Are you ready for Adventure?
I really believe that the very best books work as well for adults as they do for younger readers. Fantasy that inspires, challenges and written with beautiful read-aloud prose always blows me away. But what books get my badge of honour as the Best Fantasy for All Ages? Does "The Hobbit make the grade? Or …
So, how do I even start to review this brilliant story? The horror? The exquisite prose poetry? The fox spirit of Chinese and Asian legend? The women of the story whose brutal lives drive the horror? Let’s go with the exquisite prose and see where it takes us... Reading this book, one line stood out, …
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I don't know what it is, but somehow books seem grimmer lately. I want everything to be sunshine, but then if it is, I'm not happy because it also seems too much. Still, there are some great books out. And I thought I'd share some of the ones I've enjoyed lately as I've been reading …
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It seems curiously fitting that while I'm writing about a refreshingly subversive movie, that New Zealand is on the verge of a L4 lockdown. But no, I'm not saying that because I'm yearning to be free to recklessly catch covid and infect my community. More that the fact that we have lockdowns at all shows …
I just had to share this absolutely fantastic review for Quest by Denika Mead, an up and coming young New Zealand writer. "Ponder’s characters are amazing and unique. Dothie is an evil character with an awesome sense of humor and a pet tuatara named Toots: “Dothie sighed. ‘Look, moron, magic is difficult. It isn’t just; …
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On Sunday mum came back from Wellington. She got me a book called, "The Frankie Files"...