5 Star review – The Last King of Angkor Wat
The Last King of Angkor Wat Graeme Base Graeme Base’s illustrations are iconic. The animals he creates are so lifelike that you could easily mistake his pictures for photos. I had […]
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5 star read – The Fictional Woman
The Fictional Woman Tara Moss I’ve enjoyed Tara Moss’s crime series and have followed her writing career with interest, so I was curious to know what her foray into non-fiction […]
5 Star Review – Missing Christopher
Missing Christopher Jayne Newling The death of a child is always tragic and goes against the natural order of life. But to lose one to suicide leaves questions, guilt and […]
5 star review – Into the Heart of the Himalayas
Into the Heart of the Himalayas Jono Lineen The gestation of this book has been almost 20 years, but the wait has been worth it. The author, now a curator […]
Miles Franklin Award 2014 Winner – Review
All the Birds, Singing Evie Wyld It takes some effort to get into this novel – which contains two stories told in alternate chapters – but it’s worth it. The […]
5 Star Read – The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Sun-mi Hwang This is a story about a hen called Sprout. She’s an egg-laying hen, kept in the coop where she cannot wander […]
5 Star Read – The Pagoda Tree
The Pagoda Tree Claire Scobie Set in southern India in the second half of the 18th century, this novel is woven around the character of Maya. At the age of […]
5 Star Read – My mother, My Father
My Mother, My Father: On losing a parent Edited by Susan Wyndham It’s a group to which many of us already belong or will eventually – the adult orphans club. In […]
An Oldie but a Goodie
I finished my book recently and stood bereft the next night before bed. I had nothing new to read. Desperate, I looked through a shelf of secondhand books that I had bought […]
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