Book Reviews

18 April 2013

Book Review: If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern

If You Could See Me Now is a book by Cecelia Ahern published in 2005. The protagonist, Elizabeth, is a rigid and initially unlikable character, due to her mother leaving ...
17 April 2013

Book Review: Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern

Where Rainbows End is Cecelia Ahern's second book, published in 2004 after her number 1 bestseller P.S. I Love You. Rosie and Alex have been best friends since childhood but ...
17 April 2013

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau

Most people today believe that anyone who works hard enough can achieve his or her dreams. However, not everyone has an equal chance of transforming these dreams into reality. Those ...

16 April 2013

Book Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a novella written by Stephenie Meyer to accompany the third book in the Twilight series, Eclipse. The book is written in continuous ...

16 April 2013

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Set in a post-apocalyptic America, Warm Bodies explores a world which has been destroyed over the years by multiple wars and natural disasters resulting in the emergence of a zombie ...
15 April 2013

The Winemaker by Noah Gordon

Noah Gordon’s latest novel has now been translated for the English-speaking public, and The Winemaker is a delight to read. Josep Alvarez, the second son of a man who cultivates ...
15 April 2013

Book Review: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The narrative to Breaking Dawn is separated into three separate parts; the first and last ...

14 April 2013

Book Review: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The story starts with establishing that Jacob Black and Bella Swan’s friendship has been broken due to the ...

13 April 2013

Book Review: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

New Moon is the second book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The narrative follows on a few months from where Twilight finished, starting at Bella Swan’s 18th birthday. ...

12 April 2013

Book Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight is the first of the books in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The story follows 17-year-old Bella Swan as she moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to ...

11 April 2013

The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett has to be one of the most memorable classics of children’s' literature. For me it is also one of my guilty pleasures in ...

10 April 2013

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Yann Martel takes us on an extraordinary journey in his bestselling novel: Life of Pi. The book tells of the intriguing and unique story of sixteen year old Piscine Patel, ...

9 April 2013

Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

Every once in a while you stumble across a book which you know will stay with you forever. It’s the kind of book which draws you in and keeps you ...

8 April 2013

Through the Paper Wall by Heidi Nicole Bird

Heidi Nicole Bird’s “Through the Paper Wall” is a charming delight. It captured my interest from the first sentence and maintained it.. The author writes in an assured and crisp ...
3 April 2013

Lucy in the Sky by Paige Toon

As Lucy embarks upon a 24 hour flight to Australia, she finds a text message on her phone from her boyfriend, or who she thinks is her boyfriend James; she ...

2 April 2013

Black Spring by Alison Croggon

This was my most anticipated novel of 2013 and Alison Croggon does not disappoint. Black Spring, based closely on Wuthering Heights, takes place in a fantasy world where the North ...
27 March 2013

The Wedding Date by Liz Young

Originally released in 2004 under the name Asking For Trouble, it was changed for a tie in edition after a film adaptation in 2005 starring Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney and ...

25 March 2013

Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

I’ve never really been a fan of dystopian fiction, but encouraged by reading When We Were Orphans also by Ishiguro, I decided to read Never Let Me Go anyway. Whilst ...
19 March 2013

Book Review: A Man of Parts by David Lodge

David Lodge’s latest novel, A Man of Parts, truly displays his academic intellect and his light-hearted, down-to-earth, and often humorous style of fiction. Following the life of the writer H. ...
18 March 2013

Book Review: The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff

Laurel MacDonald has a dream that ends her relationship and begins her new life in North Carolina at Duke University. She finds herself engrossed in the files of the Rhine ...

4 March 2013

Review: Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

                      From my small window seat, I can see the left wing of the plane that is taking John and ...

4 March 2013

Book Review: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Jocelyn Butler has gone through so much in her 22 years. She lost her parents and baby sister when she was 14 and then a year later she lost her ...

21 February 2013

The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

A tale of intrigue and conspiracy, Umberto Eco’s latest novel The Prague Cemetery brings to life nineteenth-century Europe with all the gusto that will always make historical fiction my favourite ...
19 February 2013

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