So I hadn't heard much about this book, but I was grateful to receive a copy from Simon & Schuster publishers (in exchange for an honest review) as the premise looked interesting. The story follows Ruth, a single woman who moves back home for a year while to help her Mum care for her Dad … Continue reading Review: Goodbye Vitamin – Rachel Khong
I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this new release from Simon & Schuster, and I couldn't have been happier because this book ended up being such a warm and funny read. The Book Ninja follows unlucky-in-love Frankie Rose (named after the Frankston train line on which she was conceived...) who, after a … Continue reading Review: The Book Ninja – Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus
I felt like I had been seeing this book everywhere - bookshops, Instagram, online, even at Syd Writers Festival - so I was delighted when the new book club I'm in with some of my Frisbee teammates agreed to read it as our first ever pick! Before we get stuck in to it, please appreciate how on … Continue reading Review: Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
I honestly cannot remember the last time I read the first book in a series so close to its release date and you know what, it's over-rated because I just want the next one RIGHT NOW OH MY LORD. I'm going to do something I've never done and copy the blurb from Goodreads below, because … Continue reading Review: Whisper – Lynette Noni
So...here's another book that I picked up because it seemed I was seeing it every day on my Instagram feed. I feel like it's always a dangerous way to start a book because my expectations are built up even before I know what the book is about. Little Fires Everywhere mostly follows the lives of … Continue reading Review: Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
I've been going hard with the YA this year because they're just such easy books to fall in to at the end of a long and stressful day at work! Everything, everything follows the life of Maddie, a teenager who suffers from SCID which essentially makes her 'allergic to the world'. For the most part, … Continue reading Review: Everything, Everything – Nicola Yoon
“Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.” Wonder is a book I have been wanting to read since I saw a trailer for the movie coming out, way … Continue reading Review: Wonder – R.J. Palacio
Man oh man I've never felt so conflicted between wanting to pet all the animals and never visit somewhere that treats them like circuses did in the old days. Can I just hang out with a cute elephant that won't step on me? Guys? Please? Water for Elephants follows Jacob Jankowski as he flees from … Continue reading Review: Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
