Reviewed by Angela Marie Two more Suzie K Diaries and two readers (who reviewed Files 1 & 2) very excited to learn that the new Suzie K books have arrived. Would they please read them and share their thoughts? Would they ever! Our avid readers are Olive, now six and a half, and Harper counting down the
Reviewed by Ian Lipke To take on a project like this says much about the bravery of Mark Williams. His study of Ireland’s Immortals identifies him as a very knowledgeable and creative scholar who is up for a challenge. He describes his book as “the story of a nation’s fantasy, and of the crossing places
Reviewed by Ian Lipke In the second half of the first millennium in the medieval Middle East, the Christian population held a decided majority in terms of population numbers and continued to do so into the era of the Crusades. Yet Christian communities broke apart over theological disagreements. Tannous set out to find what it
Reviewed by Ian Lipke Reading songs of praise by various critics – totally original (David Baldacci), brilliant (Stephen Fry), smart, sophisticated suspense (Lee Child) – I found it difficult to wait until I could get my hands on my copy of The Silent Patient. My wait was well rewarded. The story opens with a
Reviewed by Angela Marie The Extraordinary Life of Stephen Hawking is part of a series designed for the 7 years + reader and features people whose lives have had great impact on us. Some are everyday names whilst others are less well known. To adults the name Stephen Hawking conjures up images of amazing brainpower, resilience
Reviewed by Rod McLary Tami Hoag is a best-selling author with over 40 million copies of her books in print. She successfully made a transition from writing romance to crime/mystery, and has written a series of stand-alone crime novels. Since beginning her sojourn into crime in 1988, she has written 39 – a frequency of
Reviewed by Ian Lipke Clare Mackintosh’s book Let Me Lie has the ultimate attention-grabber on its front cover. How could anyone resist – the police say it was suicide, Anna says it was murder, They’re both wrong – could you resist that? Accident, you say? But it’s also described as a ‘chilling, twisty psychological thriller
Reviewed by Ian Lipke Kerry-Anne Walsh was a name not known to me when I read her expose of Pauline Hanson. I was very keen to find out what I could about a writer of a book with such a provocative title. I discovered that she had been a member of the Canberra press gallery