Synopsis from Goodreads Jess Gordon is out for revenge. Last year the jocks from Knights College tried to shame her best friend. This year she and a hand-picked college girl gang are going to get even. The lesson: don’t mess with Unity girls. The target: Blondie, a typical Knights stud, arrogant, cold . . . … Continue reading
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Review: Nona & Me by Clare Atkins
Synopsis from Goodreads Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life. Born just five days apart in a remote corner of the Northern Territory, the girls are inseperable, until Nona moves away at … Continue reading
Review: A Small Madness by Dianne Touchell
Synopsis from Goodreads Rose didn’t tell anyone about it. She wondered if it showed. She looked at herself in the mirror and turned this way and then that way. She stood as close to the mirror as she could, leaning over the bathroom basin, looking into her own eyes until they disappeared behind the fog … Continue reading
Review: Stolen – Lucy Christopher
Synopsis from Goodreads Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has … Continue reading
On Writing: Belinda Jeffrey on Setting
There have been many times when I’ve been walking through places, whether they’re spots I’ve never been before or places I go every day, when I think: “There has to be a YA book set here!”. I swear my phone is full of pictures that I’ve taken in the spur of the moment because I’ve … Continue reading
Review: Life in Outer Space – Melissa Keil
Synopsis from Goodreads. Sam Kinnison is a geek, and he’s totally fine with that. He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, World of Warcraft – and until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, he doesn’t have to worry about girls. Then Sam meets Camilla. She’s beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his life. … Continue reading
Review: Love Notes from Vinegar House – Karen Tayleur
Synopsis from Goodreads. “There are some things you should know about me if we are going to be friends. Like I don’t believe in ghosts.” Freya Jackson Kramer has done some stupid things before, but this is the first time they’ve been splashed across Facebook. When she escapes to Vinegar House for the holidays, she … Continue reading
Review: Queen of the Night (Shyness #2) – Leanne Hall
Synopsis from Goodreads. The dark is dangerous. So is the past. So are your dreams. For six months Nia—Wildgirl—has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she spent one night with in Shyness—the boy who said he’d call but didn’t. Then Wolfboy calls. The things he tells her pull her back to the suburb of … Continue reading
Under the Covers with Belle from Belle’s Bookshelf
So you know Belle, right? Of course you do. Belle’s Bookshelf is one of my all time favourite book blogs and Belle is one of my favourite people of all time. I know she’s a pretty big fan of this feature so of course I was going to ask her if she’d get Under the … Continue reading
On Writing: Melina Marchetta on Heroines.
OK, I could pretty much say anything right now. I’m pretty sure the majority of you have already skipped ahead and… well, I don’t blame you because yes, I have Melina Marchetta here today, talking about how she writes her heroines. It’s probably futile to say that I love Melina Marchetta’s books. If you’ve ever … Continue reading