Breathing Under Water is an Aussie debut YA novel about tragedy and dealing with grief. I really enjoyed the first third of the book and the ending but the middle section left me feeling cold and I was unable to connect with the story or the main character. The novel begins with a glimpse into […]
Tell Me Three Things is a contemporary novel with not only an adorable romance, but some great family elements too. The story begins when our main character, Jessie, receives an email from a mystery person called Somebody/Nobody (or SN for short). Jessie has just moved from Chicago to California, where she feels completely out of […]
I am fortunate enough to have a job (yes, a PhD is a full-time job!) that allows me to travel often and one of the biggest perks is being able to meet international bloggers and friends that I would never get the chance to meet otherwise. Last week, I flew to Toronto to see my […]
I have been spending the last two weeks travelling (errr… I mean ‘working’) in North America so I thought it’d be appropriate to do a little Thanksgiving post even though we don’t celebrate it in Australia. Also, I’m currently in Canada so please ignore the little fact that Thanksgiving in Canada is in October… Here […]
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is a book about agoraphobia that is written by an own-voices author. The book came across as a very accurate depiction of what agoraphobia is like and I think it’s because it’s written by an author who has experienced the condition. I thought the book was an accurate representation of agoraphobia but my […]
The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me is about exactly that. It’s a bit of a slice-of-life story, following fifteen-year-old Maggie and the weeks leading up to her Year Ten Graduation Dance. During these few weeks, her mother gets a new boyfriend, who Maggie immediately finds a pain, hence the nickname The […]
I knew I was going to love The Sun is Also a Star but I was unprepared for how much I loved it. It was not without some minor flaws but I enjoyed my reading experience of it and the epilogue definitely made me tear up from emotions. What I loved most about this novel […]
I was completely unprepared for how much I loved Everyone We’ve Been. It was a preorder that I made months in advance, which meant that I’d forgotten what it was about by the time it got to my doorstep. Upon reading the synopsis, I wasn’t sure how much I’d like it because it sounded quite […]
I love a book that deals with grief and Phantom Limbs delivers a wonderful story about grief. What I really loved about it was that it wasn’t dark and heavy, but instead was relatively lighthearted and charming. Rather than solely focusing on grief as a theme, this book also explores friendship and first love and […]