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 [...]
My entire life I have been entranced with all things Arthurian. This, as with my obsession for faerie tales, is due in no small part to the early influences of my Granny Annie and the books she read to me/placed in my hands when I was a child. I still remember vividly being curled at [...]
I am posting this for two reasons really. Number One being the fact that I am truly excited about the amazing books that our Aussie Authors and Publishers are placing on our bookstore shelves. Number Two being the fact that I have been asked a great deal of late, what books would I recommend for [...]
I believe we live in possibly the most narcissistic age of human history. No generation has been photographed or filmed more than this one. We have cameras everywhere. On our phones, on our laptops, on our desktop computers and the truth of the matter is, our teens are so used to documenting everything they do on film, [...]
Recently I was lucky enough to be a part of the Penguin Secondary Professional Development day, at which Dr Susan LaMarca spoke about units of work for the classroom. One of the novels she mentioned was The Reluctant Fundamentalist- Mohsin Hamid. I had never heard of this particular novel, but listening to Dr LaMarca, I [...]
Have you ever been so drawn to someone, that even the knowledge that they will never love you as much as you love them, cannot deter you from being irrevocably drawn to them? The knowledge that the only possible result for you, will amount to a world of pain from which you might never recover, [...]
For those of you do not know, the fabulous website for the Centre Of Youth Literature, Inside A Dog, IS BACK! Whilst the Inside A Dog website has always been a wonderful tool for keeping up with all things Young Adult Lit related in Australia, the caretakers of the site decided to give this little [...]
What a beautiful, beautiful book. Sally Rippin has such a delightfully lyrical quality to her writing style, a cadence, that is best described as melodic. Angel Creek is no exception. It has just enough of everything…adventure, intrigue, a surprising (and refreshing) take on what Angels might be like, friendship, heartache and lots of giggles. Angel Creek, [...]
It is unusual for me to read a book that is not Young Adult or Children’s fiction. However, occasionally a title will grab my attention and I will venture into the world of ‘Grown Up’ Books. Crime-Ferdinand Von Schirach, was one such book. I was fortunate enough to win an ARC through a competition Text [...]
