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Magic Bean Review
www.magicbeanreview.co.uk
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Aptly named after a Magic Bean.. Queen? Mean? Lean? Keen? Jean! She reviews all sorts of YA (minus horror), and sometimes dabbles into manga, adult and MG just for good measure. She also likes to talk in the third person, but her main loves are Japan and reading!
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Interview: Gina Damico on Croak

I am so pleased to be welcoming Gina Damico to Magic Bean Review to answer my questions on the first book in the Croak series! The premise of the book is so original and unique, what inspired you to ...

02 apr 12

Croak by Gina Damico

Title: Croak Author: Gina Damico Published: 20th March 2012 (paperback) Format: E-reader Pages: 320 RRP: £5.74 Rating: 13/14+ Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby has sucker-punched her last classmate. Fed ...

14 mar 12

Beat the Band by Don Calame

Title: Beat the Band Author: Don Calame Published: 1st February 2012 (UK) Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 422 RRP: £6.99 Rating: 13+ Who gets more girls than a rock god? No one. When Coop finds him...

21 feb 12

Interview: Beat the Band by Don Calame

Welcome Don Calame to Magic Bean Review, once again! On a scale of 1 to 10, how rubbish is Coop, Matt and Sean’s band? Why is that? One being the best and ten being the worst, I’d say that the ...

21 feb 12

Author Interview with Lee Nichols

I am very pleased to welcome the wonderful author of the Haunting Emma trilogy, Lee Nichols! The first ghostly paranormal book I had read, the first Deception really took my breath away. It is fantas...

05 dec 11

Life took hold and shook me… half a dozen times

Hello! Yes, yes, yes… I am EVER so sorry! I have a back log as long as my arm quadrupled and I have not been reading very much. It’s all down to my spectacular social life. Pah! School ha...

27 nov 11

Undead by Kirsty McKay

Title: Undead Author: Kirsty McKay Published: 1st September 2011 Format : ARC Pages: n/a RRP: £6.99 Rating: 13/14+ It was just another school trip – stuck on a bus with a bunch of freaks…...

28 aug 11

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui

Title: The Girl who leapt through Time Author: Yasutaka Tsutsui Published: This edition: 9th May 2011 (UK). First published in Japan in 1967. Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 96 RRP: £7.99 Rating: 1...

25 jul 11

Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin

Title: Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance Author: Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin Published: 7th March 2011 Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 240 RRP: £6.99 Rating: 13+ Teen TV celebrities Jenna a...

22 jul 11

I’ve not vanished off the face of the earth – I’m just a procrastinator

Hey readers! (if there are any) I’ve been on a sort of writers block. I have been reading books, I am just not motivated to actually review them. This is a problem as over to the right, you can...

12 jul 11

Guest post: Don Calame on the “naked girl” goal in Swim the Fly

Welcome, Don Calame to Magic Bean Review! On one of my earlier blog tour stops I wrote about how I came up with the initial idea for my novel Swim the Fly. How it was the swimming team—and not the na...

05 jun 11

Swim the Fly by Don Calame

Title: Swim the Fly Author: Don Calame Published: 9th May 2011 (UK) Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 366 RRP: £6.99 Rating: 13+ Matt and his best friends, Coop and Sean, have set their summertime go...

05 jun 11 1 person likes this

Who are you, and how do you Armchair?

Click the logo to the right to go the Armchair BEA page. Well well well! This is my first ever Armchair BEA, and I am very excited! I read, review and blog about Young Adult books. The reason why I r...

23 may 11 1 person likes this

WordPress vs Blogger

This is my first discussion post. I thought it was about time that I ventured into new territory, and what’s best than to start some debate posts! The first topic will be the most popular talke...

21 may 11 1 person likes this

Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors

Title: Mad Love Author: Suzanne Selfors Published: 6th June 2011 (UK) Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 336 RRP: £6.99 Rating: 13+ When you’re the daughter of the bestselling Queen of Romance, ...

19 may 11 1 person likes this

Fiction Express: Chapters 1 and 2 Review (Part 1)

Chapters 1 and 2 Mini Review of The Last Symbol by Rebecca Morton Read Chapter 1 for free here (must be signed up) Read Chapter 2 here (must be signed up, and have at least 1 credit) Miko Agnosta liv...

17 may 11

Book Blogger Hop

Click the image to be taken to the Hop ABOUT THE HOP: In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new b...

14 may 11

NEWS: Fiction Express and Girls ♥ Books!

A huge group of writers who write for girls, ranging from 9 to teens, have got together to produce a wonderful blog! Basically, it’s like a huge mishmash of interesting authors talking about an...

13 may 11 1 person likes this

Swapped by a Kiss by Luisa Plaja

Title: Swapped by a Kiss Author: Luisa Plaja Published: 29th April 2010 Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 352 RRP: £5.99 Rating: 12/13+ Rachel hates her life and everyone in it – she even has s...

02 may 11 1 person likes this

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Published: 5th January 2009 Format: Finished Paperback Pages: 464 RRP: £6.99 Rating: 12/13+ Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sen...

23 apr 11

Update!

Hey everyone! Yes, yes, I know. I’ve been terrible at posting. It’s generally been the exams and how I’ve not been reading as many books I’d like to read. Once the exams are o...

18 apr 11

Blog Tour/Guest Post: Sophia Bennett’s Cover Story

I am so pleased to welcome Sophia Bennett, talking about the cover for the third book in the Threads series – Sequins, Stars and Spotlights! When Threads originally came out in 2009, Chicken Ho...

12 feb 11

Win Sequins, Stars and Spotlights by Sophia Bennett

Threads is a fabulous series written by Sophia Bennett, and Sequins, Stars and Spotlights is the third book in the series. You can read my review, here. Thank you so much to Sophia for providing the ...

12 feb 11

Sequins, Stars and Spotlights by Sophia Bennett

Check back tomorrow for a great post from Sophia Bennett herself, as part of the Sequins blog tour! Title: Sequins, Stars and Spotlights Author: Sophia Bennett Published: 7th February 2011 Format: Fi...

11 feb 11

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