Amber Dickson rated Reckoning: 4 stars

Reckoning by Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski's childhood in a suburban migrant family was haunted by the demons of her father's life in wartime Poland. …
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Magda Szubanski's childhood in a suburban migrant family was haunted by the demons of her father's life in wartime Poland. …
Bridge to Terabithia (1980, Puffin)
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets …
"Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it's the perfect place for …
A beautifully illustrated French-English bilingual picture book for small children. Quite a challenge for me, as a beginner. I needed to use google translate too often.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between …
DNF
Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, …
Travelling Cat Chronicles (2017, Transworld Publishers Limited)
A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat …
I first read this book when I was about 11 or 12 years old, so I suppose I could easily relate to the characters back then. I've been quite nostalgic about this book for the last decade or so, and I finally decided to track it down and re-read it at the age of 33. I guess at this age I expect characters in novels to be a bit more rounded out, the descriptions a bit richer. This is not an exceptional book, but still enjoyable enough to read. I think teenagers of this decade would laugh at the computer terminology used, and the pop culture references are hilariously dated now - remember the "Agadoo" song?!
Four stars from my 12-year-old self, but more like 2 stars if I had read it for the first time now.
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Just finished reading Space Demons to my kids, aged 8 and nearly-11. …
I first read this book when I was about 11 or 12 years old, so I suppose I could easily relate to the characters back then. I've been quite nostalgic about this book for the last decade or so, and I finally decided to track it down and re-read it at the age of 33. I guess at this age I expect characters in novels to be a bit more rounded out, the descriptions a bit richer. This is not an exceptional book, but still enjoyable enough to read. I think teenagers of this decade would laugh at the computer terminology used, and the pop culture references are hilariously dated now - remember the "Agadoo" song?!
Four stars from my 12-year-old self, but more like 2 stars if I had read it for the first time now.
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Just finished reading Space Demons to my kids, aged 8 and nearly-11. They are probably a bit young for it, but they mostly liked it, and I enjoyed reading it to them. 4 stars this time.
The Mummy Bloggers (Paperback, Allen & Unwin)
1 online resource (211 pages)