Author: Paper Worlds

The Love Interest

Genre: Young adult, Science fiction
Published: May 16, 2017

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Caden is a Nice. He’s the boy-next-door type with a perfect body and impeccable manners, and he wants Juliet to fall in love with him. There’s only one thing standing in his way: Dylan. Dylan is a Bad. He’s dark and brooding and dangerously handsome.

What Juliet doesn’t know is that both boys are Love Interests. Owned by a secret organisation, each boy is trying to make Juliet fall in love with them so they can uncover her secrets and feed them back to the organisation who owns them. It’s a high stakes competition between Caden and Dyl as the loser will be killed.

Living in the outside world for the first time, both boys must execute the perfect strategy to make Juliet fall in love with them. But both boys are under a lot of pressure and the only person who understands what they’re going through is the other. Caden and Dylan must face the reality of what winning means, especially when they start to develop feelings for each other.

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The Cheapest Way To Read Books

I absolutely devour books. I love reading books in one sitting, so I dedicate large chunks of time to reading and get through a lot of books. But that can be incredibly expensive. While I don’t think books are overpriced, if you read a lot of them, it can become very costly. So I’ve had to find a cheap way of reading books, which is why I am a frequent user of my local library.

I have not paid anything for books this year and I have read a LOT! I started to figure out how much my library had saved me this year, but I’ve read 216 books so it would take a loooong time. Instead, I worked out how much money my library had saved me in July.

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The Genius Aged 8 1/4

Genre: Children’s, Funny
Published: September 15, 2016

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Alfie Poppleton is surrounded by some seriously silly adults. His parents are so silly they named him Squeaky Squawker Redface Slurp Bottom. His teacher is so silly she bought the whole class bicycles. The police are so silly they keep arresting each other. And the prime minister is so silly she started a war with France over cheese! Alfie is the only sensible person around—can he sort everyone else out?!

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We Are Not Okay

Genre: Young adult, Contemporary
Published: May 2, 2019
Triggers: Rape, suicide, bullying, racism

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We Are Not Okay is a hard-hitting YA contemporary novel that follows four young women in their final year at high school. The story reveals the unique issues that each girl faces and how their stories and secrets, ultimately, intertwine.

// Lucy is the prettiest and most popular girl at school, who is determined to find out every secret piece of gossip. But Lucy is hiding a huge secret of her own. One that, if it got out, would ruin her reputation …

// Ulana is the perfect student and daughter. But there is one rule she is breaking. A rule set by her conservative Muslim father. Ulana must be careful that her secret doesn’t get out or her family life will never be the same.

// Trina is branded as the school slut, but she doesn’t care. Trina knows who she is and doesn’t let the rumours affect her. But what does that reputation mean when someone doesn’t listen to you saying no?

// Sophia is in love with her boyfriend Steve and would do anything for him, including sending him pictures of herself. But when Steve betrays her trust, Sophia’s world comes crashing down around her. If Steve is in the wrong, why is she the one paying the price?

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The Iron Trial

Series: Magisterium #1
Genre: Middle grade, Fantasy
Published: September 9, 2014

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Callum Hunt has been warned about the dangers of magic his whole life by his father. So when he is invited to try out for the evil Magisterium, a school for magic, Call plans to fail the test. But Call loses control of his magic in front of the masters of the Magisterium and finds himself admitted to the school … against his will.

Now a student of the Magisterium, Call must learn to control his magic. But the Magisterium can teach Call much more than just magic and he begins to uncover the secrets his father has been hiding from him. Faced with a mystery about who he really is, Call is determined to find out the truth.

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Reading Books For Free: Entitlement and Piracy

There is a question I frequently see online on Goodreads, Amazon and review sites.

“Where can I read this book for free?”

Many people are keen to read books, but they want to read them for free. There seems to be a certain entitlement around reading books that isn’t present for other products. When the new Apple items are released, you don’t see people commenting “where can I get this for free?”. Why? Because it is obviously a commercial product and so you have to pay for it. Why then, does this attitude not extend to books?

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Royal Rebel: Designer

Series: Royal Rebel #1
Genre: Middle grade, Contemporary
Published: June 13, 2019

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Lily is the princess of the Kingdom of Waldenburg. She is being trained and taught how to be a royal because she will, one day, be Queen. But Lily has a secret: she loves fashion! Lily hosts an online fashion vlog called Tiara Girl, where she posts fashion tips and hacks, but Lily must keep the vlog secret. If her family found out, they would stop her from doing it. Can Lily keep the vlog a secret? Will she be able to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer?

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King Coo: The Curse of the Mummy’s Gold

Series: King Coo
Genre: Middle grade, Fantasy
Published: June 6, 2019

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Ben Pole is sad to be going back to school after a fun summer playing in the forest with King Coo. But school might turn out to be more exciting than he thinks. A new teacher joins the school with a group of students from an all-girls academy. However, the teacher and the girls are not who they say they are, and Ben uncovers a plot to steal the Mummy’s Gold from the local museum. What can Ben do to protect the gold? Will they catch the dastardly thieves?

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The Last Days of Archie Maxwell

The Last Days of Archie Maxwell, Annabel Pitcher

Genre: Young adult, Contemporary
Published: October 25, 2017
Source: Public Library Copy
Trigger warnings: Suicide, homophobia

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Archie’s family is falling apart. His dad has just revealed that he is moving out of their house to stay with his friend, Malcolm. But Archie quickly realises that Malcolm is much more than a friend and struggles to handle the reality that his dad is gay.

At school, Archie is bullied by Leon, his supposed friend, who threatens to tell everyone about his dad’s secret. When Archie’s crush, Tia, finally notices him and wants to spend time with him, things start looking up. But Tia only wants to talk about her brother, Tathum, who committed suicide on the train tracks. As the pressure and frustration builds, Archie starts to feel himself drawn more and more to the tracks.

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