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Title: Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Author: Ashley Herring Blake
Genre: Chick-lit, LGBTQ+
Rating: 4.5/4
# pages: Audiobook ~10hrs
Date read: June 2025

Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her.

When Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid’s stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there’s some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all.

Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise…at first. Though they’ve known each other for years, they don’t really know each other—so Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they’re forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations—including a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancé—Claire isn’t sure she has the strength to resist Delilah’s charms. Even worse, she’s starting to think she doesn’t want to...


I'd read a couple of lukewarm reviews about this book, so wasn't really sure what to expect, but honestly? It was really, really cute! Had all the hallmarks of a great romcom and very few of my pet peeves.

Friends in unlikely places? Check.
A cute / precocious kid? Check.
An antagonist who turned out to be more three-dimensional than the main character gave them credit for? Check.

And while I loved seeing the romance develop, what really made me squee was seeing Delilah actually make friends! I loved her chemistry with Iris and Ruby.

Best of all, while the book did have a third-act conflict (because of course it did), I wouldn't actually go so far as to call it a third-act breakup. It wasn't a contrived plot-twist, and was actually resolved in a believable manner.
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Title: Malory Towers Collection 2 (Malory Towers #4-6)
Author: Enid Blyton
Genre: Childrens, classic
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hrs
Date read: August 2003, October 2022

Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but there is all the fun of the summer term as well - and the high spirits of a lively and imaginative form of girls.

In the Fifth at Malory Towers
Games, lessons, quarrels and tricks all form part of a lively term, but the biggest event of all is the Fifth Form pantomime, written, acted and produced entirely by the girls. It generates a lot of fun, but also a surprising amount of trouble.

Last Term at Malory Towers
Darrell becomes head girl. Unfortunately not all the girls are as responsible as she is and in her last term Darrell sees many changes in her old school friends.


I did have a number of issues with all three books in this collection - all of them symptoms of the time and genre these books were written in. The quasi-bullying I mentioned in the first collection is apparent here as well, as was the snobbery and arrogance of some of the kids.

But putting that aside, I still really enjoyed the books. I love reading about boarding schools, and Enid Blyton does know how to write ridiculously charming books that are fun to read for children and grown-ups both.
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Title: First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #1-#3)
Author: Enid Blyton
Genre: Childrens, classic
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hrs
Date read: May, 2022

First Term at Malory Towers
Darrell Rivers is thrilled to start her first term at boarding school. She soon makes friends - and mischief! Another new girl, Gwendoline, is beginning to get on everyone's nerves. Will Darrell be able to keep her fiery temper under control?

Second Form at Malory Towers
Darrell Rivers is excited to be going into her second year at Malory Towers - but is she ready for the drama it will bring? Jealousy flares when a new head of the form is chosen and the girls become suspicious when their belongings go missing. And why on earth has timid Mary-Lou ventured out during a terrible storm?

Third Year at Malory Towers
This term, the girls get a surprise when Darrell Rivers returns to Malory Towers with a glamorous new girl in tow. Zerelda soon catches everyone's eye for all the wrong reasons! Meanwhile, Bill is causing a stir with her horse-mad ways - and there's a big shock in store for Darrell....


A reread - I first read these back in 2003, before I started keeping a book blog. Enid Blyton was one of my favourite authors as a child, but I'd somehow never stumbled across this series before. I love boarding school books, so immediately got them out of the library and gobbled them up. Haven't read them since though, so I was very pleased to find them on audible and am currently making my way through them once again. It is somewhat dated, and I did have some issues with the border-line bullying that seemed to be going on in the beginning, but that does seem to be rather par for the course for books of this time period. And fortunately it got less pronounced as the book went along.

Just like last readthrough I'm slightly confused at how the terms and forms relate to each other and to the school year. It doesn't seem to be completely consistent. But that's a minor nitpick.

It's a nice comfort read, and I really enjoyed it.
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Title: Den tavse enke (Louise Rick #11) (The Silent Widow)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 352
Date read: January, 2022

After a long leave of absence, Louise Rick is back at work as leader of the newly created travel unit. The police of Funen has called for assistance after a female inn keeper was killed, and Louise gets to meet her team for the first time.

The crime scene didn't leave the local police with many clues, but when Louise starts a thorough search of the inn, they find something that in no way fits in with the case at hand. Much against her wishes, Louise has to contact Eik Nordstrøm again. The two of them haven't seen each other since their relationship broke apart, but she needs his skills.


I can't quite explain why, but the atmosphere somehow seemed off. I still enjoyed reading about Louise Rick, but her interactions with... well, pretty much everybody else actually, seemed stilted and forced - as if Sara has gotten tired of writing about them.

She's still a really good writer though, so once I got properly into the book, I had a hard time putting it down.
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Title: Pigen under træet (Louise Rick #10)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 320
Date read: November 2021

On Bornholm, the mummified body of a schoolgirl is found. Susan disappeared without a trace during a school trip in 1995. The body has been hidden in a rock crevice in Ekkodalen under a swarming cover of insects.

Camilla Lind is back at Morgenavisen and insists on unraveling what really happened when Susan disappeared. When Camilla seeks out Susan's old classmate, Pia, to find out more, she finds a family overwhelmed by grief because Pia committed suicide that same morning.

Louise Rick is on leave from her job and has been called home prematurely from her travels after her brother tried to commit suicide. He is devastated because his wife, Trine, has left him and their two young children again. Louise tries to help her brother find Trine, whom nobody has heard from since she left home.

In her search among Trine's things, Louise finds an old class picture, and it dawns on her that Trine was in the same class as Susan and Pia and was with them on the school trip when Susan disappeared…


A quick read, like all the other Louise Rick books, but not my favourite. It seemed too... contrived, I guess? for want of better word. I'd guessed part of the twist at a very early stage (which didn't bother me - that's what happens when you read so many books in the same series so closely together ;-) ), but the rest of the twist just didn't seem believable.

I still enjoyed reading it though, and I liked that Louise didn't go off and play vigilante, just because she was on leave, but still worked together with the local police department.
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Title: Kvinden de meldte savnet (Louise Rick #9) (The Woman Reported Missing)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Crime
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 314
Date read: January 2015, November 2021

When a woman is murdered in England, it turns out that she is from Denmark, and was reported missing 18 years ago.

The police in England has no leads to find the unsub, and instead look for a motive to the crime. They therefore ask Louise Rick to find out why a number of Danes have deposited large sums of money to the woman's bank account.

This sends the investigation in a direction that is as controversial as it is unexpected, and it puts Louise's relationship with her partner Eik to the test.


It's always good to be back together with Louise, Camilla and the others :) This wasn't the most suspenseful book in the series, as for once the more personal aspects of the series took center stage. This might disappoint some, but I was happy to get to go "behind the scene" so to speak, and learn more about Louise and Eik's personal lives.

I guessed some of the twists relatively early on, but that in no way subtracted from my general enjoyment of the book. Plus, it made me think, which is always a good thing.
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Title: Dødesporet (The Death Trail) (Louise Rick #8)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 314 pages
Date read: October 2014, November 2021

The Death Trail is an almost overgrown trail in a forrest close to Roskilde. It got its name from olden days where people used it to transport their dying friends and family to the large sacrificial oak to offer some of their blood to the old Nordic gods, in the hope that they would welcome them when they died.

But now it looks as if somebody is using the Death Trail again - or so Louise suspects when she comes across it during the search of a lost boy who's hiding in the forest close to her childhood home.


Unlike some of Sara Blædel's earlier books, this one took off right away and threw the reader right into the action from the word 'Go'. I had a hard time putting it down, and finished it much faster than I had expected.

Just as I had assumed, a lot of the loose threads from the previous book were picked up and neatly tied together in this one, and I think she did a terrific job of mixing Louise's past with her present in order to get everything sorted out.

