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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Stormy Night – Salina Yoon

    Allen & Unwin Australia Bloomsbury February 2015-01-25 RRP $15.99 There is a little person here who has had a great deal of anxiety about storms, since a very severe one a couple of months particularly.  This fear has been diminishing with some careful support but this wonderful book could not have been timelier or better Read more

  • House of Robots #1- James Patterson

    Random House Australia ISBN: 9780099568278 Published: 01/12/2014 Imprint: Arrow (Young) Extent: 352 pages RRP $15.99 There is no doubt that James Patterson must rank as one of the most highly successful authors of our times. His adult novels have always attracted huge readership and now he is simply tearing away with his books for children. I’ve now been lucky Read more

  • I Was Here – Gayle Forman

    Simon & Schuster 288 pages | ISBN 9781471124396 | February 2015 List Price AU$ 19.99 NZ$ 21.99 Many of you will already be familiar with Gayle Forman’s If I Stay – either the book or the blockbuster movie, or indeed her other work. Having been pretty much focused on YA for boys for the past Read more

  • Noggin – John Corey Whaley

    Simon & Schuster UK 352 pages | ISBN 9781471122897 | August 2014 | Grades 9 and up List Price AU$ 14.99 NZ$ 16.99 Listen – Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t.  Now he’s alive again.  Simple as that … I’ve read some unusual YA books in the past year or so, but Read more

  • The Kaboom Kid series:   David Warner with J. S. Black/ Jules Faber

    Big Switch: Kaboom Kid #1 Simon & Schuster Australia | 176 pages | ISBN 9781925030785 | December 2014 List Price AU$ 14.99 NZ$ 16.99 Playing Up: Kaboom Kid #2 Simon & Schuster Australia | 176 pages | ISBN 9781925030808 | December 2014 List Price AU$ 14.99 NZ$ 16.99 To capitalise on the summer silly season Read more

  • Off on holidays for a week…

    While I will still be reading, I won’t be posting any reviews while I am away this week. Looking forward to lots more posts when I get back! I’d like to look like this while I’m doing that… but in reality I will no doubt look more like this……… Read more

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