This book has grabbed me from the first word, and pulled me into the pages of its world, where New South Wales is no longer a beautiful city, but two worlds separated by a wall. I don’t know about anyone else, but this book made me cringe; a lot. It wasn’t gruesome or bloody, but [...]
Please make very welcome here at The Book Gryffin to our newest guest reviewer, Finn. I am sure you will all be just as thrilled and delighted as I am, to have such a talented young man sharing his bookish thoughts with us! SPOILER ALERT!!! Be warned though, Finn has revealed a few spoilers, so [...]
Tis my very favourite time of the year again and this year I have a surprise for you all. As you know, I have been largely absent from writing content for The Book Gryffin for the last few months. You, my dear readers, have been informed and entertained by my wonderfully talented and well read [...]
As you are all aware, The Book Gryffin has been heavily reliant on the reviews of my talented and well read students, owing to my commitments to the Aurealis Award’s. I am sure you will all agree they are doing a spectacular job of keeping you all informed about the vast array of quality Young [...]
Another lovely review by Emilly the Great A stunningly beautiful novel about a young boy’s survival during a winter that never ends. 2059. The snow begins to fall. Only the few are prepared. A new ice-age has begun. Born after the snows, fifteen-year-old straggler kid Willo Blake has never known a life outside hunting and [...]
Hello Beautiful people, Today I bring you a guest review by one of my gorgeous students, Emilly… Enjoy My Rating:  Publication Date: September 2011 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover , 368pp Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian Series: Birthright Series Overview: In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water [...]
I am delighted to share this wonderful review, written by one of my very talented and gorgeous students, Maddie. Please make her feel welcome! Bloodlines is a spin off from Richelle’s other series called Vampire Academy. Vampire Academy focused on one character called Rose. Bloodlines gets Vampire Academy’s secondary characters to take centre stage. Bloodlines [...]
I must confess to glancing at the contemporary, stylised ‘movie poster’ cover for Stasia Ward Kehoe’s Audition and dismissing it instantly. (Interestingly, I did the very same thing with Anna And The French Kiss- Stephanie Perkins, which thanks to Persnickety Snark, I later read and adored) Still unsure of what caught my attention and prompted [...]
This past Friday, I was honoured to be a presenter for the SLAV Conference titled, Reading Culture: collaborate, create, celebrate. The conference was beautifully organised and the wonderful SLAV members and NGV staff responsible for the Conference schedule and planning deserve a true pat on the back for all of their effort and hard work. [...]
I have been a terrible blogger of late, so much so that the Inky Awards were two whole weeks ago and I have yet to mention them at all. My sincerest apologies! Most of you were aware (owing largely to my shameless bragging here on the blog!) that one of my Year 9 Students, Iain, was [...]
