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"Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing - and at seven is as tall as a man. Raised by their mother, they have food and a roof over their heads, but not much else. The bright spot every week is the arrival of the latest issue of the Burrell's Build-It-at-Home … Continue reading Review: Lenny’s Book of Everything – Karen Foxlee
I almost don't know where to start with this one. I was super excited to read this, as I spent many of my teenage years binge watching Freaks and Geeks and Cougar Town (don't judge, it was brilliant) and adoring that in Busy there was a badass and beautiful woman on TV who was probably the closest to … Continue reading Review: This Will Only Hurt A Little – Busy Philipps
It's already December!!! Christmas is so close I can smell it (literally, Woolies has live Christmas trees now and they made my grocery shopping trip smell so good). Last month I mentioned I'd upped my reading goal to 52. This month I hit 53 books read! I'm anticipating the next couple of weeks might not … Continue reading November Wrap Up
I was absolutely thrilled when the author, Alice Endacott, asked me to be one of her ARC readers for this book! 🙂 I have loved her other novels and knowing this one was set in the same world made me very keen to jump on board the early-reader train. On top of that, Endacott is … Continue reading Review: Dark Intent – A B Endacott
I genuinely think I squealed with delight and did a happy dance in my chair at work when I received a review copy of Bridge of Clay from the Pan Macmillan/Picador team. I adored The Book Thief and The Messenger by Zusak, and despite the time passed since reading those two books (or indeed, his writing them!), … Continue reading Review: Bridge of Clay – Markus Zusak
Khaled Hosseini's new book, Sea Prayer, was one I put off reading for a little while because although is masquerades as a simple picture book, I knew it was going to also be just a little bit heartbreaking. Sea Prayer was inspired by Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian refugee who died at sea, trying to … Continue reading Review: Sea Prayer – Khaled Hosseini
I went in to this book knowing nothing about it other than it had a stunning cover ,and my best friend loved it (along with many other people on the 'gram). Honestly, this was pretty much all the motivation I needed to pick it up and I'm pretty glad I did. The Astonishing Colour of … Continue reading Review: The Astonishing Colour of After – Emily X.R. Pan
