There is a sentence my children use amongst themselves in our house. The sentence is, ‘Its okay, its a Melina book.’ Allow me to elucidate. Those of you who visit the BookGryffin often, are well versed in my love and loyalty for any and all words penned by Melina Marchetta. One of my goals for [...]
So, I finished Across The Universe- Beth Revis. And I really liked it, ALOT. And I really want to write an intelligent and thoughtful review.( I can do those sometimes ) Try as I might, I just cant write a review to compete with Kayla’s. Not that I want too mind you…so I say, lets [...]
Often, while reading a book, a single word will circulate in my mind. This word usually sums up my overall feeling about the novel itself. The word that continually whispered in my subconscious whilst reading Gabrielle Wang’s- Little Paradise, was effortless. Much has been written about World War Two, both fiction and non-fiction. It is [...]
One of the things I love most about Christmas Holidays is the fact that I get an unprecedented amount of time to read. Its wonderful. So I thought I might take a moment to share with you all which titles are keeping me up to the wee hours this holidays… Minutes ago I finished my [...]
Kayla is back with her latest review…this time for Lish McBride’s Hold Me Closer Necromancer. I think we would all agree, Kayla writes such great reviews, I may have to give the blog over to her full time! If there were an award for perfect combination of super-natural scary themes and the average teenage sense [...]
Kayla has already reviewed it. I have yet to read it. But how AWESOME is this trailer!
I am always delighted when parents in our school community take the time to drop in to the library. Lately, I have had several dropping in to ask me what books they should buy their children and young adults for Christmas. I have also had several emails asking me the same thing. I decided to [...]
The lovely Tegan Miller has returned with another review!!!! I swear, without her and my other fabulous guest reviewers, this blog would be sooooooooooo boring….I had a little giggle over this one guys, our Miss Tegan sure doesn’t pull any punches! Sigh, remember wht it was like to be 13 and have SO much time to [...]
How lucky am I? Not one but two talented readers/reviewers in my family. Kayla guest reviews and shares her thoughts on Scout- Nicole Plüss. Enjoy! A book based on interpretations of the past complete with adventure and romance, Scout- Nicole Plüss was a brilliant read. Main character Kit Lovell is a young woman on a [...]
I LOVE a good competition! And the one I am about to share with you all has a prize I covet ENORMOUSLY!!! Lets face it, who wouldn’t want to win this one??? If you click on the cover of Kirsty Eagars amazing book cover above, you shall be magically transported over to Between The Lines, [...]
