Review: A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson

An addictive YA crime thriller with endless twists and turns. A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Summary The case is closed. Five years ago, a schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up…

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Review: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

A dystopian with a fantasy twist that questions what the world would become if humans conquered death. Scythe Summary Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones…

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New Obsession: Paige Toon

I had been hearing about Paige Toon for years, but until recently I never got round to picking up any of her books. When she released a YA contemporary in 2014 called The Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson, I still wasn’t convinced she’d be my kind of author, because the…

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Review: Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

My favourite Sarah Dessen yet. I devoured it.  Saint Anything Summary Peyton, Sydney’s charismatic older brother, has always been the star of the family, receiving the lion’s share of their parents’ attention and – lately -concern. When Peyton’s increasingly reckless behavior culminates in an accident, a drunk driving conviction, and…

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Top 10 Books of 2018

The best books I read in 2018 – YA, Sci-Fi, Chick Lit, Dystopian & More 2018 was an exciting year. I visited Australia for the first time for my cousin’s wedding, my best friends grew a human and made me an auntie to the cutest little girl in the world,…

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