Category: 4 Stars

Hill House is Vile // Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

October 20, 2018

Genre: Classics, Horror Date Published: 1959 Publisher: Penguin Pages: 182 Buy: Amazon – Book Depository Australia: Booktopia – Angus & Robertson The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the … More Hill House is Vile // Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

April 12, 2017

Genre: Fantasy Date Published: March 28 2017 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 544 Buy: Amazon – Book Depository Australia: Angus & Robertson – Booktopia – Hachette Australia Follow Laini Taylor on Twitter The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around – and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he … More Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Review: A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

January 21, 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Date Published: January 12 2016 Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Pages: 320 Buy: Amazon – Book Depository Australia: Angus & Robertson – Booktopia – Macmillan’s Children’s Books Follow Sara Barnard on Twitter Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can’t hear, but he can listen. Their love isn’t a lightning strike, it’s the rumbling … More Review: A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

Mini Reviews: Wrecked by Maria Padian & Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

November 16, 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Date Published: October 4 2016 Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Pages: 368 Buy: Amazon // Book Depository // Algonquin Young Readers Follow Maria Padian on Twitter Everyone has heard a different version of what happened that night at MacCallum College. Haley was already in bed when her roommate, Jenny, arrived home shell-shocked from the wild Conundrum House … More Mini Reviews: Wrecked by Maria Padian & Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig