undying: book review

Title: Undying Author: Amie Kaufman & Meghan Spooner Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 384 Buy: Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis:  Trapped aboard the Undying's ancient spaceship and reeling from what they've learned there, scavenger Mia and academic Jules are plunged into a desperate race to warn their home planet of the …

girls of paper and fire: book review

Title: Girls of Paper and Fire Author: Natasha Ngan Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQIA+ Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 383 Buy: Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most cruel. But this year, there's a …

wildcard: book review

Title: Wildcard (Warcross #2) Author: Marie Lu Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi Publisher: Penguin Teen Australia Pages: 343 Buy: Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: (SPOILERS FOR WARCROSS) Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one …

top three reads of 2018 so far

Can you believe we're already in August? I mean, what the actual f*ck???? Where the hell has this year gone? AND WHAT HAVE I EVEN DONE THIS YEAR?????? Ha ha ha *cue existential crisis* Anyway, today I thought I'd talk about some books that I absolutely love. More specifically, books that I read so far …

writing update

Guess who hasn't been writing even though she told herself at the end of June that July would be a "writing month"??? This girl right here. I don't even know why I'm attempting to do an update when there's really not a lot to update you on, let's be honest. When I last posted an …

found: book review

Title: Found Author: Fleur Ferris Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, #LoveOzYA, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Teen Australia Pages: 288 Buy:Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: What happens when someone else’s past catches up with you?  Elizabeth Miller had lived in Deni her entire life. In a small rural town, Beth’s biggest problem is telling her protective and fiercely …

the exact opposite of okay: book review

Title: The Exact Opposite of Okay Author: Laura Steven Genre: Contemporary, Feminism, Young Adult Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Pages: 335 Buy:Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, that’s what the malicious website flying round the school says. Izzy can try all …

mid-year book freak out

With it already being June which, excuse me, HOW?!, I figured I'd copy everyone else and do the Mid-Year Book Freak Out tag! I mean, I don't know about you guys, but I'm most definitely freaking out *laughs nervously*. But anyway, let's just jump straight into the questions, shall we? Best book you've read so …

amelia westlake: book review

Title: Amelia Westlake Author: Erin Gough Genre: Young Adult, #LoveOzYA, Contemporary, LGBTQIA+ Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Pages: 352 Buy: Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: Harriet Price has the perfect life: she's a prefect at Rosemead Grammar, she lives in a mansion, and her gorgeous girlfriend is a future prime minister. So when she risks it all …

the poet x: book review

Title: The Poet X Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Genre: Young Adult, Verse Poetry, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Pages: 361 Buy: Book Depository (affiliate), Booktopia Synopsis: A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. The debut novel of renowned slam …