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Creepy Reads For Halloween!
I have read some cracking thrillers this year and so I thought I would share my top five picks! If you are looking for suspense, clever twists and a peek into the mind of the deranged, these books will satisfy your guilty pleasures. Gone Girl Unless you have been hiding…
Book & Movie Review – Gone Girl
The Book Review I signed up to the Sydney Online Book Club Meetup, purely to read Gone Girl. Going along to a book group, I thought, would make me allocate much neglected reading time and I have been longing to read it for a while. As it turned out, I didn't…
What would a night out with The Hoff be like?……….
The Hoff ( The legend David Hasslehoff) makes up part of the funny, smooth and witty supporting cast of characters in Ellie O'Neil's first book, Reluctantly Charmed. I was lucky enough to ask Ellie a question about the book as part of the blog tour, so of course I asked…
My holiday read will be… One Kick
Thank you to Anna from Simon and Schuster for my thrilling holiday read! From the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers: The first in a nail-biting new series featuring Kick Lannigan, a young woman whose complicated past has given her a very…
Today I met Kylie Fornasier author of Masquerade…
Today I met Kylie Fornasier at Kinokuniya, one of my favourite Sydney bookstores. She was there signing copies of her book Masquerade and I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet and get my copy signed! Thanks Kylie for the writing tips and for being so friendly and…
Read my review of Masquerade by Kylie Fornasier
Masquerade is my second toe-dip into YA reading and I have to say it was right up my alley! It's the Carnevale of 1750 and Venice's ballrooms, theatres, palazzos and squares are filled with delicious gossip, devilish fun and dangerous games. In this glittering masked world, everyone has a Set…
Book Review Coming…Masquerade
Keeping on my YA theme, I'm reading Masquerade. I will be sharing my review soon! 'Masquerade', published by Penguin Books Australia in August 2014. In the glittering masked world that is the Carnevale of 1750 everyone has a Seven teens, from the highest aristocrat to the lowest servant are all…
Book Review – Are You Seeing Me by Darren Groth
Are You Seeing Me follows the lives of twins Perry and Justine. They have just turned nineteen and their father has passed away. Perry is different from Justine and she explains this to every new person she meets by telling them: ‘Perry has a brain condition that can cause him…
Book Review – Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
I haven't read historical fiction in a while and Hannah Kent, the author, is Agnes Magnusdottir incarnate, i'm pretty sure of it. The book carefully portrays the life of Agnes, who was executed in iceland in 1829 for the murder of two men. Based on a true story and historical…
Book Review….. Sand by Hugh Howey
I was expecting big things from Sand. I loved the Wool trilogy,which was my very first toe-dip into sci-fi. So, what did I think of Sand? Am I a sci-fi convert? Sand is set far, far into the future, where the world we know today, is ancient, buried long ago…