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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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