This is Shyness
Leanne Hall,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: This Is Shyness Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by The Text Publishing Company
Leanne Hall,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: This Is Shyness Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by The Text Publishing Company
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781921799341 (192179934X)
Publish date: August 9th 2010
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Romance,
Young Adult Fantasy,
Contemporary,
Dystopia,
Australia,
Young Adult Contemporary
Series: This is Shyness (#1)
Sometimes I will go months without finding a book that grips me, sometime a year. Imagine my extreme delight when I was able to stumble on TWO amazing books that I devoured in just days over the last few weeks. The second, This is Shyness, by Melbourne author, Leanne Hall leaves me almost wordless...
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh... this book is so damn weird. Like a really weird fairy tale with lots of crazy characters, googly eyes and a pink ukulele. This is Shyness, ensconced in eternal darkness because the sun has decided to take a break. A tourist, named Wildgirl, sits in a bar('The Diabetic'), bemoaning h...
uuuh.Review to come.
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