A Year of Reading – 2018 in Review
It’s time to celebrate the year that was 2018. On a personal level it was a really tough year with more downs than ups, but when it came to reading it was my mo...
How I Finished 7 Book Series in 2018
At the beginning of the year I made some reading resolutions, one of them was to focus my reading on finishing series that I had begun. I am a serial offender o...
Best Books of 2018
Choosing the best books of the year is always a difficult task, but this year was especially difficult. Not only were there some really incredible titles publis...
30 Books to Read Before 30
I recently celebrated my 29th birthday, and as birthdays often do it prompted me to think about the year ahead and what I would like to achieve. One thing was f...
Review: ‘Begin, End, Begin’ – Various 2017
My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Wonderfully diverse, Begin End Begin showcases so many different ways to tell an Australian story. If you are a #LoveOzYA fan you’...
Review: ‘This One Summer’ – Mariko & Jillian Tamaki 2014
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A slice-of-life graphic novel that perfectly captures the frustrations and small anxieties of early teen life. The illustrations are g...
Guest review: ‘The Book of Dust’ – Philip Pullman 2017
My rating: 3 of 5 stars I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read a couple of years ago that Philip Pullman would be continuing Lyra and Pan’s story wi...
Review: ‘The Hate U Give’ – Angie Thomas 2017
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stop reading this review. Instead read this book. The Hate U Give is without doubt the most important YA novel this year, and should be ...
Review: ‘The Build-Up Season’ – Megan Jacobson 2017
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A confronting but compelling exploration of domestic violence and the legacies of abuse set against the gathering storm clouds of Darwin...
Review: ‘Nimona’ – Noelle Stevenson 2015
Is it possible to love a book too much? No? Well, I adored Nimona from the first page to the last, and it was an instant addition to my ‘favourites’...