Title // The Bone SparrowAuthor // Zana Fraillon Publication Date // 2016Publisher // Lothian Children’s BookGenre // Young AdultRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.Sometimes, at night, the dirt outside turns into a beautiful ocean. As red as the sun and as deep as the sky. I lie in my bed, Queeny's feet pushing up against my cheek, and listen to …
Book Review | Girl In Between
Title // Girl In BetweenAuthor // Anna DanielsPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Allen and Unwin (Arena)Genre // Popular FictionPrice // AUD $29.99Rating // ✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.Lucy Crighton has just moved in with some gregarious housemates called Brian and Denise . . . who are her parents. She's also the proud mother of Glenda, her beloved 10-year-old . …
Book Review | Alice: the Wanderland Chronicles
Title // Alice: the Wanderland ChroniclesAuthor // J.M. SullivanPublication Date // 16 May 2017Publisher // Pen Name PublishingGenre // Young Adult, Sci-Fi & FantasyRating // ✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.“Always protect your queen.”Ever since the outbreak of the Plague, life hasn’t been easy, and for seventeen-year-old Alice Carroll, it just got worse. Her sister, Dinah, has contracted the ‘un-deadly’ Momerath Virus …
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Book Review | Release
Title // ReleaseAuthor // Patrick NessPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Walker BooksGenre // Young AdultRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.Inspired by Mrs Dalloway and Judy Blume's Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17. It's a big day. Things go wrong. It's intense, and all the while, weirdness approaches...Adam Thorn is having what will turn out to …
Book Review | Do Not Lick This Book
Title // Do Not Lick This BookAuthor // Idan Ben-BarakIllustrator // Julian FrostPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Allen and Unwin Genre // Children'sPrice // AUD $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.A brilliantly simple, funny, interactive picture book that introduces children to the strange, unseen world of microbes all around them by the award-winning author of Small Wonders and the animator of the …
The Hanky-Panky of Girl in Between | Anna Daniels (Guest Post)
Hi Stef, thanks for having me drop in to The Noveltea Corner for a chat about my debut, Girl in Between!Girl in Between is a rom-com set in Rockhampton, Japan, London and Sydney. It traces the adventures of thirty-something year-old besties, Lucy and Rosie, as they attempt to sort out where their lives are going, …
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Book Review | Spellslinger
Title // SpellslingerAuthor // Sebastien de CastellPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Hot Key (Bonnier)Genre // Young Adult, FantasyPrice // AUD $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.How do you survive a mage's duel without magic? Kellen's about to risk everything: His family, his home, even his own life... When you're a Jan'Tep initiate approaching your sixteenth birthday, you'd better …
Book Review | If Wishes Were Horses
Title // If Wishes Were HorsesAuthor // Karly LanePublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Allen and Unwin (Arena)Genre // Popular FictionPrice // AUD $29.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.This captivating story of two people recovering from terrible tragedy and loss, and the importance of community, friendship and the power of love. Already struggling to come to terms with the …
Blog Tour | Watch Over Me
Title // Watch Over MeAuthor // Claire CorbettPublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Allen and UnwinGenre // ThrillerRating // ✭✭✭✭Warnings // Sexual contentsynopsis.It is the present day. The foggy northern city of Port Angelsund is under occupation by the soldiers of Garrison. Sylvie is a young woman just trying to survive. When she is singled out …
Book Review | Toward a Secret Sky
Title // Toward a Secret SkyAuthor // Heather MacleanPublication Date // April 4 2017Publisher // BlinkGenre // Young Adult, Paranormalsynopsis.Toward a Secret Sky by New York Times bestselling author Heather Maclean is a new breed of YA novel: an intelligent adventure-quest crossed with a sweeping, forbidden love story. A mix of reality and possibility, this fast-paced thriller will …
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