mother, especially when she tells you to avoid the humans who hate wolves. I felt this was maybe more of a darker tale for children so it's probably aimed more at eith...

Kobane Calling by Zerocalcare Paperback 288  Pages / Published:  24/10/2017 ISBN:  9781941302491   Buy it here Kobane calling documents the experience of Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare  as he visits Turkey, Iraq, Syria, to document the life of Kurdish resistance and help those in need caught between the conflict. The book reminds me of a modern day 'Maus' and has a very important subject matter which should be documented and put to the mainstream media much more. Zerocalcare looks at the victims caught up in the war, the people trying to help out those in need and the difficulty involved in trying to bring aid. I went in really excited to read this but unfortunately it left me forcing myself to finish it due to the writing style. I found that the story line struggled to hold onto one thought and bounced between internal and external narratives which distracted and put me off as I read it. I really wanted to enjoy the novel but unfortunately t...

Animal Spy - Animal Welfare Behind Enemy Lines By Terry Spamer and Gordon Thorburn ISBN 9781910198827 By the book here Terry Spamer reveals eye opening and shocking experiences through his work fighting animal crulety travelling the globe from Ghana, the UK over to Scandinavia throughout this book which leaves the reader in shock at the actions of the people exposed within his stories. As I picked up this book I was captivated from start to finish hanging on Terry's every word. He looks at Monkey smugglers, the illegal ivory trade, reindeer abuse, dog fighting rings and so much more keeping his writing interesting and educational along side pushing his message of fighting animal cruelty. One note I would advise on is that within the book Terry gives a warning at the start of a chapter saying "if you are squeamish just skip this chapter", I then went forward thinking there will be nothing that bad but I was wrong. Now if you are squeamish then take his w...