(Book Review):Into Tordon by Z.F. Kingbolt

In Into Tordon, gamer girl Beth has just become the newest champion of her favourite online game, Tordon. Proud to be able to show people that she may be only thirteen and she may have a complicated home life but she is a winner, Beth goes to meet up with fellow gamers only to be sucked into …

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Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

Thor’s legendary hammer has gone missing and it’s up to Magnus Chase and his group of assorted magical friends to find it before its loss brings about the end of the world. Just another typical week in the afterlife of Magnus Chase, son of Frey. In their quest to find Mjölnir, Magnus and his crew face zombie …

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Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

NOTE: No spoilers for Empire of Storms will be posted in this review but there may be spoilers for previous books in the Throne of Glass series.  Empire of Storms has been my most anticipated read of 2016. Since reading the first book of the series in 2012, I’ve been in love with the Throne …

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(Adventures on the High Seas): Oh Ship! by Lori A. Moore

I’ve always loved the idea of cruise ships. And despite never having gone on one, I still love the idea of sailing away on a boat and visiting all sorts of exotic places. And much like my love of cruise ships, I loved the concept of Lori A. Moore’s book Oh Ship: Tales of a …

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Book Review: A Toaster on Mars by Darrell Pitt

It started out like a typical day for Blake Carter. That was until he got attacked by a musical instrument, met Agent Nikki Steel (his new cyborg partner) and had his daughter Lisa kidnapped by criminal mastermind and infamous villain, Bartholomew Badde. With things going from Badde to worse, Blake, Nikki and Blake’s ex-wife Astrid team …

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Q&A and Review: Crystal Kingdom by Amanda Hocking

StoStop I’m delighted to welcome you to my stop on the Crystal Kingdom blog tour organized by Pan Macmillan Australia. I was lucky enough to get to ask Amanda Hocking some questions to share with you all. And be sure to keep reading to read until the end of this post to see my review …

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(There’s No Way Out…): The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Thomas doesn’t remember life before arriving in the Glade. Neither do any of the other boys living there. All they know is the Glade and the Maze. Surrounding their little village of sorts is a mammoth labyrinth full of terrible and dangerous creatures. Only the Maze Runners are permitted in the maze and as soon as Thomas learns …

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Demigods, Monsters and Weapons of Mythological Destruction: A Review of the Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

I read the first Percy Jackson novel (The Lightning Thief) and I wasn’t the biggest fan. But after re-watching the films a few weeks ago, I was suddenly quite sad that they weren’t planning on adapting the rest of the series for the screen. There was so much which was left unsaid and mysteries that …

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Down the Rabbithole: A Review of Splintered by AG Howard

The females in Alyssa Gardner’s family line are cursed. It’s been this way ever since Alyssa’s great-great-great-grandmother Alice Liddell went down the rabbit hole. Alice’s adventures may have inspired Lewis Carroll’s classic novel but it also caused strangeness and mental instability for every female born to Alice’s family line ever since. Alyssa knows about Alice and …

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan: A Review

I’ve seen the movies and loved them so I thought it was about time I saw where everything began for Percy, Grover and Annabeth. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan tells the story of how twelve year old Percy Jackson discovers he’s a demigod. Son of Poseidon, Percy has never quite been like other kids. …

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