Burned – Alex Verus#7By Benedict JackaSnappy ReviewThe only problem with the Alex Verus novels is I read them too fast! The saga continues, that blurry grey line between good and bad, where Light appears as evil as Dark. Could you choose a side? Me neither! Roll on! SynopsisAlex Verus has a magic shop in Camden,[Read more]
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Upside Down MagicBy Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, Emily JenkinsSnappy ReviewA top kid’s read about not being exactly like the rest in a magical society. Gorgeous cover and thumbs up from the Grott Monsters.Synopsis It’s never easy when your magic goes wonky. Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are just four of the students in Dunwiddle Magic[Read more]
Friday Barnes #1 Girl DetectiveBy R.A.SprattSnappy ReviewAn enterprising and quirky eleven year old with a gift for solving crime in an exclusive boarding school? Who could not like this?SynopsisImagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the[Read more]
QuotaBy Jock SerongSnappy ReviewGreat new crime from an Australian author – How just a few moments can spiral your life into something completely different… Still trying to get the Kangaroo moment out of my head – Vivid! SynopsisCharlie Jardim has just trashed his legal career in a spectacular courtroom meltdown, and his girlfriend has finally[Read more]
CommunityBy Hetty McKinnonSnappy ReviewFinally a salad book with not a lettuce leaf in sight! Recipes look complicated, but aren’t and not one has ever missed the mark! Faves: Chargrilled Zucchini and Pearl Barley with Whipped Feta and Dill (pg151) Chargrilled Cauliflower with Fried Butter Beans and Pumpkin Hummus (pg77) and the Baked Sweet Potato with[Read more]
Blackbirds – Miriam Black#1By Chuck WendigSnappy ReviewGritty doesn’t do it justice… Tension filled..? Razor packed action..? Nothing comes close – just read it!SynopsisMiriam Black knows how you’re going to die. This makes her daily life a living hell, especially when you can’t do anything about it, or stop trying to. She’s foreseen hundreds of car[Read more]
A Spool of Blue ThreadBy Anne TylerSnappy ReviewA languid read… A slow and beautiful novel of the stories that have come to define a family.SynopsisTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S FICTION PRIZE It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon’ This is the way Abby Whitshank[Read more]
The Dragonbone Chair – Memory, Sorrow and Thorn#1By Tad WilliamsSnappy ReviewI picked it up again, to see if it was as amazing as it was when I first read it. It was… And more. Bloody brilliant!SynopsisThe Dragonbone Chair is the story of Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician’s apprentice, whose dreams of great deeds[Read more]
WitchworldBy Emma FischelSnappy ReviewLaughed throughout the story and delighted in all the new words of this wacky and quirky world. The Grotts loved it… And so did I!SynopsisThe witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron[Read more]
Drake – The Burned Man #1By Peter McLeanSnappy ReviewYou know when that one, little decision catapults you into a comedy of errors and catastrophes..? Put all of that into an urban fantasy setting and you have a hell of a roller-coaster ride… You’ll wince, shake your head and laugh out loud.SynopsisHitman Don Drake owes a[Read more]