Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
Wild Dogsby Michael TrantRating: ★★★★ Published by Penguin AustraliaPublication Date: 1st of February 2022Australian RRP: $32.99 “In the drought-ridden rangelands of Western Australia, Gabe Ahern makes his living trapping wild dogs for local station owners. Still coming to terms with his wife’s death – and the part he played in it – the old bushman…… Continue reading Book Review: Wild Dogs by Michael Trant
The Charm Offensiveby Alison CochrunRating: ★★★★★ Published by Simon & SchusterPublication Date: 1st of October, 2021 Australian RRP: $24.99 “Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his…… Continue reading Book Review: The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew ReillyRating: ★★★★★ Published by Pan Macmillan AustraliaPublication Date: 12th of October, 2021Australian RRP: $39.99 “Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race – against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself – a headlong race that will…… Continue reading Spoiler Free Review – The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly
Yearbookby Seth Rogen Rating: ★★★★★ Published by Hachette AustraliaPublication Date: 12th May 2021Australian RRP: $32.99 “A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys.” I’ve always loved Seth Rogen’s movies from the many years I spent watching Superbad over and over, to…… Continue reading Book Review: Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Heartstopper, Volume Fourby Alice OsemanRating: ★★★★★ Published by Hachette AustraliaPublication Date: 11th of May, 2021Australian RRP: $22.99 “Charlie didn’t think Nick could ever like him back, but now they’re officially boyfriends. Charlie’s beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you. Nick’s been feeling the same, but he’s got a lot on…… Continue reading Comic Review: Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
Emotional Femaleby Yumiko KadotaRating: ★★★★★ Published by Penguin Books AustraliaPublication Date: 2nd of March, 2021Australian RRP: $34.99 “Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent’s dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and on track to becoming a surgeon. A self-confessed workaholic, she regularly put ‘knife before life’, knowing it was all going to…… Continue reading Book Review: Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota
House of Hollowby Krystal SutherlandRating: ★★★★ Published by Penguin Books AustraliaPublication Date: 30th of March, 2021Australian RRP: $19.99 “Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at…… Continue reading Book Review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
The Cousinsby Karen M. McManusRating: ★★★ Published by Penguin Books AustraliaPublication Date: 1st of December, 2020Australian RRP: $17.99 “Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they’ve never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a…… Continue reading *Spoiler-Free* Book Review: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
All The Young Menby Ruth Coker BurksRating: ★★★★★ Published by Hachette AustraliaPublication Date: 24th of November, 2020Australian RRP: $32.99 “In 1986, 26-year-old Ruth Coker Burks visits a friend in hospital when she notices that the door to one of the patient’s rooms is painted red. The nurses are reluctant to enter, drawing straws to decide…… Continue reading Book Review: All The Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks
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