Posts tagged with "Book of the Week"
The Banksia House Breakout by James Roxburgh - A Book Review
31 August 2025A 5-Star feel good read As an ex Aged Care worker, this was so much fun to read. This book had me hooting with laughter and shaking in anger, while still managing to give the warm fuzzies. What an...
Read moreThe Spell Shop & The Enchanted Greenhouse Book Review
03 August 2025Cosy Fantasy booksby Sarah Beth Durst The Spell Shop What a delightfully enchanting treasure this book is. I was captivated from the very first line, even though it's not a genre I'm usually into....
Read moreSpelling Machine - Keith Faulkner: A Book Review
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Read moreMammoth Mystery Series: Book Reviews
25 May 2025I read these books when I was in the first year or two of high school (around 12-14 years of age) and I absolutely loved them. They are a series I never forgot. They're a short, simple read, with...
Read moreBoxing Bootsie - Shelley Swanson (Adventures at Tabby Towers): A Book Review
18 May 2025Boxing Bootsie - Shelley Swanson Sateren (Adventures at Tabby Towers): A Book Review Illustrated by Deborah Melmon The blurb is quite misleading. Bootsie wasn't supposed to be staying with Tabitha at...
Read moreOld Screw - David 'Emu' Farrell: A Book Review
04 May 2025A Captivating Autobiography I've actually been sitting on this one for ages, thinking I wouldn't like it, but I was wrong. The writing style is smooth, easy to follow and makes for a nice reading...
Read moreSecrets of the Book - Erin Fry: A Book Review
27 April 2025You Don't Choose the Book - The Book Chooses You! I really enjoyed this one. For a kids book, it really is quite in depth. The attention to detail is impressive, particularly in regards to historical...
Read moreThe Storyteller - Jodi Picoult: A Book Review
20 April 2025Something for Everyone Packed with a little bit of everything from historical fiction, a romance love triangle to thriller and mystery, with a writing style that flows smoothly, allowing the many...
Read moreDracula - Bram Stoker - The Young Collector's Illustrated Classics Edition: A Book Review
13 April 2025Adapted by Leigh Hope Wood & Illustrated by Ned Butterfield This was very cleverly put together. I personally found the original version a bit tedious, as it tended to drone on a lot with no...
Read moreHe's Gone - Rebecca Collomosse: A Book Review
06 April 2025He's Gone Very hard to put down. This book has you guessing right from page one. Every time I thought I had it figured out, something would throw me back off course and I'd have to start guessing all...
Read moreBook Scavenger / The Unbreakable Code - Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
30 March 2025Absolutely brilliant! These books combine the age old love of reading into the digital age. It reminds me a lot of the book Trash, but more believable. I found myself on more than one occasion...
Read moreWilliam and Mary - Roald Dahl: A Book Review
23 March 2025Published in 1959 Humans have been searching for the answer to immortality since the dawn of time. This tale unfolds through a letter from William to his wife Mary, which she doesn't receive until...
Read morePowerless - Lauren Roberts: A Book Review
16 March 2025The Powerless Trilogy: Book One This is a classic example of why you should not judge a book by its cover (and evidence that I have not yet learnt this important skill). I literally bought this book...
Read moreHooked - Emily McIntire: A Book Review
09 March 2025Never After - book one This came up as a free audiobook title for December, and I didn't really pay attention to what it was about, it just sat in my library for a while, before I decided to listen...
Read moreWe're Alive: A Story of Survival - K.C. Wayland: A Review
02 March 2025The First Season I don't usually like audiobooks where each character is voiced by a different voice actor, but this one was done exceptionally well. I was hanging on to every word.Every character is...
Read moreHell Divers - Nicholas Sansbury Smith: A Book Review
23 February 2025Hell Divers Series: Book One This book is brilliantly done. It's so full of action you literally feel out of breath in parts. Every character is relatable to some extent and easy to empathise with. I...
Read moreDiary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney: A Book Review
16 February 2025of big shot & No Brainer As a general rule I am not a big fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. I find the narrator, Greg Heffley to be a self entitled little brat with a bad attitude that really...
Read moreArcane - Sever Bronny: A Book Review
09 February 2025nominated for the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Award This is not my usual sort of book and when I started, I wasn't really paying too much attention, but by the 10% mark, I was hooked. I love...
Read moreThe Marriage - K. L. Slater: A Book Review
02 February 2025An extremely controversial book that really had me questioning my claim of being open minded. I definitely struggled with this one.
Read moreThe Story Girl - Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery)
26 January 2025From the Author of Anne of Green Gables... This book is truly special. It has the classic vibe and really pushes the imagination back to simpler days, where children had more freedom to roam, as well...
Read moreThe Upheaval - Erica Stevens: A Book Review
19 January 2025The Survivor Chronicles book 1 This book is very full on. There's a lot happening and the reader is thrown from one character to the next, whilst also 'witnessing' a lot of character deaths.So many...
Read moreButterfly Meadow Books - Olivia Moss: A Book Review
12 January 2025Definitely a series I would recommend to children, probably around the ages of 4 to 12, depending on reading ability and personality. a solid 4-Stars for these books.
Read moreThe Nighthawk - Louise Mullins: A Book Review
05 January 2025available on pre-order now The kindle version is available on pre-order already, even though the release date isn't until the 27th of March and is priced at under $6. As Amazon doesn't allow for...
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