BOOK INFOTitle: Country RoadsAuthor: Nicole Hurley-MoorePublisher: Allen & UnwinPrice: $29.99 AUDGenre: FictionSYNOPSISA compelling tale of betrayal, tragedy, healing and love that proves first impressions aren’t always right. Rebecca Duprey is working day and night to keep the family sheep station, Bluestone Ridge, afloat. But Bec's father, who's been in a wheelchair since a farming mishap, keeps second-guessing her decisions. Now, …
Book Review | Love, Lies & Linguine
Title // Love, Lies & LinguineAuthor // Hilary SpiersPublication Month // February 2017Publisher // Allen & UnwinAustralian RRP // $29.99 AUDGenre // Fictionsynopsis.Hester and Harriet lead comfortable lives in a pretty cottage in an English village. Having opened their minds, home and hearts to Daria, a mysterious migrant, and her baby son Milo, the widowed …
Book Review | The Mesmerist
Title // The MesmeristAuthor // Ronald L SmithPublication Month // February 7, 2017Publisher // Clarion BooksGenre // Middle Gradesynopsis.Thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists—until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of …
Book Review | Neon Leon
Title // Neon LeonAuthor // Jane ClarkeIllustrator // Britta TeckentrupPublication Month // February 2017Publisher // Nosy Crow (Allen & Unwin)Australian RRP // $19.99 AUDGenre // Picturebooksynopsis.Help Leon the chameleon find the perfect match in this neon-coloured, interactive picture book!Everyone knows that chameleons are the best at fitting in. But not Leon. Leon is neon! In …
Book Review | A Shadow’s Breath
Title // A Shadow’s BreathAuthor // Nicole HayesPublication Month // January 2017Publisher // Penguin Random HouseGenre // Young Adultsynopsis.Then, things were looking up for Tessa. Her mum was finally getting her life back on track. Tessa had started seeing Nick. She was making new friends. She'd even begun to paint again.Now, Tessa and Nick are …
Book Review | Her Every Fear
Title // Her Every FearAuthor // Peter SwansonPublication Month // January 25, 2017Publisher // Faber & FaberAustralian RRP // $29.99 AUDGenre // Thriller, Suspensesynopsis.The bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying psychological thriller - as tantalizing as Rear Window or The Girl on the Train. Following a brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, Kate Priddy makes an uncharacteristically …
Book Review | Heartless
Title // HeartlessAuthor // Marissa MeyerPublication Month // 2016Publisher // Pan MacmillanGenre // Young Adult, Fantasysynopsis.Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, …
Book Review | The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
Title // The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe #1)Author // Amberlin KwaymullinaPublication Month // 2012 Publisher // Walker BooksGenre // Young Adult, Dystopiansynopsis.“There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres. Boomers will breach the walls. Skychangers will send lightning to strike you all down from above, and Rumblers will …
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Book Review | Rogue Squadron
Title // Rogue Squadron (Star Wars X-Wing #1)Author // Michael A StackpolePublication Month // 1996 Publisher // BantamGenre // Film Tie-In, Science-Fictionsynopsis.They are sleek, swift, and deadly. The are the X-wing fighters. And as the struggle rages across the vastness of space, the fearless men and women who pilot them risk both their lives and their …
Book Review | A Gathering of Shadows
Title // A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2)Author // V.E. SchwabPublication Month // 2016Publisher // Titan BooksGenre // Fantasysynopsis.It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the nefarious Dane …
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