June reading wrap-up

July 2, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

I can’t believe we are already halfway through the year. There are still so many books I want to finish but I am on track to reach my goal of 50 books in 2019.

May wrap-up and June reading goal

June 3, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have listed a brief summary of my thoughts on the books I read this month in this post, along with my June reading goal.

Review: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

April 12, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Blurb: They were the new icons of rock and roll, fated to burn bright and not fade away. But on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. There was Daisy, rock and roll force of nature, brilliant songwriter and unapologetic drug addict, the half-feral child who rose to superstardom. There was Camila, the frontman’s wife, too […]

Review: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

March 28, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. It’s hard to get your come up, though, when you’re labelled “trouble” at school and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. But Bri’s success is all that stands between her family and homelessness, so she doesn’t […]

Review: The Rumour by Lesley Kara

March 20, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Blurb: When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back… Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan […]

Review: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

January 8, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Blurb: Most people dismissed the reports on the news. But they became too frequent; they became too real. And soon it was happening to people we knew. Then the Internet died. The televisions and radios went silent. The phones stopped ringing And we couldn’t look outside anymore. Review: There is something frightening and yet ever […]

Review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

December 14, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Blurb: When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, nervousness and fear run high. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave who has known no other life – is aghast to find himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde […]

Review: Turtles All the Way Down by John Greens

January 30, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. Aza is trying. She […]

Review: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

August 8, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Blurb: Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn’t just like ultra-violence – he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven’s Ninth. He and his gang rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, the government psychologist, he discovers that fun […]

Review: Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg

July 13, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blurb: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO LEAVE? Green and Blue are sisters. Foxlowe is home. Outside is Bad. Green understands. Why can’t Blue? Review: Eleanor Wasserberg has managed to create a world we all fear in her debut novel Foxlowe. It is a dark and twisted Gothic novel that is impossible to put down. The […]