Title: Again Again Author: E. Lockhart Type: Young Adult Fiction Pages: 304 Published: 2020 Adelaide’s life has been turned upside down by her brother’s addiction, her family’s separation and her devastating breakup with Mikey. With an aching heart and an unfinished school project hanging over her head, threatening her final grades, Adelaide chooses to stay at her boarding school for the summer, walking professors’ dogs and … Continue reading Book Review: Again Again
Title: Things Unseen Author: Pamela Power Type: Mystery Pages: 216 Published: 2016 Emma is the wife of a wealthy Joburg gynae, Rick, a man who likes to be in control and enjoys a bit on the side. Craig, Emma’s ex-lover who relocated to the UK with a high-profile policing job, returns for a visit – opportunely as it happens as Emma’s mother is murdered and … Continue reading Book Review: Things Unseen
Hi bloggers, Today’s quote comes from Jerzy Gregory that says hard choices yield to an easy life. Make those hard choice, travel on the road less travelled and see the beauty of the results of your sacrifice. Have a great day and be on the look out for my next post. Continue reading Quote of the day
Title: The Yield Author: Tara June Winch Type: Fiction Pages:352 Published: 2019 August Gondiwindi flies back to Australia, rents a car and drives seven hours inland to the aptly named town of Massacre Plains. This is the small town where August grew up in the care of her grandparents. It’s a place “where the sun slap[s] the earth with an open palm.” It’s the place … Continue reading Book Review: The Yield
Title: One of us is lying Author: Karen McManus Type: Fiction, Mystery Pages:282 Published: 2017 One of Us is Lying is a teenage-take on themes as dark as murder and depression, and although other writers are unsuccessful in developing such deep plots for a younger audience, Karen M. McManus writes with an enjoyable voice that establishes her story very effectively that, additionally, is targeted well … Continue reading Book Review: One of us is lying
Title: Parachutes Author: Kelly Yang Type: Fiction Pages: 496 Published: 2020 Claire Wang of Shanghai and Dani De La Cruz of California both go to a private high school near Los Angeles. Claire’s parents’ decision to send her to American Prep reflects the cultural phenomenon for which the book is titled, in which wealthy Chinese students immigrate to attend American high schools in the hopes … Continue reading Book Review: Parachutes
Title: Little Universes Author: Heather Demetrios Type: Fiction Pages: 368 Published:2020 I feel that there was a lot going on in this book, however. There was nothing light-hearted about it. It was supremely dark, and there is very little light or hope in this book. While most of that is due to Hannah, Mae also experiences some things as well. When Mae and Hannah’s parents … Continue reading Book Review: Little Universes
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Title: Writers & Lovers Author: Lily King Type: Fiction Pages:320 Published: 2020 Casey Kasem, is a struggling writer who is also struggling to make ends meet as a waitress, she lives in her landlord’s shed and has to walk his dog to be able to cover rent. Not only is she struggling but she’s also in debt and her love life is also in trouble. … Continue reading Book Review: Writers and lovers
Title: My kind of people Author: Lisa Duffy Type: Fiction Published: 2020 Pages: 352 Lisa Duffy depicts the events of the story in the book beautifully, makes the reader feel what the character is feeling no matter how uncomfortable it is.. Summary: Sky is a little girl who was abandoned at a fire station as a baby, by the age of 10 she has experienced … Continue reading Book Review: My Kind of people
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