Reviewsday: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
I love contemporaries, and “Anna and the French Kiss” is up there with the best of them. Fluffy, cute, beautiful, real, brilliant and imaginative; “Anna and the French Kiss” is an absolutely adorable read that will have you hooked and leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside. I love how Anna and Étienne didn’t just […]
Reviewsday: The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
Let me start by saying how much I enjoy reading local Australian content novels. There’s nothing wrong with overseas titles but an Aussie title always draws me deeper in. It’s not the sometimes over-the-top outback dramas I’m talking about (which I do love!) but the ordinary settings and situations. Things like the seasons being the […]
Reviewsday: Joelle Charbonneau’s Dividing Eden
Having read Joelle Charbonneau’s Testing series (which has a Hunger Games-esque vibe to it for all of you dystopian novel lovers!), I think I can safely say I was jumping up and down out of excitement when Dividing Eden popped up on my radar. Reminiscent of The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye, Dividing Eden tells […]
New Life for a Beloved Classic
When Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale was released in 1985, it was an immediate and visceral success. Thirty-two years later, the novel is even more terrifying and socially relevant today. Set in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States government, The Handmaid’s Tale follows the story of […]
