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Best books 2017 Reviewed by Australian Media – 3
Happy 2018!
In this post we continue to present you some good reads by authors internationally and reviewed by Australians media Continue reading
Book Review: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
Brooke Davis
Summary
At seven years old, Millie Bird realises that everything is dying around her. She wasn’t to know that after she had recorded twenty-seven assorted creatures in her Book of Dead Things her dad would be a Dead Thing, too.
Agatha Pantha is eighty-two and has not left her house since her husband died. She sits behind her front window, hidden by the curtains and ivy, and shouts at passers-by, roaring her anger at complete strangers. Until the day Agatha spies a young girl across the street.
Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven when his son kisses him on the cheek before leaving him at the nursing home. As he watches his son leave, Karl has a moment of clarity. He escapes the home and takes off in search of something different.
Three lost people needing to be found. But they don’t know it yet. Millie, Agatha and Karl are about to break the rules and discover what living is all about.
Comments
This book is a little quirky with a strange sense of humour. While we enjoyed parts of the story; in particular, Agatha Pantha’s Chair of Discernment, on the whole we found it hard to engage in it fully. We found it hard to believe in the characters. While this was a nice and easy ready, that we think would make a good holiday read, we found the ending just left us with too many questions.
6.5/10
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Best books 2017 Reviewed by Australian Media – 2
There are titles by Aussie writers that might not be listed for any literary awards but they’re equally well written. The titles, with their diverse styles and literary fields, reviewed by critics here, you can add any to this year’s City of Parramatta Library Summer Reading Challenges, because they all fit our reading theme: reading Australia.
Sophie Hannah’s Hercule Poirot
A new Poirot movie is recently on our screens: Murder on the orient express, a famous adaptation of Agatha Christie’s book, again and again.
Christie is a most loved author, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. All of her books have been reprinted and sold over 2 billion copies in various languages. Murder on the orient express was adapted for TV and movie many times, with some great actors portraying Poirot. While this time it is Kenneth Branagh’s time for Poirot I personally favoured David Suchet, a Poirot in action for 25 years. But I did like Kenneth Branagh playing as the detective Wallander in the TV series UK version, adapted from the books by Henning Mankell. Continue reading