Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman, Audiobook Review
I listened to the Northern Lights / Golden Compass audiobook. Adult or child, will adore Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy heroine Lyra Belacqua.
Action & Adventure
Action and adventure fiction is the epitomy of escapist reading. Browse all our articles, starting with the most recent, featuring books that contain elements of action and adventure, whether it is travel, charting new frontiers, hunting down others or being hunted themselves. Often there is some sort of peril to evade, mystery to solve and/or justice to deliver.
Recent stand out reads in this genre for us include The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Stuart Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water and TJ Newman’s Falling, and then of course you can’t go wrong with the iconic bestsellers Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. All these novels are guaranteed to entertain. There is a book to satisfy everyone’s quest for adventure from the safety and comfort your favourite reading chair.
-
-
THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE & BABBAGE by Sydney Padua, Book Review
THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE . . . in which Sydney Padua transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into a hilarious series of adventures. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage Synopsis: The (Mostly) True Story of…
-
UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch, Book Review: Unravelling farce
Under the Net, Iris Murdoch’s first novel, features Jake Donaghue and sidekicks getting into predicaments, barbed banter and deception. Under the Net Synopsis: Iris Murdoch’s first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful…
-
Book Review & Giveaway – THREE LIVES DOWN by Rachel Amphlett
Three Lives Down Synopsis : Dan Taylor has survived two attempts on his life. The rest of his team are missing, and now a terrorist group has stolen a radioactive isotope from a top secret government project. Can Dan survive long enough…
-
BEAUTY IS A WOUND by Eka Kurniawan, Review: Uniquely appealing
Beauty is a Wound is the first of Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan’s novels to be translated into English. Beauty is a Wound Synopsis: Compulsively readable, Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humour, and romance in an astonishing epic novel,…
-
SUPERSYMMETRY by David Walton, Book Review
Supersymmetry, the sequel to David Walton’s Superposition. Supersymmetry Synopsis : Ryan Oronzi is a paranoid, neurotic, and brilliant physicist who has developed a quantum military technology that could make soldiers nearly invincible in the field. The technology, however, gives power to the quantum creature…
-
SUPERPOSITION by David Walton, Book Review
Superposition Synopsis: A Mind-Bending, Near-Future, Science Fiction Techno-thriller. Jacob Kelley’s family is turned upside down when an old friend turns up, waving a gun and babbling about an alien quantum intelligence. The mystery deepens when the friend is found dead in…
-
Resistance Is Futile by Jenny T Colgan, Review: Geeky charm
Jenny T Colgan’s Resistance Is Futile is a wonderful romantic comedy come save-the-world adventure with a rebellious, geeky tone. Read on for our full review of this under-appreciated gem. Resistance Is Futile Synopsis She’s smart. She’s funny. But she’s only human…. As a…
-
THE LOST SWIMMER by Ann Turner, Book Review: Compelling
Ann Turner’s debut novel The Lost Swimmer is an entertaining and compelling contemporary thriller, that would easily translate to the big screen. The Lost Swimmer Synopsis: Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor, makes sense of the past for a living. But suddenly, truth…
-
THIS IS HOW IT REALLY SOUNDS by Stuart Archer Cohen, Book Review
Part satire, part revenge tale, part wilderness adventure — with a heavy dash of noir espionage — This Is How It Really Sounds explores the seductive power of the Other Life, and what happens when you finally grasp it. This…
-
Peter d’Plesse, author of Fire Eye – Interview and Book Giveaway
Today we welcome Peter d’Plesse, Aussie author of Fire Eye to Booklover Book Reviews. Fire Eye Synopsis: ADVENTURE TURNED NIGHTMARE. How did Alexander Dulaine’s search for a lost aircraft become a life and death struggle in the unforgiving Australian landscape? Alexander…
-
Book Review – THE VOID by Timothy S Johnston
The Void Synopsis : 2403 AD It would be easier to kill him than to trust him. Transporting a serial killer might seem like a simple job for CCF Homicide Investigator Kyle Tanner. After spending years apprehending murderers, he’s ready to hang…
-
Present Darkness by Malla Nunn, Review: Pageturner with depth
Review Summary: The world-wise, snappy dialogue in Malla Nunn’s Present Darkness, no holes barred action and uncensored brutality places it squarely in the category of ‘page-turner’. Present Darkness Synopsis: Five days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper sits at his desk at…
-
Interview & Book Giveaway – Alan Carter, author of Bad Seed
Today we welcome Alan Carter, Aussie author of Bad Seed to Booklover Book Reviews. When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes his…
-
THE WEAVER FISH author Robert Edeson – Interview
Today we welcome Robert Edeson, Aussie author of The Weaver Fish to Booklover Book Reviews. Cambridge linguist Edvard Tossentern, presumed dead, reappears after a balloon crash. When he staggers in from a remote swamp, gravely ill and swollen beyond recognition, his…
-
The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner by Mark David Green, Review
The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner by Mark David Green is a warm-hearted rom-com that would both male and female audiences will enjoy. Read my review. The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner Synopsis Harry Straight doesn’t want any complications in…
