Because sometimes you need to take a break from psychological thrillers, police procedurals, true-crime documentaries and the general chaos of everyday life! Blurb: Fernleigh Bay wasn’t ready for pastel-pink ice cream van Scoops or it’s owner, Melody. Following in her Grandmothers footsteps, Melody wants to bring ice cream to the community she visited as a... Continue Reading →
This is one of those books that everyone needs to read! Whether you're a parent, a teacher, a manager, a student (high school, college or of life itself), someone climbing your way up the ladder to wherever it is you're trying to get to ... this book is for YOU! Ari Gunzburg wants you to... Continue Reading →
This book absolutely devastated and shattered me ... into about a million pieces. In fact at one point I couldn't even read it with my family around. I went out and sat in a coffee shop and read it there. I needed some anonymity around me to ground me and to remind me to breathe... Continue Reading →
Highly predictable, but so much fun! Well, learning the devastating truth about her fiance while she's on her way to get married, isn't quite so fun, but the rollicking journey Ava has from there has some laugh-out-loud hilarious moments in them! Ava and Simon (aka 'The Tuner') have been together for 10 years and are... Continue Reading →
I've never watched the TV series Supernatural, from which this book draws strong foundations. However, I've always liked the idea that we're all guided and protected by guardian angels of some sort, which is what attracted me to this book. Abigail is one of those teenagers who just doesn't fit in. She's an easy target... Continue Reading →
A riot of a book with a circus-parade of characters romping their way through the pages! Gina's life is a bit of a haphazard, hodge-podge of a mess ... and that's before her cancer diagnosis. She seems to have a knack of surrounding herself with a bunch of misfits and oddities. There's her new neighbour,... Continue Reading →
Many of us tend to assume that we know quite a bit of history when it comes to World War II, its aftermath, and the facts surrounding what happened: who was on which side; who attacked who, when and why; how many died in The Holocaust, the labour camps, the gas chambers and the death... Continue Reading →
All proceeds from the sale of this book go towards the Bhopal Medical appeal - which provides free treatment for victims of both the Bhopal gas leak in 1984 and the toxic water left by the Union Carbide Corporation (now owned by DowDuPont). More on this later, and more information is available on the author's... Continue Reading →
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