Isobel Moore
Isobel Moore is a former Readings St Kilda bookseller
Review — 26 Oct 2015
The Illuminae Files 1 by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Illuminae is unlike anything I have ever read previously and I loved every moment of it. Engrossing and encompassing, the format follows the structure of a series of documents in…
Review — 23 Jun 2015
Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas
Written entirely in letters, from the point of view of two teenage boys, one in the States and one in Germany, Because You’ll Never Meet Me tells the story of…
Review — 27 Jul 2015
Remix by Non Pratt
Remix follows two girls, Ruby and Kaz, throughout the course of a weekend at a music festival. They go to escape reality and have some fun, but their trials follow…
Review — 23 Jun 2015
Walking Away by Simon Armitage
The first time I heard a poem by Simon Armitage, I was in our shared homeland, Yorkshire. I was in a year ten English class and I very clearly remember…
Review — 27 May 2015
Not As We Know It by Tom Avery
Set on a small British island in the mid 1980s, Avery tells the story of twin brothers Ned and Jamie and their final adventure. Ned is sick, and the brothers…
Review — 27 Apr 2015
Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 by N. Griffin
Smashie McPerter and her best friend (and sidekick) Dontel Marquise are forced to come to the rescue of Room 11 and solve the mystery of the missing hamster in this…
Review — 27 Apr 2015
Hop Up! Wriggle Over! by Elizabeth Honey
This is a really great ‘action sound’ picture book, with the majority of the text consisting of slurps and clangs that depict the day in the life of a very…
Review — 26 Mar 2015
Mum Goes To Work by Libby Gleeson and Leila Rudge
Originally published in 1992, Mum Goes To Work has been updated and re-illustrated for this new edition, and it’s absolutely adorable. The text is simple and engaging but the real…
Review — 26 Mar 2015
I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Emily and Sam fall for each other against the odds, despite their jarring backgrounds. At first glance this seems like a fairly stock standard romance but Sloan does not let…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Johnny Danger: DIY Spy by Peter Millett
When schoolboy Jonathan Dangerfield gets mistaken for international spy Johnny Danger he’s both terrified and delighted. A career as a secret agent is all he’s ever wanted and here’s his…