Read by Reid

17/09/2025

Book Club Page feature in Wairarapa Times Age.
Be sure to take up the discount offer and enter the draw for book prize.

🌟 The Revisionists by Michelle Johnston
🌟 The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin
🌟 The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan

17/09/2025

Congratulations to Jung Chang
On publication day ...Fly, Wild Swans
Sequel to Wild Swans.
"How do you put into the pages of a book all the circumstances, brutality and life under a regime
How do you craft words that can convey a family torn apart, reunited, imprisoned and still hold on to a sane mind? This is Jung Chang's gift in her writing and we appreciate her newest memoir."
ReadByReid NZ
Purchase now at www.booksonline.co.nz

16/09/2025

Be sure to grab your copy of Wairarapa Times-Age tomorrow!
Not only for the book review feature but a surprise from Hedley's Books!..and for locals, the chance to enter the draw for a book prize...
check it out Wednesday 17th September

Tomorrow is Book Review day in the Wairarapa Times-Age! As well as Read by Reid's review of three brilliant new reads from our shelves, we've hidden a little surprise on the page for you too...

Pick up your copy of tomorrow's paper (we sell it every day!) and find our advert to see what it is!

16/09/2025

Be sure to grab your copy of Wairarapa Times Age on Wednesday 17th September for our Book review page feature!
And if you're local you can enter the draw for a book prize!

10/09/2025

Despite the wild winds and stormy weather, instore at was the place to gather.

Energy and enthusiasm for our featured titles this month and a special tech treat featuring author sharing her inspiration for her spectacular debut book The Vanishing Place and left us with some thoughtful questions from her story ( no spoilers!) Thank you Zoë and .

One guest had a friend with artifacts from diving around the wreck of Batavia! We love our historical fiction and Daughters Of Batavia generated some indepth conversations. Stefanie Koens' debut book has officially arrived in New Zealand and embraced!
..and finally, you'll find a link on my page to Seven Sharp TVNZ story featuring Doug Gold's third book, Saving Elli...a powerful story of determination protecting Elli in World War Two.

🌟 The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin

🌟 Saving Elli by Doug Gold

🌟 Daughters Of Batavia by Stefanie Koens

Join us for more bookish korero next month on 8th October.

06/09/2025

A thoughtful gathering this afternoon with ...
"A generous soul reading from 'Ara' - life's warp and weft...the creases and wrinkles on our lives."

01/09/2025

September Book Club Picks!
Join us Wednesday 10th September for more bookish korero at 5.30pm-6.30pm

🌟 The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
Either you choose to live in the wilds of the New Zealand west coast wilderness or you are held without consent and new survival skills kick in...this is the thread that pulses through the spectacular debut novel just released.
🌟 Saving Elli by Doug Gold
Non-fiction retelling of heroic Dutch couple Frits and Jo, sheltering the very young Elli during Occupied Netherlands in World War Two. A powerful reminder that these stories still have historical importance. Elli's story was discovered after Frits and Jo's children set out to find this mysterious child their parents never forgot.
🌟 Daughters Of Batavia by Stefanie Koens
The imagining of one woman's harrowing ordeal in
1629. The aftermath of the shipwrecked Batavia off the West Australian coast knits into modern day with Tess, a descendent piecing together a survivor's tale. Authentic and plausible historical accuracy, this debut novel will delight fans of Lauren Chater.

Book your tickets at www.booksonline.co.nz

31/08/2025

Father's Day Pick
The Chemist by A A Dhand
"There was enough adrenaline coursing through my veins as I devoured the latest thriller from A A Dhand to match the clever mindset and chemical equations of Idris Khan AKA The Chemist.

Idris is the endearing community pharmacist serving the drug addled community of The Mews poorly funded by the NHS in Leeds.
His clientele are complex but Idris is a character that is both empathetic and a deliverer of justice - this provides the strength of this fast-paced novel.
Heinous power-playing drug lords find new lows in how they keep their drugged and vulnerable communities in line.
Idris and his good friend Al-noor are heroic, giving the novel buoyancy with clear, stark direction.
The ending gives resolution but it us set up to be a series with a strong cast of characters I am now invested in! Perfect for fans of Lee Child or Steve Cavanagh."

Copyright ©️ Sue Reid

HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Order your copy at https://booksonline.co.nz/shop/
Hedley's Books

20/08/2025

Yesterday's edition of featured the next installment of Book Club reviews and if you're local you can enter the draw to win a copy of your choice of the three!

🌟 Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins
🌟 The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
🌟 The Chemist by A A Dhand

Order your copies @ www.booksonline.co.nz

20/08/2025

Father's Day picks!
Highly recommended 🌟

The Chemist by A A Dhand -
clever, different and heroic. Idris Khan is the pharmacist at the underfunded NHS community base serving the drug addled residents of The Mews in Leeds. Dangerous, powerful drug lords control their drugged and vulnerable communities but together with his good friend Al-Noor, Idris finds good use of his pharmaceutical skills.

Carved By Blood by Michael Bennett
Ongoing series featuring former Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman blending investigative policing between Auckland and rural New Zealand. Thought provoking alongside tight, tense crime narrative. It's great to see our own strong crime fiction genre here in New Zealand.

Sins Of The Fathers by John Byrnes
Two brothers escaping the shadows of their brutal vindictive father from the dock shores of Sydney in the early 1910s. But they have an old enemy lurking in darkness tracking them for revenge...to settle the score that started with their fathers. Brilliant, sharp tale and a genuine comparison for Bryce Courtenay fans.

Order your copies www.booksonline.co.nz

20/08/2025

Every day is a good day to pick up the Wairarapa Times-Age but today is particularly good as it's Book Review day!

In today's paper, you'll find three new excellent reads reviewed by Read by Reid... plus some upcoming events from us.

✨ Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (who you may remember as the author of the smash hit, American Dirt)
https://booksonline.co.nz/product/speak-to-me-of-home/

✨ The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb (heart-wrenching but perfectly crafted by an expert storyteller)
https://booksonline.co.nz/product/river-is-waiting-a-novel/

✨ The Chemist by A.A Dhand (a full noise, heart-pumping thriller for anyone who loves Lee Child)
https://booksonline.co.nz/product/chemist-the/

All three are in store and online now!

19/08/2025

Grab your copy of the Wairarapa Times Age this Wednesday 20th August!
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand

Hey booklovers, make sure you pick up a copy of Wednesday's Times-Age. Sue Reid is previewing the latest and greatest books on offer and there's a chance to win your choice from the page's featured books. Here's a taster.