Starting this week, and each first and third Saturday afterwards until the end of the year, I'll be doing a fresh bingo card, hopefully with different books to the last one. Having finished half way through the year, I decided to fill up another card, and this time, stretch it out a big more over… Continue reading Book Bingo Twelve: Square One of Second Card
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Embassy of the Dead by Will Mabbitt
Title: Embassy of the Dead #1 Author: Will Mabbitt Genre: Children's/Horror/Ghost Stories Publisher: Hachette Australia/Orion Children's Books Published: 12th June 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 310 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The first book in a spookily funny new series, where the living meet the dead and survival is a race against time. Perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let… Continue reading Embassy of the Dead by Will Mabbitt
Kensy and Max #1: Breaking News by Jacqueline Harvey
Title: Kensy and Max #1: Breaking News Author: Jacqueline Harvey Genre: Kid's Fiction, Spies Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 26th February 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: What would you do if you woke up in a strange place? If your whole life changed in the blink of an eye and you had… Continue reading Kensy and Max #1: Breaking News by Jacqueline Harvey
Interview: J.D. Barrett on The Upside of Over
Hi J.D., and welcome to my blog, The Book Muse. Congratulations on publishing your third book, The Upside of Over. I read The Song Of Us as well last year as part of the Australian Women Writer's Challenge, and I thoroughly enjoyed both. Thank you so much, Ashleigh! Of all the books you have… Continue reading Interview: J.D. Barrett on The Upside of Over
The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
Title: The Yellow House Author: Emily O'Grady Genre: Literary Fiction, Crime, Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th April 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The winner of the prestigious literary award that has launched over a hundred authors - the Australian/Vogel's Literary award Winner of the 2018 The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award Even before I… Continue reading The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
Cover Reveal: The Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay
Releasing on the 16th of November, 2018, is the screenplay of the second part in the Fantastic Beasts series, The Crimes of Grindelwald,which will pick up where the first film left off two years ago, with the capture of Gellert Grindelwald by Newt Scamander and the MACUSA squad. However, Gellert has escaped and is on… Continue reading Cover Reveal: The Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay
Book bingo Eleven – A Book by a person under thirty
It is the beginning of June, and I have completed the book bingo I was participating in with Amanda Barrett and Theresa Smith Writes. The final square I had to mark off, and perhaps the one I was the most unsure about what I was going to read. So I left it until I could… Continue reading Book bingo Eleven – A Book by a person under thirty
Book Bingo Take Two
As per my post two weeks ago when I completed the first round, this is my second go at the bingo card, having completed it early, due to my filling in several squares at once in some posts. This time around. I'll be trying to only do one book and square a fortnight, so I… Continue reading Book Bingo Take Two
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
Title: The Seventh Cross Author: Anna Seghers, translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: First published 1942, republished 29th May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 390 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A rediscovered German classic novel from 1942, The Seventh Cross is both a gripping escape story and a powerful novel of… Continue reading The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
The Upside of Over by JD Barrett
Title: The Upside of Over Author: J.D. Barrett Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Published: 29th May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 298 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A scathingly brilliant new novel from TV scriptwriter J.D. Barrett, author of THE SECRET RECIPE FOR SECOND CHANCES, that explores sex, love and all the stuff in-between. What happens when one of the country's… Continue reading The Upside of Over by JD Barrett
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