Sim: 'A Horse Called Hero is an entertaining read and the inclusion of emotional letters from father to son brings the story to life and will melt the hardest heart'
Cookonthebrightside: 'Even though the plot is huge and bursting with different ideas, the way that the author carefully crafts the scenes make you understand everything'
We're diving back in time, forging into the future, arching across the Atlantic and charging across the Channel this week! Did you bring your passports?
Watch a time lapse video of children's author and former children's laureate Julia Donaldson breaking the world record for the longest chain of paper dolls
peace_love_books: 'each subplot which followed became more and more ridiculous, from kidnapping to forbidden love affairs, potential destitution of the artists, and a case of a long-lost illegitimate child'