Title // Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles 3.5)Author // Marissa MeyerPublication Month // February 2015Publisher // St. Martin’s Press (Pan Macmillan Australia)Genre // Young Adult, Sci-Fi & Fantasysynopsis.In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told.Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who is the fairest of them all?Fans of the Lunar …
Book Review | Lost Stars or What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love
Title // Lost Stars, or What Lou Reed Taught Me About LoveAuthor // Lisa Selin DavisPublication Month // October 26, 2016Publisher // Hotkey (Allen & Unwin)Australian RRP // $19.99 AUDGenre // Young Adult, Contemporarysynopsis.A heartbreaking, wryly funny story of love, longing, music and one very special comet. In the aftermath of her older sister's death, sixteen-year-old …
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Book Review | Radiance
Title // RadianceAuthor // Catherynne M. ValentePublication Month // August 2016Publisher // Little Brown Book GroupGenre // Science-Fictionsynopsis.Severin Unck’s father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father’s films of passion, intrigue, and …
Blog Review | How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Title // How the Grinch Stole Christmas Author // Dr. SeussPublication Month // June 1999 Publisher // Random House USAGenre // Children’s Book, Christmassynopsis.Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time. For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on …
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Book Review | The Chemist
Title // The ChemistAuthor // Stephenie MeyerPublication Month // November 2016 Publisher // Hachette AustraliaGenre // Young Adult, Contemporarysynopsis.She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And …
Book Review | How Santa Really Works
Title // How Santa Really WorksAuthor // Alan SnowPublication Month // October 2014Publisher // Athaneum Books for Young ReadersGenre // Picturebook, Children’s, Christmassynopsis.Top-secret information on Santa (Shhhhhhhh...) Intrepid Santa-tracker Alan Snow has traveled up through Lapland to the far reaches of the Arctic Circle in search of the ever-elusive Mr. Claus. There, beneath the polar cap, deep …
Book Review | Trapped In Silver
Title // Trapped In Silver (Eldryn Chronicles #1)Author // Emily SowdenPublication Month // February 2017Publisher // OfTomesGenre // Fantasy, Young Adultsynopsis.Courage comes from a shadowed place in our hearts; a blurred line that straddles love and sheer stupidity.To seventeen-year-old Ava, wild woodcats, hungry stragglers, and simple-minded townsfolk are the evils she’s grown accustomed to. But when …
Book Review | The Fifth Avenue Artists Society
Title // The Fifth Avenue Artists SocietyAuthor // Joy CallawayPublication Month // December, 2016Publisher // Allen & UnwinAustralian RRP // $29.99 AUDGenre // Historical Fictionsynopsis.Devastated after being jilted by the boy next door, Ginny Loftin turns to writing in an attempt to rewrite their story with a better ending. But it is among the painters, musicians, …
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Book Review | Black Rock White City
synopsis.Black Rock White City is a novel about the damages of war, the limits of choice, and the hope of love.During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan’s cleaning work at a bayside hospital is disrupted by acts of graffiti and violence becoming increasingly malevolent. For Jovan the mysterious words that must be cleaned away dislodge the …
Book Review | The Devil’s Prayer
Title // The Devil’s PrayerAuthor // Luke GraciasPublication Month // August 26, 2016Publisher // Australian eBook PublisherGenre // Historical Fiction, Horrorsynopsis.A nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain. In Australia, Siobhan Russo recognises that nun as her mother, Denise Russo, who disappeared six years ago. In search of answers, Siobhan travels to the isolated convent …
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