I love The Lunar Chronicles and I love food, so I was pretty excited to read Heartless. Going into the book, it’s best to detach yourself from the Lunar Chronicles, because it’s more of a straight retelling of Alice in Wonderland than a story that’s inspired by fairy tales. From the Mad Hatter’s tea party, to the invisible Chesire […]
If there is one Aussie YA book that you will pick up, let it be When Michael Met Mina. The way it addresses social commentary and current political issues about border control, refugees and racism has never been more important. The hardships that refugees face when they try and start a new life away from their home country. […]
Underwater is a beautiful book about courage and picking yourself up after adversity. It’s a short book that packs quite the punch and will have you rooting hard for the main character within a couple of chapters. The book follows Morgan, a girl who’s become an agoraphobic after something that she experienced at school half […]
I don’t really know what to make of this book. Have you ever read something and felt like you simultaneously understood everything and understood nothing? This is one of those books for me. As I was reading it, I felt like I was able to follow the science and physics of what was going on, […]
The Bit In Between is a fun, vibrant book about two artistic beings – a poet and writer, who meet on a plane, and decide to travel to the Solomon Islands for writing inspiration. The writing was really easy to get into, and it felt like a really light island comedy romance, with eccentric characters, […]