by Susan Barnes | 10 Feb 2023 | Book Reviews
Virtual to Reality is a fantasy telling of the Gospel story. By coming at the story from this unique angle, the author Monica Ryan has the opportunity to share spiritual truth in a novel way. The story begins with a brief introduction of the main characters. The...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Oct 2021 | Book Reviews
Rooms is a fascinating story with lots of psychological twists and turns. Micah Taylor receives a letter telling him he has inherited a beach house from a distant relative. When Micah visits the house, a series of events are set in motion that seriously threatens to...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Apr 2021 | Book Reviews
During the school holidays, Lara travels to Sydney with her mother who cleans houses. Once they arrive, Lara’s mother starts cleaning and Lara wanders into the garden. She sees a boy waving to her from an attic window. She’s greatly surprised as the house is...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Mar 2021 | Book Reviews
The Tunnel of Dreams is a fantasy adventure story by Bernard Beckett. The story begins one night when identical twins Stefan and Arlo see a light in an abandoned house. They decide to investigate and meet Alice who is also an identical twin, but her sister, Jackie,...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Jul 2020 | Book Reviews
For All Time is a romantic time travel story, where Analiese and Adam find themselves in 16th century England. Adam’s historical knowledge and his employment as an actor in a tourist re-enactment show, help them navigate the many difficulties of being thrown back in...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Oct 2019 | Book Reviews
Simon Mockler has created an entertaining story about a 10-year-old girl called, Beatrix, who is a queen but doesn’t know. Her status made her a target for the Evil Army and she was sent to live with her aunt and uncle who were paid to protect her. Initially, her...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Nov 2017 | Book Reviews
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty is a well-written, whimsical story about ten-year-old Bronte. She lives with an aunt and her butler as her parents mysteriously disappeared on an adventure when she was a baby. The story...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Jul 2014 | Book Reviews
Last month, Ocean at the End of the lane by Neil Gaiman was my book club book. However this is not a genre that I would normally read and I must admit that I skipped a large section in the middle. So this is not a proper book review.Nevertheless I would like to...
