Reviews

 Camino Island John Grisham Hachette RRP: $34.99   This is, so far, my surprise book of the year. Why? Because I LOVED it. And it’s written by John Grisham. I thought I’d done my share of Grisham reading and it was behind me – after all there were only so …

 Take Three Girls Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood Macmillan RRP: $19.99   Once again, I have to start by adding a disclaimer that this is year (another) Young Adult book. As you may know by now I am a real fan of this genre. It’s fast paces, easy …

Charlie and the Karaoke Cockroaches Alan Brough Lighthouse RRP: $17.99 Random! That is the best word I can find to describe this book. I’d guess the target audience to be young readers aged 7 to 12 years and I think this book would appeal to them immensely. Having not heard …

I Quit Sugar: Fast Family Meals Sarah Wilson Lighthouse RRP: $29.99   Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar book’s have created quite the hype since the first books hit the shelves in 2013. Since then she has built up quite the sugar-less empire. Thousands of people rave about how it completely …

The Girl Before JP Delaney Hachette RRP: $34.99   The cover touts this this is a “pitch-perfect psychological thriller” and there’s no denying that this novel made the hair on my neck stand up! In some places it’s just downright creepy. This novel is set more around a place than …

Freeks Amanda Hocking Lighthouse PR RRP: $19.99 As many of you will be aware now I love Young Adult literature. It’s fast paced, easy to read and generally un-put-down-able. This is no exception. Freeks centres around Mara, a young adult who lives and works in a circus. A circus that …

Before You Go Clare Swatman Lighthouse PR RRP: $34.99   This book was not quite what I expected. I think I was expecting something very chick-lit and light, but this is more of the “The Time Travellers Wife” that I expected. It doesn’t ruin the plot to let you know that …

Caraval Stephanie Garber Hachette RRP: $29.99   This is supposed to be a Young Adult novel, but at times I really felt it was more suited to an older audience; as I write this I wonder why…perhaps it was some of the language, the complexity of some of the themes, …

King’s Cage Victoria Aveyard Hachette RRP: $24.99   This is the third in the Red Queen series and for fans of the series I’m sure it’s a welcome addition. However (you knew that was coming) I found it too long and quite lacking in any real action or plot development. …

No Wall Too High Xu Hongci. Translated by Erling Hoh Penguin Random House RRP: $40.00 What a time to be reading a book such as this! Stories like ‘No wall too high’ are told so that we  that we not only know about one mans amazing escape from communist China …