I finally got my act together and transferred my Audible.com account (and my entire audiobook library) to Audible.com.au. I really don’t know why I’d been putting it off for so long – just a couple of clicks and it was done….
Today we welcome Simone Pond, author of the recently released novel The Mainframe to Booklover Book Reviews. The Mainframe is the third book in the New Agenda series. Book three picks up in the year 2345, seventeen years after the disappearance of former…
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas) is a kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman’s life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival. Read our full review. The Bone Clocks Book Synopsis: Longlisted for the Man Booker…
Melissa Delport’s The Legacy contains the quintessential elements of hard-to-put-down dystopian fiction – good and evil, love and passion, right and wrong, plus sacrifice (and lots of it). The Legacy Synopsis One man obsessed with power. One woman prepared to sacrifice everything…
The Freezer Synopsis: A Tanner Sequence Novel, 2402 AD CCF homicide investigator Kyle Tanner and his girlfriend are on their way to Pluto, en route to a new life together. Just one little death to check out in the asteroid belt…
The Quick Synopsis For fans of Anne Rice, The Historian, and The Night Circus, an astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London. 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be…
Longlisted for the 2015 Folio Prize, Bald New World is a dark exploration of human vanity in a hairless world, and one of our Best Books of 2014. Bald New World Synopsis What if you woke up one morning and everyone…
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency still contains Douglas Adam’s trademark offbeat and fantastical elements but its driving force is a much more mature and intelligent brand of humour. Read our full review. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Book Synopsis: Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in…
The Collector of Dying Breaths Synopsis: From one of America’s most imaginative storytellers comes a passionate tale of love and treachery, spanning the days of Catherine de Medici’s court to the twenty-first century and starring a woman drawn back, time and…
Erasmus Hobart and the Golden Arrow Synopsis In this time-travelling romp, Andrew Fish brings a new slant to the classic legend. Erasmus Hobart is the perfect new adventurer for fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Robin Hood was a crook!…
Marking Time Synopsis Seventeen-year-old tagger Saira Elian can handle anything… a mother who mysteriously disappears, a stranger who stalks her around London, and even the noble English Grandmother who kicked Saira and her mother out of the family. But when an…
The Shining Girls Synopsis THE GIRL WHO WOULDN’T DIE HUNTS THE KILLER WHO SHOULDN’T EXIST. “The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.” Harper Curtis is a killer who…
The Flute Player Synopsis: For nearly ten years, young Oliver has begrudgingly accepted his position as the flute player of the peaceful village of Drommar—a responsibility thrust upon him after the previous flute player, and Oliver’s best friend, drowned in…
Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook is an outlandish sci-fi adventure story with a healthy dose of heart and humour. Highly recommended in audio. Read our full review. The Rook Synopsis: “The body you are wearing used to be mine.” So begins the…
Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is a gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life — mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall San Francisco bookstore….
Seduction by MJ Rose is a haunting novel about a grieving woman who discovers the lost journal of novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries. Seduction Synopsis In 1843, novelist Victor Hugo’s beloved nineteen-year-old daughter drowned. Ten years later,…
