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Everybody is somebody elses weirdo – My review of If I Fall, If I Die
I have just finished If I Fall, If I Die, and it is beautiful. This book is the story of Will, a young lad with an agoraphobic mother, living in a large house with rooms named after cities. Cairo, Toronto and Paris become their cocooned world filled with art, creativity…
Arkie’s Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing – My Blog Tour Review!
I firstly want to say that the back cover blurb didn’t match the book I found inside. My interpretation of the jacket led me to expect an Australian 'Eat Pray Love' with a pretentious woman in search of enlightenment who 'discovers' herself whilst meditating next to giant pineapples. I didn't find…
The Last Pulse – A Review Of An Australian Tale
Let me start this review by saying that my best friend is a Queenslander and I'm not quite sure how she will feel about a book which has a character quoting; “Queensland, like some obese Dracula, was allowed to monopolise the artery that kept her sisters alive ... Queensland is…
The Two Of Us – Warning: It could read too close to home!
William meets the love of his life, Ivy. They are a couple before they even go on a date. He doesn't know the tiniest of details about his beautifully scarred, enigmatic lover. Who is her favourite Beatle? What was the name of her first pet? What is her middle name?…
Eden by Candice Fox – The daughter of Hades, a chip off the old block
After reading the debut novel Hades, I was excited to read the next instalment and relished the chance to delve a little deeper into the minds and lives of Hades and his dark daughter Eden. Eden did not disappoint and I picked up right where I left off. Immediately I…
My Review Of Back Again by Susan May is here!
Imagine being able to turn back time. Not in a 'Cher' type way by straddling a torpedo in a slither of lycra and a giant 80's perm, but in a very real way. If you could slip back through time with the possibility of stopping a tragic event or…
YOU Review – Creepy prose which keeps you page turning
YOU is told from the point of view of a stalker, who works in a bookshop and has a cage in the shop basement. It is a book which is dark, clever, smart and full of obsession, revenge, cunning and nail biting suspense. It took me a while to get a…
One Kick by Chelsea Cain … A real book hangover
Kick was abducted when she was six, from her front yard, by a senior member of a paedophile ring. She did what she was told and learnt what she could, until she was found by Detective Frank six years later. He found her in a secluded home, off a main…