BOOK REVIEW: Witch’s Kiss by Katherine & Elizabeth Corr Pan Macmillan June, 2016 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs YA Fiction 9/10 She was desperate to be normal. At least, she’d thought that was what she wanted. It was what she’d wished for. Well maybe she was finally getting her wish. Maybe her magic was […]
Book Review: La Dolce Vita by Silvia Colloca Penguin October 2016 Paperback, $49.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs Cooking 3/10 As this is my first Cookbook review, I was severely disappointed. This is a cookbook by Silvia Colloca, based on Italian cookery, but a lot of the recipes are also vegan, vegetarian, or diary- or gluten-free. […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Muse by Jessie Burton Pan Macmillan June 2016 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs Contemporary Literature 7/10 ‘You’re so naïve-it wouldn’t have worked out the same way at all. There’d be no flirty letter from Peggy Guggenheim, no exhibition in her new gallery on the basis of one painting, nothing like it. […]
BOOK REVIEW: Flawed by Cecelia Ahern Harper Collins March 2016 Paperback, $19.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs Young Adult/Paranormal 9/10 When I was a child, I always thought that to run away you had to physically get up and run, like children in films. A hateful shout, a slam of a door, then run. I’ve learned […]
BOOK REVIEW: Frankie by Shivaun Plozza Penguin March, 2016 Paperback, $17.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs YA Fiction 9/10 The first thing you need to know about Frankie is that she has spunk. On the outside she is a violent, aggressive teenager. On the inside her heart is as big as a whale. Regardless of her […]
BOOK REVIEW: Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez Random House March 2016 Paperback, $32.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs Contemporary Fiction 7/10 Twimbly Island. There came a point in their relationship when she thought if she heard that name one more time she’d scream. You’d love it, Jack had told her over […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Lyre Thief by Jennifer Fallon Harper Collins March, 2016 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Amy Briggs Fantasy 8/10 “Is that supposed to be empty?” he asked, pointing to the alcove set about shoulder height into the pillar. Tarja and Shananara both turned in the direction he was pointing. “That is…was…the shrine to Gimlorie,” […]
