Reviewsday: Mockingjay

A whole new game has begun… Mockingjay, the final book of the supercharged Hunger Games trilogy, is a book on springs. You won’t be able to put it down. Darker even than it’s predecessors, Mockingjay reads like a gritty war novel as Katniss works with the rebellion to overthrow the Capitol and President Snow. Becoming […]
Reviewsday: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

At QBD we love our authors and our Brisbane City store staff were lucky enough to be surprised by a visit by Graeme Simsion in the past week! Not only was he “super nice” (exact quote right there) but he signed a few copies of his new book The Rosie Effect. He even posed for […]
Reviewsday: Above Suspicion

How did I end up hooked on Lynda La Plante? I’m not a thriller reader. My favourite reads are from the fantasy section, I recently became addicted to young adult in line with the John Green wave… I’ve been known to enjoy the odd paranormal romance… but I’ve never been a thriller reader. Until now. […]
Reviewsday: All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld

We are each trying to control our shadow, that which we have not resolved from our past. Jake Whyte is no exception. All the Birds, Singing is her compelling story. It unfolds across two islands and 30 years. One is Jake’s future, a rugged, windswept English island where she has built her flock of sheep along with her only real companion, […]