Release Date: 25th February 2015 Australian Publisher: Text Publishing. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: From the author of the Text Prize-winning The Bridge. The ceasefire is barely holding. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Then Cityside blows up the bridge. And amid the chaos and … More Review: Havoc By Jane Higgins.
Today I am reviewing ‘While We Run’ by Karen Healey, sequel to ‘When We Wake’. I have a paperback copy to giveaway to one lucky Australian reader! Details at the end of the post. Note: as this is a sequel it will have spoilers for book one, though not for this book. Release Date: April … More Review + Giveaway: While We Run By Karen Healey.
Release date: January 27th 2013. Publisher: Allen and Unwin. Source: Purchased. Synopsis from Goodreads: The last thing Tegan remembers is the crack as the gun went off, intense pain, and everything fading to black. One hundred years later, she wakes up. A fast-paced near-future romance. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in … More Review: When We Wake By Karen Healey.
Release Date: August 1st 2014. Publisher: Random House Australia. Source: From publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Random House Website: This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . . Twins Justine and Perry are about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It’s … More Review: Are You Seeing Me? By Darren Groth.
Release Date: May 21st 2014. Publisher: Black Dog Books. Source: From Walker Books Australia in exchange for an honest review. #It is the 12th book I have read for the Australian Women Writers challenge. Synopsis from Goodreads: “Don’t let her know you’re scared,” Alexander’s father had said to him the first time Alexander had sat on … More Review: Alexander Altmann A10567 #aww2014.
Stepping out is a feature on my blog where I step out of the YA world and review an adult book. Today I am stepping out with Thornwood House, the debut novel by Australian author Anna Romer. It is also the 10th book I have read for the Australian Women Writers challenge. Publisher: Simon and … More Stepping out with Thornwood House. #aww2014.
Today I am reviewing The Disappearance Of Ember Crow, book two in The Tribe series by Ambelin Kwaymullina. I’m also happy to say I am part of the blog tour for this book so make sure you come back on December 14th and check out my interview with Ambelin. I am announcing some very exciting … More Review: The Disappearance Of Ember Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina.
Welcome to this week’s Spotlight Saturday. Every Saturday I shine the spotlight on an Australian book that I think deserves to be read. Today I will be shining the spotlight on the YA dystopian ‘The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf.’ by Ambelin Kwaymullina. The synopsis from Goodreads: The Reckoning destroyed civilisation. Rising from the ashes, some … More Spotlight Saturday: Review ‘The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf.’
Rochelle L. Sharpe 