Lonesome Howl, by Steven Herrick

Another book which has been sitting by my side for some time and I finally get to finish it! And very well worth it, I must say. I am disappointed that the end of the year has come and I will have to wait till next year to tell people about it.
Some might say, [...]

‘The Ancient Future Trilogy’ and the ‘Celestial Triad’, By Traci Harding

These books are Awesome. They are fantasy, history and science fiction all in one!!
“A thrilling Celtic Fantasy that wreaks havoc with history.”
The story follows Australian-born Tory when her car breaks down outside a stone circle. Deciding on a whim to sleep inside the circle, Tory wakes fourteen hundred years before. Carrying items such as a CD player [...]

Series fiction – Mister Monday and Halt’s Peril

What is it with series? I always seem to make the mistake of starting one and then finding that I have set myself up for another few novels, usually very long, or that they have not finished the series and I have to wait another year for the conclusion or the next part!
In this case, [...]

City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare

It has taken me a long time but I have finally finished this book. Why so long? Was it not that good? Quite the contrary but it is a busy time of year in school(s) so this just sat there taunting me. Now I know why all of our copies keep moving off the [...]

The Five Greatest Warriors, by Matthew Reilly

One of our avid Year 8 readers told me about this the other day so I dutifully bought and read it over the weekend. The things we do!
It continues the story which ended on the VERY LAST PAGE CLIFFHANGER of Six Ancient Stones featuring Jack West and concerns the discovery of the Pillars which [...]

Swerve, by Phillip Gwynne

Phillip Gwynne is the award-winning author of such books as Deadly Unna? and this is his latest. Like Deadly Unna?, it deals with a male teenager who has to find himself and come to terms with issues of family and love. There is no race discourse in Swerve and it seems to be less complex [...]

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

This is the second in the Hunger Games trilogy and it is as great as the first! For those late to the scene, the Hunger Games are a set of colosseum-like challenges set in an arena for the benefit of wealthy spectators in the Capitol of this dystopian world. Katniss and Peeta, the heroes from [...]