Young Adult: Writing Clementine by Kate Gordon

Clementine Darcy is just starting year 9 and finds herself a little disappointed by Ms Hiller’s philosophy class. Expecting to be devouring great works by influential thinkers, Clementine doesn’t see the point in being told to write whatever comes to her head. But as the year goes on Clementine finds herself sharing the highs and lows …

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Q&A with Kate Gordon author of Writing Clementine

I’m excited today to be sharing my interview with Kate Gordon – the author of the newly released, Writing Clementine. Set in Tasmania and told though letters/a writing assignment in class, Writing Clementine is a great novel about one young teen’s struggles with family dramas, friend pressures and romantic entanglements. It’s a very sweet novel with a lively and …

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Q&A with Ellie Marney author of Every Word

I’m delighted today to be sharing a Q&A with Ellie Marney, author of the Every series. I absolutely adore the characters she’s created, the plot twists and turns she makes them endure and the delightful Sherlock Holmes spin she has taken. I hope you enjoy reading Ellie’s answers as much as I did.   Q&A …

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Young Adult: Every Word by Ellie Marney

Things have been going well between Rachel and Mycroft. That is until a murder investigation brings Mycroft to London. Rachel is worried for him – this new case has suspicious similarities to the crash which killed his parents all those years ago. Not wanting him to have to face his demons alone, Rachel does something …

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Q&A with Clare Strahan author of Cracked

I’m excited today to be sharing a Q&A with Clare Strahan, the author of Cracked. Cracked is a uniquely Australian young adult novel about relationships and staying true to your own self. You can check out my review for Cracked here.   Q&A with Clare Strahan Can you tell us where you came up with …

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Young Adult: Cracked by Clare Strahan

Clover hasn’t had the most conventional upbringing. Raised by a single mother who the kids at school consider to be odd is not easy. Her mother is ideologically opposed to Facebook and her many eccentricities make it hard for Clover to relate to the kids at school. There’s also the small little fact that Clover has …

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A Supernatural Mystery in 1920s New York: A Review of The Diviners by Libba Bray

Banished from Zenith, Ohio for a party trick gone wrong, Evie O’Neill intends to enjoy her punishment in New York. Staying with her Uncle Will, the curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition and the Occult (known to by most as The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies), and his assistant Jericho, Evie manages to find …

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The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M Valente: A Review

Never before have I read a book which combined the utterly absurd with such playful prose. Catherynne M Valente has created a delightful novel with bizarre characters, intriguing lands and a heroine you can’t help but like. The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two is the third book in the …

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The Tea Chest by Josephine Moon: A Review

It is almost like a dream come true when Kate Fullerton becomes a part-owner of The Tea Chest, a boutique tea shop. Free to let her creativity run wild, The Tea Chest gives Kate the opportunity to create, blend and share her love of tea with the public. But dreams can go awry. When Kate …

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Book Review + Giveaway: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Today I get to share with you all my review for the third and final book in the Juliette Chronicles, Ignite Me. Allen & Unwin have generously offered on copy for me to giveaway (open to residents of Australia and New Zealand) so please be sure to check out the end of this post for …

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