All posts tagged "fiction"
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Woman from Saint Germain, by J R Lonie
A celebrated writer stranded in Paris, and an enigmatic foreigner with a dangerous secret, flee Nazi-controlled Austria in 1941. Only the war could bring them together.
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890Books & LiteratureLove Between the Pages: Bonds that Cross Generations
Guest writer and author, Sandie Docker, discusses the value and bonds of friendship between people of different generations.
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2.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Folk of the Air Book 2: The Wicked King, by Holly Black
The second novel in the The Folk of the Air young adult fantasy trilogy sees the cruel prince now become a wicked king.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Vardaesia: The Medoran Chronicles Book 5, by Lynette Noni
Alex and her friends attempt to unite the races in one last stand against the undefeatable Aven.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Rowland Sinclair Mysteries Book 9: All the Tears in China, by Sulari Gentill
The ninth Rowland Sinclair Mystery sees Rowly kidnapped in China, circa 1935.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Chomp Goes the Crocodile, by Matthew Van Fleet
An interactive and sensory book for children ranging from birth to age six.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Diary of River Song Series 5, by Big Finish
River Song vs four incarnations of The Master, including two who are making their Big Finish debut!
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2.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Pearl Thief, by Fiona McIntosh
When Byzantine pearls are loaned to the British Museum in 1963, it sets off a frenzied hunt for a Nazi.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Legacy of Orïsha 1: Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
Zélie Adebola has been chosen by the Sky Mother to bring back magic in the country of Orïsha and restore the majji to their former glory.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Consequence of Loyalty, by Trey Stone
Three FBI agents race against the clock to solve a murder mystery behind a shooting before someone else gets hurt.
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2.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Dark Moon Anthology, edited by Marilyn Henderson & Kathryn Pentecost
A compilation of short stories written by a group of writers from the Fleurieu Coast in South Australia, reflecting the darker side of human nature.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Love is More than Just a Pearl Necklace, by Caroline Dowdall
A coming-of-age adult novel that explores the love and loss of a teenage girl whose insecurities are challenged when faced by the promiscuity of her peers.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Swish of the Curtain, by Pamela Brown
The re-release of a classic in children's literature. Seven children discover a disused, derelict building and turn it into a theatre, writing and producing their own plays to raise money for their local church.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Scent of Fear, by Tony Park
An Afghanistan War veteran finds himself and his team the target of South African game hunters, turning the problem of local poaching into a deadly game.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Somnium, by Kristy Kamin
In a future where people age twice as fast due to the effects of climate change, wheelchair-bound Claudia escapes into the popular virtual reality world of Somnium but when someone hacks the system, it's up to her to save it... and the world.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Good Rosie, by Kate DiCamillo
Good Rosie is the story of a lonely little dog and an owner who helps her to venture beyond her comfort zone to find the friends she longs for.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Children’s House, by Alice Nelson
Outside the house one day Marina encounters Constance, a young refugee from Rwanda, and her toddler, Gabriel. Unmoored and devastated, they quickly come to depend on her.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Scared to Death, by Anthony Horowitz
A collection of gruesome and sometimes-funny horror stories for teens, written by the man who now writes the new James Bond and Sherlock Holmes stories. Not for the faint-hearted.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Bus on Thursday, by Shirley Barrett
A horror/comedy about Eleanor who is presented with the opportunity to teach at a school at the foot of the Snowy Mountains where the previous teacher is missing and the town friar believes Eleanor needs an exorcism.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Bobby Shafter, by John Standingford
They say it takes a village to raise a child. How many characters does it take to bring two people together, when they are separated by age, class and education?
