Reviewsday: Circe by Madeline Miller
“Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head.” A lyrical reimagining of the myth of Circe, witch of Aiaia, with a feminist bent and gorgeously lush prose. Circe was born of Helios and Perse, then banished to the island of Aiaia in punishment. […]
QBD Reviews: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The people of Norta are divided by class, by ability, by blood – red or silver. Silvers are the elite ruling class, endowed with god-like powers. The Reds are commoners, powerless and destined to serve the Silvers. Seventeen-year-old Mare Barrow is one such Red, living a bleak existence with her family in the Stilts. Mare […]
Happy First Birthday QBD Wollongong!
Our Wollongong store is having their first birthday this weekend, March 4th! Make sure you pop on in and wish them a Happy Birthday! We asked the team at Wollongong what they have loved reading over the past year. There’s some pretty amazing titles in this list! The Great Gatsby by F. […]
Spotlight on QBD Liverpool
From spine-chilling thrillers to action-packed biographies our Liverpoool team have some great reading suggestions for you this week! It by Stephen King: You want scary? Pennywise is here and he’ll scare the be-Jesus out of you every other page. Pennywise made an entire generation scared of clowns when the film came out, kinda topical now […]
