Book Review: Into the Bewilderness
Gorgeously illustrated, this whimsical tale has a good amount of absurdity and silliness (with just a liiiiiittle bit of deep pondering).
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Book Review: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out
This laugh out loud graphic novel is great for anyone who loves silly friendship tales with adventure along the way.
Book Review: The Ending Writes Itself
This whodunit doubles as a satire on the publishing industry and is unflinching in its honest portrayal of what being a writer is really like.
Book Review: My Brilliant Friend
This is the first instalment in one of the 21st century’s rare and true classics, and a divinely sumptuous read for days warm and cold.
Book Review: The Mushroom Tapes
This book reveals a lot to the ignorant reader (me) about how trials are conducted and what it really means to be “following a case.”
Book Review: Boy Wonder
The neon colours & cartoony silhouettes create adrenaline-pumping fight scenes while maintaining a strong melancholy as Damian wanders alone.
Book Review: Sea of Evil and Desire
The plot kept me turning pages at top speed. Read if you enjoy immersive fantasy worlds, gothic settings and dark family secrets.
Book Review: The Heart-Shaped Tin
Wilson creates an experience I can only describe as a mix of anthropology class and sitting with someone as they sift through a memory box.
Book Review: The Raven Scholar
This murder mystery-meets-high-stakes-fantasy had me so thoroughly invested that I will be gnashing my teeth in anticipation of the sequel.
Book Review: Open
This autobiography dragged me in from the first page – a tennis star who deeply hates tennis & always has? Sign me up!
Book Review: Stasiland
In the years I’ve spent fascinated by the DDR, I’ve never come across any material as powerful and human as this.
Book Review: The Secret of the Magic Pearl
Beautiful pictures accompany a charming seaside story about family, adventure, and learning to treasure the little things.
Book Review: Angel Train
Though these stories aren’t linked by plot, setting or character, they nevertheless share strong recurrent themes.
Book Review: Amma
A sweeping, intergenerational novel, that has the strength and complexity of women (and their relationships) at its core.
Book Review: Ride With Me
Read this if you enjoy the marriage of convenience trope, confident characters with larger than life careers, and light spice.
Book Review: Batman and Robin: Year One
The art is full of charm, with a cartoony style and warm, vibrant colours that bring the shrouded cityscapes of Gotham to life.
Book Review: Traction Man is Here
This illustrated story captures the imaginative connection children share with toys – and household objects – with winning humour and energy.
Book Review: The Song of the Saltings
Soaked in folklore references, this story is a captivating exploration of defying expectations and reconnecting with the natural world.
Book Review: Upon A Starlit Tide
The slow, exploratory narrative follows a strange young woman who seeks freedom from her restrictive society, even if she must uncover fae secrets.
Book Review: Tom’s Crossing
You might look sideways at this doorstopper and wonder if it’ll deliver, but Danielewski is a hell of a storyteller.