Setting an ambitious goal of reading 100 books for 2022 was a big task. From classics to trilogies, to retellings to LGBTQIA+ nothing was off limits. There were some surprising reads, but also some duds. Never discredit the average book. There is nothing wrong with average. It’s the average books that make you appreciate the …
By Adam Silvera Pages: Hardcover 560, Paperback 368, Audiobook 6 hours.Mi Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a prequel to They Both Die at the End. Set ten years prior in 2010, tells the story of Valentino and Orion. Death-Cast has just launched. Valentino has just moved to New York, and his twin sister Scarlett is making …
By Rachel GivneyPaperback: 432 pagesPublished: June 1st, 2021 by Penguin Random House AustraliaGenre: Historial fictionMi Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐& 3/4 Stars Set in Poland on the brink of the Second World War, 16-year-old Marie’s primary concern is the disappearance of her mother fifteen years prior. Marie’s father Dominik a well-respected and innovative doctor at the local hospital is silent …
By Taylor Jenkins-Reid 385 pages, PaperbackFirst published June 13, 2017Mi Rating: 4.25 Stars Evelyn Hugo is glamorous. (Think Elizabeth Taylor glamorous). When she is ready to tell all about her life, she specifically chooses Monique Grant of Vivant (let’s just say Vogue) magazine. Monique questions why her. Her life is in shambles, her husband has …
By Taylor Jenkins Reid 355 pages, HardcoverFirst published March 5, 2019Mi Rating: 3 Stars My daughter really wanted to get me a book for my birthday. She knows I like to read, and it has also rubbed off on her. We were in a boutique bookstore in Hamilton, and my husband was “find something tell …
By Fiona Lucas Paperback: 432Rating: 3.5 stars Three years ago, the love of Anna’s life Spencer was tragically killed in an accident while going to the corner shop to get milk. For the last three years, Anna has really been existing. Everyone keeps telling her to move on, but how can she when she lost …
By Lynette Noni Book 1: The Prison HealerBook 2: The Gilded CageBook 3: The Blood Traitor Genre: Fantasy, Young AdultRating: 5 Stars One of my 2022 reading challenges was to read a best seller and a trilogy. After a quick google search, I came across the Prison Healer Trilogy on Dymocks books recommended list. I’ll …
By Cass Moriarty Paperback: 304 PagesGenre: Australian, Contemporary, Rating: 4 stars The story of an older man and a 10-year boy on a suburban street in the city of Brisbane. While we never learn their names, we do learn their stories. For the purpose of this review, I’m going to call the old man Robert …
By Kim Lock Paperback: 368 PagesAudiobook: 9hGenre: Australian, Contemporary, Travel, Women, Mental Health Rating: 3.75 stars If you are looking for a coming of age (or some might say mid-life crisis) book about a woman in her 30s. Then the other side of beautiful is for you. Mercy has not left her house for 2 …
By Adam Silvera Paperback: 368 pagesGenre: Modern Sci-fiRating: 4 stars Now you may be thinking “Sci-fi? Really?”. It’s not set in outer space, but in a world very similar to our own, with Facebook and Instagram. In this world, however, there is a company called Death-Cast. If you receive a call from them, you only …
