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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Dry to Dry – Pamela Freeman/Liz Anelli

    Walker Books Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781760650285Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99New Zealand RRP: $28.99 Whether you are looking to provide your readers with more cross-cultural perspectives or simply looking at weather or really if you just revel in beautiful picture books, this is a winner. And frankly, if it’s not an actual winner in upcoming book awards Read more

  • Moonflower Murders – Anthony Horowitz

    Penguin Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781529124354 Imprint: Century RRP: $32.99 The Master triumphs again! Mind-bendingly clever and tricky, Horowitz has once again presented his readers with two devilishly complicated mysteries – once again a book within a book! I can only imagine how difficult it is to construct one complex murder mystery let alone two at the same Read more

  • Hollowpox: The Trials of Morrigan Crow. Nevermoor #3 – Jessica Townsend

    Hachette SEP 29, 2020 | 9780734418241 | RRP $17.99 Huzzah! It has finally arrived! We’ve all been waiting with great impatience but at last the next instalment is here. And what a corker it is! Not only is it gripping and full of new revelations but has most uncanny parallels to our current parlous circumstances. Morrigan is looking forward Read more

  • In the Key of Code – Aimee Lucido

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406389333Imprint: WalkerAustralian RRP: $16.99New Zealand RRP: $18.99 It speaks volumes that this was read in just one night in the past week and that I was immediately talking it up the next day to my ChocLit group. A verse novel that combines music and coding is not something I’d ever encountered before but this is Read more

  • The Wolves of Greycoat Hall – Lucinda Gifford

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781760651596Imprint: Walker Books AustraliaAustralian RRP: $19.99New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Despite it being the last week of term, this was another fun read this week and one that I enjoyed immensely with so much to commend it, particularly to your middle primary kiddos. The Greycoat family – Randall, Leonora and their only cub, Boris – live in Read more

  • Catvinkle and the Missing Tulips – Elliot Perlman

    Penguin Australia 29 September 2020 ISBN: 9781760894382 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 If you, like me, loved the first Catvinkle book and couldn’t wait to share it with your kiddos, you will also love this new hilarious episode with all the crazy animal characters of the first plus some equally quirky new ones! Catvinkle and Ula love their human children Read more

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