Outside of a Dog

Amber Dickson rated Who's that banging on the ceiling?: 3 stars

Who's that banging on the ceiling? (1992, Candlewick Press)

Who's that banging on the ceiling? by Colin McNaughton

People on each floor of an apartment building try to guess what is making the noise they hear coming from …

Amber Dickson rated And the Mountains Echoed: 4 stars

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Amber Dickson rated Wonder: 5 stars

No cover — Wonder (Paperback, Randon House)

Wonder by R.J Palacio

Amber Dickson reviewed Brumby's Run by Jennifer Scoullar

Brumby's Run (2012, Penguin (Australia))

Review of "Brumby's Run" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Great story, but one thing really bugged me all the way to the end. At the start of chapter eleven (page 58 in the copy I read), in the 6th paragraph, the Chandler's housekeeper, Mai, says "Mrs Carmichael always have me decorate on Christmas Eve." It should have read "Mrs Chandler". Pity an editor didn't pick up this mistake. My mind just started trying to figure out the connection between the Chandler's housekeeper and the Carmichaels. I didn't realise it was a red herring error until I got to the end of the book and it wasn't revealed to be a plot twist!

Amber Dickson rated The Husband's Secret: 4 stars

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

Amber Dickson rated The night guest: 3 stars

The night guest (2013, Penguin Group Australia)

The night guest by Fiona McFarlane

An elderly Australian woman lets a mysterious and possibly sinister caretaker into her beach-side home and into her life.

Amber Dickson reviewed The coat by Julie Hunt

The Coat stood in a paddock at the end of a row of strawberries. It …

Review of 'The coat' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Hard to read, because of the cursive font printed over the top of the illustrations.

Amber Dickson rated Study Guide: 4 stars

Study Guide by SuperSummary

Amber Dickson rated The Happy Prince and Other Stories: 3 stars

The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Paperback, 2009, Puffin Classics)

The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde

This facsimile of the 1913 edition includes, along with the title story, "The nightingale and the rose," "The selfish giant," …

Amber Dickson reviewed Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire by Elisabetta Dami

Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire (2009, Scholastic)

Una misteriosa amenaza planea sobre el rancho de Nicky, en Australia... pero las chicas del …

Review of 'Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I read this to my daughter over several nights and we both really enjoyed it. It's a shame there are so many American words in a book set in Australia - we don't use the words gallons, miles, feet, inches, ranch, prairie, grits, sweater, gas... But never mind, it was good fun to read about the Thea Sisters' Australian adventure!