At the start of the year, I pledged to read fifteen books across the year, and ended up reading one hundred, and reviewing about ninety-seven of those – as some were read for my job as a quiz writer and I didn’t get a chance to review them all. Of the one hundred, it is… Continue reading 2019 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Completed,
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Deltora Quest #2 Bind Up
Title: Deltora Quest #2 Author: Emily Rodda Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 2007 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Here, for the first time, the three books of the international best-selling fantasy series Deltora Quest 2 are brought together in one superb volume. The Shadow Lord's evil tyranny over Deltora has ended. But… Continue reading Deltora Quest #2 Bind Up
The Shadowlands (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #3) by Emily Rodda
Title: The Shadowlands (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #3) Author: Emily Rodda Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st May 2002 Format: Paperback Pages: Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have come to the final test - to get the Pirran Pipe to free the Deltoran slaves from the evil Shadow Lord. But first they must… Continue reading The Shadowlands (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #3) by Emily Rodda
The Isle of Illusion (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #2) by Emily Rodda
Title: The Isle of Illusion (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #2) Author: Emily Rodda Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2002 Format: Paperback Pages: 132 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Lief, Barda and Jasmine are desperately searching for the three parts of the fabled Pirran Pipe, their only hope of saving the thousands of Deltorans held captive… Continue reading The Isle of Illusion (Deltora Quest Shadowlands #2) by Emily Rodda
Book Bingo 2019 Round Up and Intro to 2020
As 2019 comes to an end, I am starting to wrap up my reading challenges and getting my wrap-up posts done. First cab off the rank is for #BookBingo with Amanda and Theresa, wrapping up just before Christmas, with the rest to follow shortly or early in the new year. This year, I completed the… Continue reading Book Bingo 2019 Round Up and Intro to 2020
Best Books of….2019
As the year comes to a close, many in the book blogging and reviewing community, and the book community in general – radio shows, podcasts, authors – have been posting and recording about this. And let me tell you, it is hard, and often, so many good ones are left off, and to me, ranking… Continue reading Best Books of….2019
Book Bingo Twenty-Five – A Novel over 500 pages, and BINGO – Card completed.’
December already, and I have completed my bingo card for the year - BINGO! Over the past twelve months, with Theresa and Amanda, and several others, I have taken part in several challenges, including Book Bingo. This post will focus on my final square - a novel (or book) of over 500 pages, and in… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Five – A Novel over 500 pages, and BINGO – Card completed.’
November Round up 2019
Nearly at the end of the year – and I am compiling my reads and reviews from November. Between work, reviewing and my own reading, I read eighteen books in November, bringing me to 188 for the year in total, and twelve of those books were by Australian women. In November, I participated in #AusReadingMonth… Continue reading November Round up 2019
Mermaid Holidays: The Reef Rescue by Delphine Davis and Adele K Thomas (Illustrator)
Title: Mermaid Holidays: The Reef Rescue Author: Delphine Davis and Adele K Thomas (Illustrator) Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 3rd December 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Price: $9.99 Synopsis: Sign up for Sea Star Reef Summer Camp and join Olivia Ocean, Chloe Coral, Sophia Seashell and Willow Wave for another splashing adventure in… Continue reading Mermaid Holidays: The Reef Rescue by Delphine Davis and Adele K Thomas (Illustrator)
The Clergyman’s Wife by Molly Greeley
Title: The Clergyman’s Wife Author: Molly Greeley Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd December 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: In this Pride and Prejudice-inspired novel, not everyone has the luxury of waiting for love. Charlotte Collins knows this well… Charlotte Collins, née Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford’s… Continue reading The Clergyman’s Wife by Molly Greeley
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