As always the book ended sooner than I would have liked - i.e. with the arrest rather than the outcome of the arrest. I always want to see people brought to justice for what they have done, so I hope Sara Blædel will at least refer to that in her next book.
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Title: Grønt støv (Louise Rick #1) (Green Dust)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Crime
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 355 pages
Date read: May 2014, January 2021

One weekend, two murders. A young girl is found strangled in a park and a journalist has been killed in the courtyard behind the Royal Hotel

Detective Louise Rick is put on the case concerning the young girl, but quickly becomes involved in the other case as well, when it turns out that her best friend, Camilla Lind, crime reporter at Morgenavisen, knew the victim and is determined to solve it herself.

Louise tries to keep her friend from hedding into deep water, but Camilla isn't the type who listens to advice when she's on the trail of a good story... especially when people from the drug scene suddenly approach her.


Quite an interesting read, especially since it describes the life of a Danish police officer quite thoroughly and, according to a friend of mine who works for the police, rather accurately.

Quite amusing to read this after having gotten addicted to CSI and discovering how many things are much the same (like AFIS) and how many absolutely aren't (CSI are playing a bit fast and loose with how long it takes to get results from a DNA test).

I did think the friendship between Louise and Camilla was a bit more tell than show in this book unfortunately. It wasn't always entirely obvious why they were friends, but if I recall correctly this improves in the later books.
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Title: Tiger Eyes
Author: Judy Blume
Genre: YA
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: 222
Date read: June, 2013

Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead - shot in a holdup - and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover. Climbing in Los Alamos Canyons, Davey meets mysterous Wolf, who seems to understand the rage and fear she feels. Slowly, with Wolf's help, Davey realizes that she must get on with her life. But when will she be ready to leave the past behind?

Slightly disappointing... although I don't know why, as I seem to remember being disappointed by it when I read it as a teen as well, but guess I'd somehow built it up in my mind anyway.

But the thing that got me is that it starts out really strong, so for most of the book I had high hopes about the outcome... but then it completely fell flat. To be fair I don't quite see how else it could have ended, but the way it was done seemed more than a little rushed.

Not Judy Blume's best work.
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Title: De glemte piger (The Forgotten Girls)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 315
Date read: November 2011, October 2014, September 2021

In the woods close to Hvalsø, a forester finds the body of a woman, but who is she? According to the coroners she has been dead for about a day, and a large scar across one side of her face ought to make it easy to identify her. But nobody has reported her missing, nor is she to be found on the police's list of wanted people.

After four days Louise Rick is still at a loss. It isn't until she decides to release a photo to the public that she gets a lead: An older women identifies the woman as Lisemette, whom she took care off many years ago at a center for the retarded.

But when Louise tries to get hold of Lisemette's journal, she is in for a surprise. Because the past turns out to have an unexpected connection to the future, and Louise has to work fast to figure out what happened before it is too late.


Probably the best Louise Rick story since "Kald mig prinsesse" (Call Me Princess). I read it in one sitting, and got to bed far too late yesterday as a result. The book was full of unexpected twists and turns, as well as a more thorough peek into Louise's past. I do wish that past had been hinted at in previous books though - it's a tad too much latent trauma to introduce this late in the series.

As usual I felt the book ended too quickly, so I am glad that I am familiar enough with Sara Blædel's writing that I know that it is very likely the loose ends will be picked up again in book 8.
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Title: Dødsenglen (The Angel of Death)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Crime
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 306
Date read: June 2011, September 2014, September 2021

"The Angel of Death" - an ancient and valuable icon - has been in the possession of the rich family Sachs-Smith for generations, but always as a well-kept secret. So it is a shock to everybody when it suddenly disappears one day... even more so when the police are able to tell the family that their mother's death some months earlier wasn't suicide, but is now investigated as a murder case.

Meanwhile, Louise Rick from Copenhagen Police is involved in a case about a woman who has gone missing during a vacation to Spain. One of the theories the police has is that she wanted to start a new life, but when a well-known movie instructor shortly after disappears without a trace in the same area, Louise no longer has any doubts: the two women have been kidnapped or killed.


A terrific continuation to the Louise Rick series. Sara Blædel clearly improves by each book - her writing is ever tighter and the plot more detailed. This one included a twist I had not seen coming, but which turned out to be completely believable in the scope of the novel.

My only complaint with this novel is that there was too little about Louise's private life and especially one huge (and important!) thread concerning her foster son was left hanging. I hope this is merely in order to pick it up in a later sequel - otherwise I think she made a huge mistake in not tying it off properly here.

But excellent entertainment regardless. Definitely one of the best in the series.
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Title: Deenie
Author: Judy Blume
Genre: YA
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 128
Date read: February, 2011

Thirteen-year-old Deenie is destined for a modeling career, but learns she has a medical condition that will make her wear a brace for years. The story is about how she responds to this situation as well as to just growing up.

Thanks to Jeff Dunham I can no longer take the word 'scoliosis' seriously, which made me feel really awful while reading this book, as it's absolutely meant as a serious book! Drat that comedian!

That aside I really liked the book. Judy Blume approached a serious subject that not many people know anything about, and made it accessible for her readers. It's hard not to feel sorry for Deenie - first because of her mother, then because of her condition and her mother's reaction to that condition. At least she had an understanding dad, sister and friends, when her mother went off of the deep end.

I'll admit to not knowing the first thing about scoliosis (other than it having something to do with the state of your bones), and had to google "Milwaukee brace" to get a proper idea of what it actually looked like. I can't even imagine what it must be like for a young teen to be told she has to wear that for the next 3 years.
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Title: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Author: Judy Blume
Genre: YA
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 93
Date read: February, 2011

No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on- twelve would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of friends. Margaret knows she needs someone to talk to about growing up-and it's not long before she's found a solution.

I've read this more times than I can count, but the last time was at LEAST 15 years ago - if not longer - so I actually remembered very little of it. It was a lot shorter than I remembered though, and I distinctly remembered a scene which turned out not to be from this book at all!

Read for the first time as a tween as undeveloped as Margaret herself, it's definitely a book that resonates with young women - even if sanitary pad technology has come a long way since then, and thank you for that! I'm not sure how much I would have liked it, if I'd read it for the first time as an adult, but I think I would still have been able to see its appeal to a younger audience. It's definitely one of those books I hope don't go out of fashion anytime soon.

...even if I was incredibly amused by the notion that a school would send home letters to 'warn' parents that they'd teach sex ed - I'm pretty sure it's a mandatory part of the syllabus here ;-) Oh, and the completely free assignment would have been completely unheard of at any school I've attended.
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Title: Glimmerglass
Author: Jenna Black
Genre: Paranormal
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 294
Date read: November 2010

Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, Dana decides she's had it with being her mother's keeper, so she packs her bags and heads to stay with her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl - she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.

Soon, she finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone wants something from her, even her newfound friends and family. Suddenly, life with her alcoholic mom doesn't sound half bad, and Dana would do anything to escape Avalon and get back home. Too bad both her friends and her enemies alike are determined not to let her go...

Good, but with reservations. I had issues with it and felt that it could have been a lot better of certain aspects had been handled differently.

It was a fast read, and I surprised myself by how quickly I got completely caught up into it. I loved the premise and the universe, where the magical world was well known, but kept apart from the human world, and the two only interacted in Avalon - and even more that Avalon wasn't reserved for those with magic, but that people actually went there as tourists on vacation! Fascinating idea! I love book placed in "our" world / time where magic plays a part.

I really liked Kimber and Finn, but hated Aunt Grace. She reminded me too much of Prof. Umbridge from Harry Potter - and that is NOT a good thing. Dana herself... well, I mostly liked her, but I did think some of her actions were hopelessly naive taking her rough childhood into consideration. She accepted things far too quickly and without any real questioning.

Most of all, however, I really disliked the ending. Dana's father's ruthlessness was appalling, and he has yet to prove to me that he cares more about Dana herself, than the power she'll give him. I hope the next book will prove me wrong.

Also, I didn't like the cover much :-/ That's very much a minor issue though ;)
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Title: Hævnens gudinde (Goddess of Revenge)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 420
Date read: July 2010, August 2014, August 2021

While questioning a young widow whose husband had rocker connections, Louise Rick receives a phone call from her foster son, Jonas, who asks her to come immediately - a call party has been crashed by a group of bullies who wanted booze, and attacked the only adult there when they found none. 12-year old Signe tries to run away to get help, but one of the bullies ran after her, and chased her out in front of a car. She dies from her injuries later that night.

After the death of her only child, Signe's mother no longer feels there's any reason to live. But is her apathy due only to sorrow, or does she wish for revenge? A fire which ends up killing two of the bullies, suddenly makes everybody look at the distraught mother differently, but not everybody is as they seem.

Just like many of Sara Blædel's other books, Goddess of Revenge is slow to start, but once it picks up, it's well worth the effort. This one especially because I loved the secondary plot-line of Louise's issues with getting used to having a foster son.

Sara Blædel is good at introducing believable twists to the story that neither seem forced nor are spotted a mile away (not by me anyway!). Her writing is tight, and any small detail is likely to be picked up again later in the book.

The book very obviously paves the way for a 6th book in the series which would be fine by me!
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Title: Aldrig mere fri (Never Again Free)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 8/10
# pages: 374
Date read: July 2008, march 2021


In inner Copenhagen a woman is found murdered one night. The scene of the crime is very bloody, as her throat was cut in an uncommonly violent fashion.

Police officer Louise Rick has been put on the case together with some colleagues when she receives a phonecall from her friend Camilla Lind who's the crime reporter on Morgenavisen. She is deeply disturbed by an experience her 11-year-old son had the same morning when he on his way to school found an abandoned infant.

All clues in the murder case point towards the hooker environment of Copenhagen, but when another beastly murder is committed it's clear that new players are a field - players who ruthlessly abuse and punish others if it'd help their own lucrative business.


Slow to start, but it quickly picks up and becomes very interesting. It touches upon one of the most despicable crimes: human trafficking. It's something I feel very strongly against and therefore had a hard time stomaching the book, which also ended up being somewhat more violent than many of the earlier ones.

It ends rather abruptly and with an unexpected twist, but unlike some of her other books the abruptness doesn't mean any threads are left hanging... or rather they are, but not in an unsatisfying way, but rather because it couldn't be any different.
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Title: Knife Edge
Author: Malorie Blackman
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 8/10
# pages: 365
Date read: June, 2008


Summary: Persephone (Sephy) Hadley, now an 18-year-old single parent, is raising her biracial daughter in a sharply divided alternate England, where black Crosses suppress the white Noughts. She faces pressure from both her less-than-understanding Cross family and her disintegrating Nought family, and everyone in between. When her brother-in-law's violent behavior leads to murder, Sephy provides a false alibi to save Jude, but doing so irreparably damages other lives.

Review: This sequel to Noughts and Crosses is a lot slower moving, a lot darker than the first book in the series, and ends with an even bigger cliff-hanger. I'd already ordered the last book in the trilogy before reading this one, so it's not too big a deal, but it's always bothered me when books don't have a proper ending on their own. I don't mind threads being left hanging for the next book, but it should be possible to read each one without having to have the next around.

That pet-peeve aside, I did enjoy the book and had a hard time putting it down once I got properly into it. The racial issues handled in it are interesting, although I wonder if Malorie Blackman would have gotten away with it, if she hadn't been a black person herself (or whatever the PC, non-offensive term is these days). It did annoy me that Sephy was so quick to believe Callum though. I thought it was pretty obvious he was just trying to protect her. Perhaps that'll be brought up again in Checkmate.

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Title: Tithe
Author: Holly Black
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 8/10
# pages: 323
Date read: December, 2007


Summary: Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms -- a struggle that could very well mean her death.

Review: I added Tithe to my wishlist solely because it was on my list of Amazon recommendations. A bit of a gamble, as I hadn't heard about it from anywhere else, but it paid off fortunately. A bit more YA than most YA fantasy books I've read recently, but I still really enjoyed it, and it provided a new interesting take on faeries. I'd recommend it to anybody who enjoys YA fantasy.

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Title: Noughts & Crosses
Author: Malorie Blackman
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Rating: 9/10
# pages: 445
Date read: November, 2007


Summary: Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society.

Sephy is a Cross -- a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought -- a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood, but that's as far as it can go. In their world, Noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum -- a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger. Can they possibly find a way to be together?

In this gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel, black and white are right and wrong.

Review: I came across Noughts & Crosses purely by coincidence while in London two months ago, read the first chapter and was captivated. However, I could see it was the first of a trilogy and didn't know if it could stand alone, so I wanted to wait and check that out first. I never did though, because I kept thinking about it, and wanted to read it, so shortly after returning from London I logged onto Bookmooch, and by an extreme stroke of luck found it there! (It'd just been added that very day).

Yesterday I finally had the time to read it, and absolutely LOVED it! It was everything I'd expected it to be and lots more. While certainly a very exaggerated view of racism I still think it raises some very valid points well worth exploring. I highly recommend it.

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I've been on a "Famous Five" kick lately and have managed to finish the original series (with the exception of #20 which I've unfortunately been unable to find). So here is a review of the final 10 books.

Author: Enid Blyton
Genre: YA, mystery

Review:
11. Five Have a Wonderful Time
The Famous Five are having a brilliant time - on holiday in horse-drawn caravans - and they've discovered a ruined castle nearby! The castle looked deserted from a distance, but is that a face at the window? Or is it a trick of the light? Just who is hiding in the castle?

12. Five Go Down to the Sea
Who would deliberately lure somebody on to treacherous rocks on the Cornish coast? Somebody is flashing lights from the old tower on stormy nights - and the Famous Five sense danger. But can they solve this mystery safely?

13. Five Go to Mystery Moor
Mystery Moor is aptly named, as the Five discover! There's something dangerous out there, but gang need help to find out what it is. The travellers camped on the moor are unfriendly, so the Famous Five have no other choice but to risk the treacherous mists and follow the trail.

14. Five Have Plenty of Fun
George is not pleased when Berta, a spoilt American girl, turns up at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night dressed in disguise! But George hasn't got time to be jealous. Berta is in hiding from kidnappers, and she needs help. The Famous Five must risk danger to help out this stranger.

15. Five On a Secret Trail
Camping again! This time the Five have pitched their tent near an old ruined cottage, which looks as though it's been abandoned for years. When Anne hears strange noises at night the others don't believe her...until they see ghostly lights. Could the cottage be haunted?

16. Five Go to Billycock Hill
Hurrah! It's holiday time, and the Famous Five are spending it at Billycock Hill. Most exciting of all, they've made a new friend - a real pilot! But when he disappears with top secret equipment, the Five are puzzled. Could their new friend be a spy?

17. Five Get Into a Fix
The Famous Five are having lots of fun in the snow! But who is living in the mysterious house near the chalet they're staying in? The caretaker says nobody has lived there for years, but the Five are sure they've seen a terrified, haunted face at one of the windows.

18. Five on Finniston Farm
There is a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain and no one knows where they are! The Famous Five are determined to find them, and whatever else is hidden inside, but someone else wants to find out too. Can the Five get there first?

19. Five Go to Demon's Rocks
The Five have heard the stories about treasure on Demon's Rocks, but they never thought they were really true! When they discover a very old, valuable gold coin, the myth becomes real. Who does the treasure belong to? The gang are determined to find out...but so is someone else.

21. Five Are Together Again
The Famous Five are having fun camping near the home of a famous scientist. But they might have known there'd be a mystery to solve. When the scientist's important research papers go missing, he needs the gang's help to get them back! But how can the Five work out who took them?

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