Posts tagged with "books"
The 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 moreMy MS Readathon Fundraiser
02 August 2025The MS Readathon is hands down one of the best fundraising campaigns in Australia (in my opinion). I have taken part in the MS Readathon every year since I was 6 years old (only a few decades ago...
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 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 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 'Dis'abled Reader: The Creation of Read the Write Book
16 March 2023I read around 1,000 books per year, and not just because I like the stories…
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