Reviewsday: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The book world has been loving Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz; based on the incredible true story of Ludwig & Gita Sokolov – the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies’ man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in […]
Reviewsday: Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
Tempests and Slaughter was the Tamora Pierce book I wasn’t sure I needed but ended up really loving. I adore Tamora Pierce. I’ve been reading her since the age of ten, and her books dominated my early teens. Among my favourites was her Immortals sequence, in which we first met the powerful mage, Numair. Tempests […]
QBD Reviews: The Secrets At Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier
Meet our February Book of the Month! The Secrets At Ocean’s Edge has been likened to Australian classics like M.L. Stedman’s award-winning novel The Light Between Oceans, and Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker. 1932. Ernie and Lily Hass, and their daughter, Girlie, have lost almost everything in the Depression; all they have keeping their small family […]
Reviewsday: Bonfire by Krysten Ritter
Explosive from the first kindling down to the last ember. Krysten Ritter has a detailed imagination and, in her debut novel, she weaves a mysterious web. Protagonist Abby Williams returns to her small county hometown of Barrens to investigate a case of corporate pollution in the reservoir. This case burns a little too bright and […]
