By Erin StewartISBN13: 9781471185991Publisher: Simon and Schuster Meet Ava. She was a normal teenager, a daughter, and a singer. Now she is the "burnt girl". Due to being a YA and easy to read language, I thought this would be a book I would read in an afternoon, and then forget. But, oh how I was mistaken. After a horrifying housefire, 16-year-old Ava is left with … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Lying Room
By Nicci FrenchISBN: 9781471179242Copy: Simon and Schuster Everyone comes to her for advice as she is trustworthy, a great friend and leads a normal , simple life ( or so they think ) but Neve has a big secret that no one knows about or do they? Her eldest child Mabel has had mental issues, her husband closets himself in his study, her home seems to have a revolving … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The World That We Knew
By Alice HoffmanISBN: 978-1-4711-8583-0Simon and Schuster Australia The World that We Knew manages to be both devastatingly sad and luminously beautiful at the same time. It’s quite an extraordinary novel. I’m not always a great fan of magic realism; some writers seem to use it as a means to avoid plotting properly. Here, however, it adds a gentle patina that softens the … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Arrangement
By Robyn HardingISBN: 978 1 760850463Publisher: Simon and Schuster (2019) “The Arrangement” is both a thriller and a character study, and is compelling on both levels. Once you start reading, there’s every chance you won’t stop until you’ve reached the end. Natalie is an art student in New York, and like many students, she’s struggling to pay her bills. A fellow student … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads August 2019
August is breathing down my neck and we have a great list of books on offer. Broken Masterpiece - Tee SmithMystery/Suspense Nothing is as it seems. When Charlie wakes from a brutal attack, she finds herself in a strange new world. Desperate for answers, she searches for remnants of the life she had. Her last memory was more than ten years ago. She … [Read more...]
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