The Glass Hotel – book review
Vincent and Paul are step sister and brother – same dad, different mothers. Vincent is an odd name for a girl, but her mum loved the poet, Edna St. Author:…
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Book Review – The Book of Longings
Ana is 14 and has grown up in a well to do household in Sepphoris (central Galilee).
Book Review – Hidden Valley Road (Inside the Mind of an American Family)
The Galvin family consist of Don, Mimi, Donald, Jim, John, Brian, Michael, Richard, Joe, Mark, Matt, Peter, Margaret, Mary. Author: Robert KolkerPublisher: Quercus Two parents, ten boys, two girls –…
Book Review – The Dictionary of Lost Words
Author: Pip WilliamsPublisher: Affirm Press The Dictionary of Lost Words is the debut novel by South Australian writer, pip Williams. It is set in Oxford from 1879 and based on…
Book Review – Prey
This is the second book of a series about investigative reporter Olivia Wolfe. Author: L.A. Larkin –Publisher: Clan Destine Press – She is a tough, rides a Harley-Davidson, has a…
Book Review – Then She Was Gone
Author: Lisa Jewell – Publisher: Random House – Ellie was fifteen. She had her whole life ahead of her. She was smart, pretty, popular, and had a fantastic boyfriend, Theo….
The Night Watchman – book review
Author: Louise ErdrichPubisher: Hachette – Louise Edrich’s new novel, The Night Watchman, has received wide acclaim for its shimmering setting, strong elegant writing, great characters and its intriguing story line…
The Overstory – Book Review
As I was reading The Overstory the word understory kept appearing, so I finally looked it up and found out that it means a layer of vegetation beneath the main…
BOOK Review – The Scent Keeper
Author: Erica Bauermeister. Publisher: St. Martin’s Publishing Group. After some poor judgement with my last book (When We Believed in Mermaids), I made sure to check the genre of The…
BOOK Review – Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow was recommended to me by my sister – she especially liked the audio book with Farrow’s dreamy-voice narration. Author: Ronan FarrowPublisher: Little, Brown and…
BOOK Review
Crisis and Complexity: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Economic and Financial Crisis:Author: Ross Barry These are unprecedented times as we keep hearing.So, while we would not normally…
BOOK Review – American Marriage
[Book review] Tayari Jones was sitting in a mall when she overheard a young couple arguing. Author: Tayari JonesPublisher: Random House Australia The woman said, “Roy, you know you wouldn’t…
BOOK Review – The Silent Patient
Author: Alex MichaelidesPublisher: Hachette Alicia Berenson keeps a diary. She didn’t want to, but she was urged by Gabriel to write down her thoughts – Gabriel has sensed Alicia is…
BOOK Review ‘Less’
Author: Andrew Sean GreerPublisher: Lee Boudreaux/Little Brown and Company Less is the 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning satirical novel story about Arthur Less, a prim, slim, balding author who favours blue…
The Dutch House – book review
I’m a sucker for Ann Patchett. This is her eighth novel and the fourth one I have read (my favourite is State of Wonder). The Dutch House is as a…
The Giver of Stars
[Book Review] I’m on a decline with JoJo Moyes. I loved Me Before You, but I only liked the sequel After You. I then wasn’t sure at all about her…
Book review – The Weekend
Title: The Weekend – Author: Charlotte Wood – Publisher: Allen & Unwin – Reviewed by: Kim Reardon Three friends come together for a weekend to clean out the beach house…
Boy Swallows Universe – Book Review
Boy Swallows Universe is a multiple award-winning novel about Eli Bell, a young boy growing up in 1983 in Darra, on the outskirts of Brisbane. Eli lives with his mute…
Book Review: Our House
As part of the new-look Coast Community News, we are introducing book reviews! We put out our feelers recently for a book reviewer and received such an enthusiastic response from…