Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre

Rebecca RD

6,402 pts
(5,146 pages read)
  • A life on Gorge River

    By Robert Long
    4 stars

    Loved reading about this inspirational life of a family living off the grid in a hut near Haast.

  • The Midnight Library

    By Matt Haig
    4 stars

    I haven't enjoyed his other books, in fact found them boring and silly, but really enjoyed this one.

  • Dark Tides

    By Philippa Gregory
    4 stars

    Second in the series focused on a midwide and 'medicine woman'.

  • The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

    By Emma Carey
    2 stars

    True story of a girl who has a tragic accident and her recovery. Great start, insprational story, but became quite repetitive.

  • Remember Me

    By Charity Norman
    5 stars

    I love all her books but this was my favourite. Well written story about the relationship between a man and his daughter.

  • Maybe Next Time

    By Cesca Major
    4 stars

    A woman wakes up on the same day time and again and tries to find a way to change the outcome. Thought provoking and quite lovely.

  • The Last House on Needless Street

    By Catriona Ward
    4 stars

    Intriguing from the beginning. A mystery- thriller that will keep you guessing.

  • The Seven

    By Chris Hammer
    4 stars

    I enjoy this authors thriller stories, set in Australia. He paints a great picture of the environment in which the story is set. This one is set over several generations and involves a number of families who founded a small town and the impending mystery aroud several murders.

  • The Spanish Daughter

    By Lorena Hughes
    2 stars

    Story about a cocoa estate heiress and her experiences in Ecuador. A light read.

  • Small Great Things

    By Jodi Picoult
    3 stars

    Typical Jodi Picoult book. Easy to read and focused on a social issue, this one is about race.

  • The Coast

    By Eleanor Limprecht
    5 stars

    Sad but great story based on historical fact about a hospital in Sydney in the early 1900s. Learnt so much about Leprosy.

  • To The Sea

    By Nikki Crutchley
    4 stars

    Enjoyed this book about an eccentric and isolated family with a back-to-basics lifestyle set in a remote coastal property in the Coromandel, New Zealand. Dark subject matter but a good read.

  • Finding Dorothy

    By Elizabeth Letts
    3 stars

    An interesting read based largely on the life of L. Frank. Baum and the story behind his writing of The Wizard of Oz.

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