30 Day Book Photo Challenge - April 03

This was designed by Books & Cupcakes.

3. Spring Time
—Spring Time: New beginnings, a book set in the spring, a book you (re)read during the spring. 

The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years.
And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine...

I'm not sure if this book is set in the Spring but there is a lot of emphasis on exploring the gardens; flowers, green grass, blossom trees etc.
I really like this book, it's one of my favourite classics. It has such an exciting storyline which really swallows me up every time I re-read it.
I got a new copy for my birthday a few years ago which has a cover designed by Lauren Child, my favourite illustrator.

30 Day Book Photo Challenge - April 01

I'm going to start a Book Photo Challenge for April. This was designed by Books & Cupcakes.
I'm going to take photos and write a little about my choices for each day.

1. Currently Reading

Ruby Redfort: Feel The Fear - Lauren Child.

Here’s the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she’s a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick sidekick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they’re always ice-cool in a crisis.

 This is the fourth book in the Ruby Redfort series.

The book series have codes in for the reader to solve by going on the Ruby Redfort website or solving morse code puzzles.
The third one has an alphabet created for the story using chemical codes for scents; then at the back of the book there is an explanation of how it is possible to use scents to create a code.
The codes are written with the help of Marcus Du Sautoy, 'supergeek consultant to Ruby Redfort'. I find that after I have finished each book I am a little more knowledgable.

There was a Ruby Redfort World Book Day book which is actually brilliant. It's a survival guide written in a typical, teen-girl way but it is really informative and fun.