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Dymocks Reading Challenge 2025

Ashleigh

Each year I also take part in the Dymocks Reading Challenge, and it is always interesting to see how they are going to structure it each year. This year, it’s divided into three volumes, and I am looking forward to filling them. They’re nice and flexible, which means there are going to be many options… Continue reading Dymocks Reading Challenge 2025

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December 2024 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

In December, I read 27 books for review and literary judging, and most of them were by Australian women. I finished all but one book – and I definitely struggled with that one because I wasn’t getting a sense of what the story was meant to be about, and I felt that what it was… Continue reading December 2024 Reading Round Up

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Solomon Macaroni and the Vampire Vacation by Ashleigh Barton

Ashleigh

Title: Solomon Macaroni and the Vampire Vacation Author: Ashleigh Barton Genre: Fantasy Publisher: UQP Published: 3rd October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages:300 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: You'll never believe where SOLOMON MACARONI is heading... The world’s friendliest vegetarian vampire and his six mischievous cousins are going to Paris with Uncle Dracula. They can’t wait for the fine… Continue reading Solomon Macaroni and the Vampire Vacation by Ashleigh Barton

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Aussie YA Challenge Completed

Ashleigh

One of the challenges I took part in this year was the #AussieYAChallenge, hosted by Amy at Lost in a Good Book. I had planned to read to the highest level, which was Nix – read twelve books, because at the time, I wasn’t sure how much Australian YA would come my way. I ended… Continue reading Aussie YA Challenge Completed

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2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Completed for real this time

Ashleigh

Well, when it came to the end of October, we all thought the Dymocks Reading Challenge was ending with Dessert. It was a satisfying ending too, and yet, when the Christmas Leftovers prompts that allowed me to add a few more in, albeit one that I had months ago in a pinch as I was… Continue reading 2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Completed for real this time

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Dymocks Reading Challenge: Christmas Leftovers

Ashleigh

Christmas Leftovers Just when we thought it was over in October, Dymocks surprised us with four more prompts for November and December to wrap up the year. I had to be sneaky though, and use a previously read book for the Book of the Year prompt as I was running out of time, and the… Continue reading Dymocks Reading Challenge: Christmas Leftovers

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The Swordmaster’s Secret and Other Stories by Narrelle M Harris

Ashleigh

Title: The Swordmaster's Secret and Other Stories Author: Narrelle M Harris Genre: Crime/Historical Fiction Publisher: Dangerous Charm/Draft2Digital Published: 30th July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 116 Price:  $40.74 Synopsis: These stories are all set after the events of Narrelle M Harris' The Adventure of the Colonial Boy. The collection begins with "The Swordmaster's Secret", a few months… Continue reading The Swordmaster’s Secret and Other Stories by Narrelle M Harris

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Ella’s World: Big Kids by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

Ashleigh

Title: Ella’s World: Big Kids Author: Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura Genre: Fiction, Readers Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st December 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 48 Price: $9.99 Synopsis: Ella is a big kid. She goes to school. Her bag is on her back. Off she goes! ~*~ The world of Ella and Olivia covers a… Continue reading Ella’s World: Big Kids by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

Ashleigh

Title: Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit Author: Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura Genre: Fiction, Reader Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st December 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 48 Price: $9.99 Synopsis: Ella and Olivia have a dog. His name is Bob. But Bob can be trouble! What will he get up to next? ~*~ The world of… Continue reading Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris

Ashleigh

Title: Tales of the Minstrel Tongue Author: Narrelle M Harris Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Dangerous Charm/Draft2Digital Published: 30th November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 90 Price: $31.04 Synopsis: In Kitty and Cadaver, Kitty Carrasco, funeral parlour beautician, gets the shock of her life when the recently departed, whom she's making presentable for their funerals, all sit up… Continue reading Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris