Book By You Blog Contents 16.08.13

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Reviews (any books without a link are books I own but haven't reviewed yet)

Romance By You

By Magic Bound

Click for Love

ER Fever

Love Factor

Love's Next Door

Racing Hearts

Starstruck

Tropical Treasure

Wedding Favors


Hot Blooded (same sex, m/m)

Seduction Games (same sex, f/f)


Classic Book By You

Dracula

Emma

Northanger Abbey

The Phantom of the Opera

Pride & Prejudice

Robin Hood

The Secret Garden

Sense & Sensibility



Teen Book By You

Black Lace

First Bite

Night Wolf

Prom & Prejudice


Mystery By You

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Golden Night

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Secret Adversary


Kids Book By You

The Book of Dragons

The Enchanted Castle

The Phoenix and the Castle

Riddles & Codes

The Secret Code

Two Children and It


Why I Love Book By You

Robin Hood (Classic Book By You)

Following the death of his parents, Robin has two choices. He can either become his uncle’s heir, thus denying his cousin his birthright (probably not the best idea considering what his cousin is like) or he can allow himself to be disinherited too and live in the woods as an outlaw. Robin decides to be an outlaw, and soon puts his means-tested version of tax into operation, making many friends along the way, including a number of people who have just tried to kill him. Robin could probably live like this forever if he has to, but maybe there is a way he could become part of society again. And if it’s a way that involves the pretty Maid Marian, all the better.

The Secret Code (Kids Book By You)

The Secret Code

Tuppence and Tommy (I do hope I haven’t broken any copyright laws, but I couldn’t resist) are saving up for a ride in a hot air balloon, but they seem to be having just as much trouble making money as the characters I named them after. In the absence of convenient criminals, they sell cookies and lemonade and plan a party for pets. But criminals come in all sizes, and when first Tuppence’s school project and then half the money they’ve saved goes missing, Tuppence and Tommy soon have more on their minds than balloons.

Two Children & It (Kids Book By You)

This is the personalised version of E. Nesbit’s Five Children & It.

Sophie and Serena go on holiday and decide to dig a hole to Australia. In doing so, they meet a very strange creature with eyes on stalks and feet like a monkey who calls himself a Psammead and claims to be able to give wishes. This turns out to be true…but whoever said you should be careful what you wish for couldn’t have been more right.

The Secret Garden (Classic Book By You)

When Mary’s parents die of cholera, she is sent to live with her uncle, who lives on the Yorkshire moors. At first, she’s not impressed. The moor is ugly, the house is boring, and she’s determined to hate everything. But it’s very difficult to hate the friendly robin, and even crusty old gardener Ben Weatherstaff plays a part in helping Mary to appreciate her new home. Mary’s life is starting to be happy at last…but then she hears the sound of crying somewhere in the house, and she's determined to find out who it is.

The Enchanted Castle (Kids Book By You)

It’s the school holidays, and Mummy wants to take Sophie and Emma on an adventure. Sophie and Emma view the idea with deep suspicion. They’ve been on Mummy’s ‘adventures’ before. It’s true that the hotel they’re staying in used to be a castle, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be fun – what if it smells?

The Book of Dragons (Kids Book By You)

This book features four short stories from E. Nesbit’s collection of short stories, The Last of the Dragons.

Daddy has decided Sophie and Jade are old enough to set off fireworks in the garden, so perhaps it’s not so very wrong of them to assume they’re also big enough to go all the way to the North Pole.

Bunking off school also seems perfectly acceptable when Sophie and Jade decide to find out once and for all why the mountain is so noisy.

When the world is overtaken by dragons of increasing size, Sophie and Jade have to sneak out during the hours of daylight in order to save the country.

Finally, Sophie and Jade go off to perform a traditional rite of passage…but it all seems such a shame when there’s only one dragon left.