Reviewsday: The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
I first saw Garth Nix at a children’s literature festival in Queensland. He was wearing cowboy boots, and stroking an imaginary cat. He began to speak. At that moment, I think I fell in love. Teenage author crushes really are the best. I’d been reading his books for some years at this point, probably starting […]
Reviewsday: A book to love, just as it is.
I’m going to go ahead and assume that you’ve all seen the film Bridget Jones’s Diary. If you haven’t, go watch it now. It’s ok, I’ll wait. Finished? Did you love it? Everyone loves it. The story of Bridget and her modern-day Pride & Prejudice adventure is hilarious, heartwarming, and captivating. Now, in case […]
Reviewsday: Hogfather
You can’t kill Anthropomorphic Personifications…or at least that’s what everyone thought. Everyone, but Mr Teatime. There is a plot afoot to kill the fat man and only Susan Sto-Helit and her handy poker can stave it off… To be fair, she doesn’t want to stave it off. She’d much prefer to be normal. But she […]
Reviewsday: Lost Brisbane
As a Brisbanite born and bred I was fascinated by this beautiful coffee table book. To be honest, I was looking for some of my relatives at the beginning (because we all want to be related to someone famous) but the more I looked, the more I was engrossed by the history and beauty of […]
