Night Watching by Tracy Sierra
Best for: Those who want a page turner that has an underlying message about society. In a nutshell: Our protagonist isn’t given a name – in fact, no one, I realised only as I started writing this review, has a proper name. Everyone is identified by their relation or role – mother, father, daughter, son. She wakes up in the night to see a man standing in her hallway, and has to make a decision about how to keep her children safe. Worth quoting: “Men […]
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout and Sammy Savos
“There are very few survivors left, and I want the world to know that there was a Holocaust” The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival is a short graphic novel, but has a lot packed in. Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout and Sammy Savos created an informative, quick story about how one girl survived during wartime, a girl who was lost and how she found her voice when all seemed to be the end of the world. There are uncomplicated illustrations supporting […]
Silverwing: The Graphic Novel by Kenneth Oppel and Christopher Steininger
Winter Turning: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel) by Tui T Sutherland and Mike Holmes
If you haven’t guessed, I like graphic novels. It wasn’t always that way, but they opened up to me unique experiences. I used to recommend them to my customers and had to overcome the “they are just comic books….” (sneering the whole time). No, they are much more (and besides, what’s wrong with a comic book? Your child is reading, right?) Anyway, I found a new graphic novel series and have almost finished an old one. Both of them are fantasy, but dig deep into […]
Spook Street by Mick Herron
Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
The Order by Daniel Silva
Like a lot of folks in the ten days since the election, I’ve perhaps been slow to process the news. This has impacted my reading. Whereas I’m usually a speed reader, I have found myself often putting off my reading to do some mindless activities. Dealing with reality can be tough, the uncertainty of what comes after the next two months are over is difficult to grapple with. Inadvertently, the three books I’ve read from immediately before the election into the ten days since have […]
Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero
Squire & Knight V02: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler
Two sequels that show that you need to continue with a series to find out what they are all about are the theme of this review. Just read Doña Quixote one and Squire & Knight one before you read these two, but no real spoilers here, only teasers to make you want to! Doña Quixote #2 Flight of the Witch by Rey Terciero and illustrator Monica M. Magaña was a graphic novel that I did not care for as much as I did the first […]
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
This book contains a list of trigger warnings at the start, and the author notes that she experienced childhood sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and rape. And that she writes through the lens of survivors’ rage. And yes. This book is full of rage, I really can not stress enough that this is an angry book. Dez Lane is not rich. She has dreams and wants to make her mark in the fashion world but her lack of capital is hindering her. She just needs […]
