Review of ‘Seven Little Australians’

November 16, 2012 Australian Fiction / Book Reviews / ClassicsLeave a comment

Vital stats: Author: Ethel Turner Publisher: Penguin Format: Paperback RRP: $17.95 (AUD) My rating The story: Set in 1880s Sydney, Seven Little Australians follows the quarrels, fights, adventures and love of the seven mischievous Woolcot children, their strict father Captain Woolcot and his …

What we think of… Around the World in Eighty Days

September 6, 2010 Book Reviews / ClassicsLeave a comment

Vital stats… Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Penguin Books Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $9.95 My rating What it’s about… England, 1872. Mankind was making leaps and bounds in science and exploration, laying the groundwork for the technological wonders of the 20th century. Medical advances led …