V Wars – no draculas in sweeping coats …
By Rhiannon Emery After the over-saturation of Vampire genre books in bookstores around the world I, as a reader of the fantasy/horror genre, had lost hope that the vampire genre would ever rediscover...
View ArticleThe Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Kwaymullina
by Sharon McCarthy Set 300 years after the Reckoning, an environmental apocalypse that saw the end of civilisation and the physical world as we know it, The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf is a timely...
View ArticleWhisky Charlie Foxtrot by Annabel Smith
Annabel Smith will launch her new book Whisky Charlie Foxtrot at Crow Books. A great tale of the lives of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Whiskie. Rent from the novel’s opening by a tragedy that...
View ArticleTo the Highlands by Jon Doust
To the Highlands, by local author Jon Doust, is an engaging and honest tale of a young Perth man’s coming of age in the strange and foreign setting of PNG. Five years after Doust’s Boy on a Wire,...
View ArticleHow Music Works by David Byrne
Not wanting to do the age-ing rocker autobiography, David Byrne has produced a book that is a larger overview of the history of contemporary music. That said, Byrne does allow a potted history of his...
View ArticleReturn of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
In 1839 the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time in an attempt to return a leader of their liking, Shah Shuja, to the throne. With almost 20,000 troops, they established control of the...
View ArticleBorn Weird
The Weirds have always been a little peculiar, but not one of them suspected that theyd been cursed by their grandmother. This reviewer has long been a fan of Andrew Kauffman’s previous works; the...
View ArticleThe House of Rumour
The House of Rumour is an hugely enjoyable novel that melds and twists genres ‘historical’ ‘literature, ‘sci-fi’. Starring an amazing array of disparate historical characters including Rudolf Hess,...
View ArticleThis Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong
This Book is Full of Spiders (Seriously, Dude Don’t Touch it!) – The sequel to John Dies at the End (JDE), TBFS is bigger and better then it’s predecessor, being more accessible in writing without...
View ArticleThe Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Review by Sharon With Baz’s film version of The Great Gatsby on the horizon I chose this appealingly slim book for my next book club with grand visions of frocks and cocktails. Was I motivated by the...
View ArticleReal Man Adventures by T. Cooper
Review by Rhiannon Real Man Adventures is a fascinating read. Part memoir, part humour essays and part Transgender expose. Cooper, who was born a woman, explores his life as man with the usual concerns...
View ArticleBooks of Beginning
By special guest reviewer Sophia Vinciullo … Three children – Three books – One prophecy The Emerald Atlas In book one of the Books of Beginning we meet Kate, Michael and Emma who are thrown from one...
View ArticleWhere’d You Go, Bernadette?
Where’d You Go Bernadette – Maria Semple. Review by Jess If you’re looking for some fun, light reading with a bit of bite, this is an immensely charming story of a family in crisis amidst the world of...
View ArticleThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is an awesome book! It is set long ago in England (1800s!) when it was overrun with wolves. Follow Bonnie, Sylvia and Simon as they try to stop their evil Governess Miss...
View ArticleThe Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
The Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments is an introductory book about critical thinking. Using quirky illustrations Almossawi demonstrates common errors in reasoning. Bad Arguments has proved popular...
View ArticleLet’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – David Sedaris From dysfunctional families, to foreign countries to taxidermied pygmies Sedaris’ 8th collection of travel stories and anecdotes does not disappoint....
View ArticleWe the Animals by Justin Torres
We the Animals is a novella of real power. Short and muscular, it follows three brothers living in an impoverished, dysfunctional New York. Like an ugly rock that’s been polished up, Torres’ debut is...
View ArticleThe Explorer by James Smythe
Boldly going…to their graves. Set in the near future where space is the final forgotten frontier The Explorer is a suspenseful temporal thriller that keeps readers guessing until the end. Cormac...
View ArticleLight Horse Boy
Light Horse Boy by Dianne Wolfer and illustrated by Brian Simmonds. Review by guest reviewer Madeline Gardener. Light Horse Boy is a book about a 17-year-old boy who goes with his 18-year-old friend...
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