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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Marvellous Submarine -Zane Clayton Comber (The Marvellous Submarine, #1) Clayton Zane Comber. Connor McCammon

    Harper Collins Australia April 2025 ISBN: 9781460766804 ISBN 10: 1460766806 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 17.99 AUD This hails the start of a new series, co-written and illustrated by this pair from Kiama [one of my favourite places in the country] which will completely hook your young readers, particularly those who have been languishing for more Treehouse-like books. It… Read more

  • Silverborn arrives!

    Ok, so that whole global gasp when the latest in the Empyrean series arrived a while back has got nothing on the collective excitement of both young ‘uns and adults as this long-awaited #4 in the Nevermoor series makes its grand entrance. And last night I was lucky enough to meet and chat with Jessica… Read more

  • Manslaughter Park -Tirzah Price

    Harper Collins Australia January 2025 ISBN: 9780062889874 ISBN 10: 0062889877 Imprint: HarperCollins US List Price: 24.99 AUD I very much enjoyed #2 in this series which I reviewed last year and did also like this one very much. Not quite as much, but that was merely a personal preference. It is just as well-written and engaging but I think… Read more

  • Escape from Marigold Manor – Rachel Jackson

    Publisher: Riveted Press (April 16, 2025) Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781763526068 RRP: AU$17.99 / NZ$ 19.99 For someone with a mild [understatement] addiction to cozy murder mysteries, this new Rachel Jackson Solve it Your Way was right up my alley. Not that I didn’t also enjoy the first in the series Escape from… Read more

  • The Night Librarian – Christopher Lincoln

    Scholastic Australia Scholastic Australia January 2025 ISBN: 9781761643507 RRPP: $19.99 There was a lot to like about this one but as usual the graphic format, didn’t quite do it for me, which I freely admit is just a personal thing. There were definitely moments when I felt confused about sequences or even conversations but I… Read more

  • April Wrap-up

    And given I will finish Gregor the Overlander [the new Suzanne Collins title for MG ] tomorrow I thought I might as well do my wrap-up today. Another busy month, despite the break. Read more

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