#SixforSunday

#SixforSunday is hosted by Steph alittlebutalot (@eenalol) and is all about getting to know you through your books. Looking through my list it’s made me realise that I seem to gravitate to a certain type of book, which has actually surprised me.

You can probably all guess what my favourite book of 2019 was………. No prizes for guessing it was

What is there not to love in this book, I honestly can’t recommend it enough.

It got a bit harder from here on in and trying to narrow it down was quite tricky and there are some that missed out being on the list but only just.

I really loved this one. I wasn’t sure if it meant she loved space and had that in her heart or if she actually had a space in her heart and that was what intrigued me into reading it. I am so glad I did. It’s about Mabel Mynt (what a fab name!) who lives with her older sister, Terrible Topaz (what another great name) and Mum. Mum and Dad have split up and Mum has a new boyfriend who Topaz has named ‘Galactic Gavin’. Poor Mabel worries, she worries about lots of things and carries them all in her ‘worry suitcase’ inside her head. By the end of the book you realise what the title actually means. It’s a book that deals with real life issues of Parental Separation, Anxiety, Bullying and how to handle everything. This was another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book for me.

This was one of my last reads of 2019 and WOW what a book! It is about Tally who is Autistic. She is going up to Secondary School and it explains how Tally sees the world. It is based on the diary of an Autistic girl called Libby. As someone who works in education with Autistic children, it really opened my eyes. I think everyone should read this and it should be in every classroom as it explains why some children behave the way they do and would hopefully go some way for all Autistic people being accepted and understood. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating

Having read The boy at the back of the class I knew this one would be good. It is so heart wrenching that I cried quite a few times. Towards the end I even had one of those moments when you inhale and sob at the same time. Onjali Q Raúf writes so sensitively about such important real life issues. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating.

The second MG book I read on my journey. A great read about Tess De Souza, her pet tarantula Violet and her ‘Uncle’ who comes to claim her from the orphanage. Tess leaves with the only thing that was left with her on the doorstep all those years ago, a ‘spinner’ that opens when aligned and shows an alternative dimension. Such a great read, full of adventure, friendship and all with a twist. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating.

I couldn’t not choose this one. I had to do a Year Group assembly with Yr4 and I didn’t know what to do so I started to read this. The 20 mins were up and there was a collective groan when I said we had to stop so much so that all the other Yr4 teachers said I could carry on. The illustrations in this are stunning and really compliment the story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating.

There were so many more I could have added like Christopher Edge’s ‘The longest night of Charlie Moon’, Emma Carroll’s Somerset Tsunami and Letters from the lighthouse and Abu Elphinstone’s Everdark to name a few.

There are so many in my TBR that I know that doing this next year will be even harder!

Happy reading. X