Here at Readhead our preference is to review books we want you to read rather than books we want you to avoid. With that in mind, this review is going to be swift and tough – call it a serious literary caution. I admit the premise of the book is good; well at least good enough to […]
February
26
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
posted by Ms A
“Your TED talk is ranked number 4 on the all time most watched TED talks yet you live with a woman who has no friends, destroys homes and falls asleep in stores”. This is just one of the many great lines from Where’d You Go Bernadette which I plucked off the NY Times Best Seller […]
February
11
Eyrie by Tim Winton
posted by Ms K
Firstly, I have a confession. I carried this book with me during my recent travels – my copy of Eyrie has seen some pretty amazing places all from a cosy possie in the bottom of my carry bag – where it stayed. I.Did.Not.Open.It.Once! Not even on the various excruciatingly long plane rides. I would […]
February
08
The Little Paris Kitchen and Little French Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
posted by Ms K
Yes, this is a review of cook books. I am busting out. Truth be told, cook books are my favourite books. I love them. I daydream with them. I cook what’s in them. I shop because of them. I have WAY too many of them but they make me happy. And fat probably too but […]
Reviews coming in 2014
posted by Ms A
So my bedside table is about to topple over with books big and small. Reviews in the pipeline include: Eyrie – Tim Winton The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton Where’d you go, Bernadette – Maria Semple and many more…..
December
26
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
posted by Ms A
This is the story of a swimmer; Danny. With a burning, tormented ambition to be the fastest, strongest, greatest swimmer of his time, his turbulent adolescent mind is only at rest in the pool. Christos Tsiolkas is most known for his international bestselling novel, the Slap. Now an Australian classic, The Slap was a polorising look […]
November
28
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
posted by Ms K
Hail this little beauty. It deserves the raves it’s received and to win the Dylan Thomas Prize. It’s all weddings, parties and anything goes in this sweeping tale set on the New England island of Waskeke where the Van Meters have gathered their family to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Daphne. Lobsters, lust, love, […]
November
16
December 2013 Book shopping list
posted by Ms A
There are so many big name writers with new books out. Not so co-incidentally there are also herds of increasingly desperate Xmas shoppers ready to descend on the shops like a plague and strip the shelves of all written matter as gifts for loved ones or for their own holiday reading. If you are a reader, you might like […]
November
16
The Book Thief by Marcus Kusac
posted by Ms A
Meet Death. He is about to be nominated for an Oscar so it is about time you got to know him. It is WWII and Death is busy with hundreds of thousands of victims of war across Europe and Nazi Germany. In this book, he finds the time to observe the life of a small girl […]
November
13
No Place Like Home by Caroline Overington
posted by Ms K
I could not wait to get my hands on this book after reading a couple of the author’s books over the past month – most notable her non-fiction work about living in New York as a Correspondent (Jolly Good read!). I nearly yelped in the book shop when I found it and could not wait […]
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