Life (and Smuggling) on the Moon: an Artemis Review

Title // ArtemisAuthor // Andy WeirPublication Date // November, 2017Publisher // Penguin Random HouseGenre // Science-FictionRating // ✭✭✭The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moonJazz Bashara is a criminal.Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not …

No Filter

Title // No FilterAuthor // Orlagh CollinsPublication Date // August, 2017Publisher // BloomsburyGenre // Young Adult, ContemporaryPrice // AUD $14.99Rating // ✭✭✭⭐︎This is the story of THAT SUMMER … the one when everything changes.Emerald has grown up in a privileged world – the beloved daughter of a wealthy family, friends with all the right people, social …

Truth Without Fear: a "Wreck" Review

Title // WreckAuthor // Fleur FerrisPublication Date // July, 2017Publisher // Penguin Random HouseGenre // YA, Thriller, #loveozyaRating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.Tamara Bennett is going to be the first journalist to strictly report only good news. Finished with high school, Tamara is ready to say goodbye to her sleepy little town and part-time job at the local paper. O-weeks …

The Late Show

Title // The Late Show (Renee Ballard #1)Author // Michael ConnellyPublication Date // July 12, 2017Publisher // Allen and UnwinGenre // Crime, MysteryPrice // AUD $32.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.A pulse-pounding thriller, introducing a driven, young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD.Includes an extract of Two Kinds of Truth, the new Harry Bosch novel to be published …

Lose Me

Title // Lose Me. Author // M.C. FrankPublication Date // April 2017   Publisher // KindleGenre // New Adult, RomanceRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.Jane Austen meets New Adult fiction in this compulsively readable romance."Today is not the day I die."Ari Demos starts every day with this thought. Fresh out of high school, she's landed a coveted role as a stunt …

Omega (The Infinity Division #2)

Title // Omega (The Infinity Division #2) Author // Jus AccardoPublication Date // August 1, 2017   Publisher // Entangled: TeenGenre // YA, Science-FictionRating // ✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.The second book in the Infinity time travel series is full of action, romance, and an intricately designed roller coaster plot.One mistake can change everything. Ashlyn Calvert finds that out the hard way …

No Plain Rebel Review

Title // No Plain Rebel (No Ordinary Star #1)Author // M.C. FrankPublication Date // July 2016    Publisher // CreateSpaceGenre // YA, Science-FictionRating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.A soldier is summoned to the North Pole, days before the year changes, told to fix a the great Clock for a celebration. He has no idea what to do. A girl, hunted …

Book Review | The Sloth Who Came to Stay

Title // The Sloth Who Came to Stay Author // Margaret WildIllustrator // Vivienne ToPublication Date // June 28, 2017Publisher // Allen and UnwinGenre // PicturebookPrice // AUD $24.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.A wryly amusing story about a fast family who are taught to slow down when an adorable sloth comes to stay by the award-winning author of Fox and Ruby Roars. …