Isobel Moore
Isobel Moore is a former Readings St Kilda bookseller
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Despite my excessive passion for Jay Kristoff’s Illuminae (which he wrote with Amie Kaufman) I was a little worried about reading Nevernight. Fantasy is one of the few genres…
Review — 25 Sep 2016
Lots by Marc Martin
Even the end pages are perfection in Martin’s latest offering Lots, an exploration of prevalent people, creatures and things in various places around the world, depicted in vibrant illustrations…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Highly Illogical Behaviour by John Corey Whaley
When I started reading this, I was instantly worried that this was going to be a ‘girl befriends troubled boy, they fall in love and she fixes him’ sort of…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller
Elizabeth and her father are moving to his childhood home after her mother leaves them for a more ‘adventure-filled’ life. Zenobia, Elizabeth’s not-an-imaginary best friend, obviously goes with them. The…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Metropolis by Benoit Tardif
Yet another beautiful illustrated nonfiction book from Big Picture Press, Metropolis takes the reader on a trip to thirty two of the world’s greatest cities. Whilst offering little in the…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Drag Teen by Jeffery Self
Drag Teen is a really fun novel. Unusually, and quite refreshingly, this is not a coming-out novel, but rather a novel about self-acceptance and body image. JT, a queer teen…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
The Uncommoners: The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell
Ivy and Seb’s grandmother, Sylvie, has a mysterious past. She lost her memory long ago in a car accident and remembers nothing about her life prior to that night. Then…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
This picture book is beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful, all wrapped up in one. It depicts the journey of a family fleeing their home country and seeking refuge overseas. With…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
And I Darken by Kiersten White
And I Darken is a gender-swapped version of the story of Vlad the Impaler (the real-life inspiration for Dracula!). Vlad, now Lada, has been sent to live in the Ottoman…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
Frankie Potts and The Sparkplug Mysteries by Juliet Jacka
This is less of a mystery story and more of a story about a girl who WANTS to be in a mystery story and it’s a lot of fun. Frankie…
