THE ENGAGEMENT by Chloe Hooper
As part of the Brisbane Writers Festival over the weekend, I sat in on a session with Aussie authors Patrick Holland, Bronwyn Parry and Chloe Hooper. Chaired by fabulous local Brisbane author Trent Jamieson, the…
XO by Jeffery Deaver
I’ve been indulging in some much-needed crime fiction lately–I realised midway through the year that not only was I embarrassingly behind in my goal to read 50 books by the end of the year, I…
GONE MISSING by Linda Castillo
Anyone who has been around for a while knows that I am a fan of Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder series (I wrote a glowing review of Breaking Silence late in 2011). For those of you…
GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
I recently struggled to write my review of The Dark Knight Rises for fear that I would say too much and give away crucial plot points. I find myself in a similar situation trying to…
HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby
A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You’ve got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention, and then you’ve got to up it a notch, or cool it…
MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND by Matthew Green
In 2004, Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. In 2005, Jonathan Safran Foer published his second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.…
THE TESTIMONY by Halina Wagowska
I’m the kind of person who cries watching sad advertisements, so as a general rule I tend to steer clear of tear-jerking non-fiction. With that said, my Polish heritage has created a significant interest in…
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
Increasingly I feel like life has lost its magic. As a kid, make-believe and fairy tales are real, and the impossible feels possible. But sadly and inevitably as we grow up, reality kicks in and…
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