The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Book Review
The gorgeous cover got me in but that intriguing story pinned me down. Told over eight decades, this is the story of women’s friendship and …
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The Angry Women’s Choir by Meg Bignell
The title and cover of the book shouted, ‘read me’. I love books about change and hope especially if women are the protagonists. This book …
The Summoning series by Kelley Armstrong
This trilogy landed fifteen years ago, and many book lovers now fondly recall these novels as part of their childhood awakening into fantasy and dark …
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott – A Review
Arnott’s characters are real and I cared about what happened to them. He conjured mysterious creatures in beautiful Australian landscapes and humans grappling with their …
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang – A Review
Every page of Rebecca F Kuang’s Yellowface had me internally groaning and pulling ugly faces. The fact I kept reading is a testament to the …
The Eleventh Floor by Kylie Orr
Kylie Orr is a local author who writes domestic suspense. She says she likes to write about things that make her rage. Kylie’s new book, …
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
This is my second Dennis Lehane book. I read the last one a number of years ago and remember it as a gritty story set …
A Curiosity of Consequence by Kel White – Book Review
I’ve just finished reading A Curiosity of Consequence by our very own MAC author, Kel White, and find myself desperately reluctant to be dragged out …
Book Week
It’s Book Week all across Australia, which means parents are putting Harry Potter spell-themed snacks into lunch boxes and frantically scrounging up costumes late at …
Barbenheimer
When the Barbenheimer social media frenzy began, I decided to remain detached from it at all costs. I didn’t read anything about the Barbie movie …