I miss Tom. Actually I miss them all. These beautiful, broken and damaged people (excepting Frankie, no damage there) I miss the whole medley of characters Marchetta has given us in her latest novel, The Piper’s Son. Even Stani. Especially Ned. It is not uncommon for me to ‘love’ fictional characters. Take them into my [...]
The always awesome Victoria has this week posted her regular Wednesday Vlog for YA Rebels. The theme this week is ‘What Makes You A Rebel?’ I think Miss V sums it up beautifully. That and we have a shared fear of clowns… Victoria tells… What Makes Her A Rebel?
An exciting event for all of us in the Australian Book loving/blogging/reading/publishing industry is the release of Melina Marchetta’s new novel The Piper’ Son on March 1st this year. I am still composing my review for this title. However, the best review I have read so far comes from the notable Adele. Adele is a [...]
As a formerly trained classical ballerina of 13 years, I usually demur to read books about ballet dancers. Mostly because the author always fails to encapsulate adequately (in my opinion) the feeling a ballerina experiences whilst dancing. When I was given a copy of Dancing In The Dark- Robyn Bavati, I absentmindedly turned it over [...]
