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 [...]
She has to escape. But who else is out there? And can anyone survive days like this? I want to go back to the days when life made sense. The days before our parents became strange; before the warming ate away at all the living things in the world; before The Committee and their Blacktroopers. [...]
Meg Rosoff 9780141329338 United Book Distributors 29 Mar 2010 Listening recently to my dear friend Nicole talk about her love for Meg Rosoff’s- How I Live Now, I decided a revisit of the novel was in order, since it had been some years since I read it. I will not be reviewing How I Live [...]
The latest and greatest of delightful and poignant offerings from legend Morris Gleitzman, does not, disappoint! (As if that is even possible!) I adored Too Small To Fail- Morris Gleitzman. The protagonist of this particular novel, like his predecessors, is endearing, adorable and utterly loveable. My arms still ache with the need to give this [...]
This was the Pocket Money Puffin I MOST looked forward to reading! However, when it arrived, I was thwarted by my 10 year old daughter Indiana, who begged to read it first. I relented, (puppy eyes work wonders on me) and am pleased I did. I think Indiana’s review of The Gorgon In The Gully [...]
There have been some truly amazing events happening in the last couple of weeks. Possibly the highlight if them would have to have been this one. Puffin’s 70th Birthday, hosted in Melbourne. Never have I felt more privileged to be in a room. Never have I felt so overwhelmingly sentimental about books, (and that is [...]
