Cindy Morris
Cindy Morris is a former Readings Carlton bookseller
Review — 27 Jan 2020
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
At twenty five, Anna Wiener quit her job as an assistant in New York publishing for the gold rush of Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurial start-ups were filled with optimism and a…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Melmoth is watching every dark and wicked act. You can feel her eyes on you wherever you are. Her eternal loneliness draws her to those who believe they can’t be…
Review — 23 Feb 2020
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis
A woman is ‘difficult’ when she refuses to conform to society’s expectations. When she fights for her rights. When she is not the perfect stereotype of what is seen as…
Review — 23 Feb 2020
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Ollie and Will met over the summer holidays at a lake in North Carolina. Summer lovin’ happened so fast. After summer break is over, they go their separate ways. Ollie…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
We live in an era where we get told to accept who we are and show it – but is that really true for people of colour? We ask them…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson
Daughter of Bad Times is set in the not-so-distant future, where rising sea levels have begun to swallow entire islands. Levee walls are built around cities that can afford it…
Review — 26 Mar 2019
The Shining Wall by Melissa Ferguson
An idealist city lies surrounded by shining metal walls that were created by LeaderCorp to benefit all within their borders. Here, the Citizens have the leading technology of medi-nanities, brain…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
Witches: What Women Do Together by Sam George-Allen
Witches can be many things, but one thing is for sure: they are women of fearsome power. They are also women who have a tradition of helping other women. Witches…
Review — 29 Jan 2019
Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro
Accidental Feminists is a celebration of the women who came after the Australian women who won the right to vote. These secondwave feminists grew up earning money most of their…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Five former high-school friends gather for a reunion. The sixth member, Jim, mysteriously died over a year ago. Beatrice Hartley (Bee for short) hasn’t spoken to her best friends since…