BOOK REVIEW: Pride and Prejudice
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
I’ve been [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Genesis Girl
“Eighteen-year-old Blanca has lived a sheltered life. Her entire childhood has been spent at Tabula Rasa School where she’s been [...]
Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
“A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the [...]
This week started with my heart being torn out
As a teenager, my tennis coach was very deliberate in drilling into me a strong foundation of perfect technique. The idea was that [...]
BOOK REVIEW: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
“I don’t know whether I have minutes, or seconds, or even less. Desperately I tug at these unfamiliar clothes – the short dress and [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
“Finnikin of the Rock and his guardian, Sir Topher, have not been home to their beloved Lumatere for ten years. Not since the dark [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Descendants by Ally Capraro
“Ava Davenport is in the midst of her wedding preparations when her world is thrown upside down by a night visitor. He has a [...]
Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas
“Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is [...]
Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the [...]
Why should I care about the Orlando shooting?
I’m ashamed to admit that my first response was gladness when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. I was a 12-year-old Australian teacher’s [...]