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Book Bingo Twenty-one – A funny book, A book that scares you and a book of short stories

This week marks my twenty-first post for the year of my Bok Bingo challenge, which has been chugging along well. So well in fact, I'm whipping through my second card quite rapidly, with a few squares to be decided and written up. For this post, all three books are by Australian women, scoring a hattrick… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-one – A funny book, A book that scares you and a book of short stories

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Total Quack Up by Sally Rippin, Deborah Abela, Jacqueline Harvey, Oliver Phommavanh, R.A. Spratt, Paul Jennings, Alex Miles, Adrian Beck, Tristan  Bancks and Matt Stanton

Title: Total Quack Up Author: Sally Rippin, Deborah Abela, Jacqueline Harvey, Oliver Phommavanh, R.A. Spratt, Paul Jennings, Alex Miles, Adrian Beck, Tristan  Bancks and Matt Stanton Genre: Children's fiction/humour Publisher:  Penguin Random House/Puffin Published: 15th October, 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: 14.99 Synopsis: Authors Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck have gathered together an awesome… Continue reading Total Quack Up by Sally Rippin, Deborah Abela, Jacqueline Harvey, Oliver Phommavanh, R.A. Spratt, Paul Jennings, Alex Miles, Adrian Beck, Tristan  Bancks and Matt Stanton

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The Cat with the Coloured Tail by Gillian Mears, Illustrated by Dinalie Dabarera

Title: The Cat with the Coloured Tail Author: Gillian Mears, Illustrated by Dinalie Dabarera Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st September 2015 Format: Hardcover Pages: 80 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Mr Hooper and The Cat with the Coloured Tail travel through the countryside in their ice-cream van. They enjoy looking for heart shapes (their favourite… Continue reading The Cat with the Coloured Tail by Gillian Mears, Illustrated by Dinalie Dabarera

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What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra

Title: What the Woods Keep Author: Katya de Becerra Genre: Young Adult/Speculative Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 26th September 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $16.99 Synopsis:Katya de Becerra's stunning debut combines mystery, science fiction, and dark fantasy in a twisty story that will keep you mesmerized right up to the final page. On… Continue reading What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra

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We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) by Lynette Noni

Title: We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) Author: Lynette Noni Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 1st September 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 372 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: EMBRACE THE WONDER “We all have to do our part if we’re to survive the coming storm.” Alexandra Jennings might be the hero of The Medoran Chronicles, but she would be… Continue reading We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) by Lynette Noni

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Archibald, The Naughtiest Elf in the World Goes to the Zoo by Skye Davidson, illustrated by Ágnes Rokiczky

Title: Archibald, The Naughtiest Elf in the World Goes to the Zoo Author: Skye Davidson, illustrated by Ágnes Rokiczky Genre: Fantasy, Picture Book Publisher: Elephant Tree Publishing Published: August 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 32 Price: $19.95 Synopsis: Archibald is the naughtiest elf in the whole wide world, who loves nothing more than doing extremely mischievous… Continue reading Archibald, The Naughtiest Elf in the World Goes to the Zoo by Skye Davidson, illustrated by Ágnes Rokiczky

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Book Bingo Eighteen – A Book with Themes of Culture

First day of Spring, and another book bingo - number eighteen of the year, and the seventh square of twenty-five marked off on my second card - only eighteen to go! I may have to mark off a couple of squares in one post sometime to fill the card by the end of the year.… Continue reading Book Bingo Eighteen – A Book with Themes of Culture

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Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane

Title: Fairytales for Feisty Girls Author: Susannah McFarlane Genre: Fairytales, fantasy, children's fiction, short stories Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th August 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 128 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Renowned girl hero and feisty author Susannah McFarlane presents an illustrated collection of 'tilted' fairytales featuring girls with smarts. Feisty: typically describes one who is… Continue reading Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane

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Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check in Four – forty-five to sixty.

My fourth check in, and most current one as of the 12th of August, 2018, takes me to sixty books for the year, and in July I managed to read an entire Kate Forsyth series, as well as historical fiction, an #OwnVoices book, female focussed books, and one with  fascinating link to ancient history that… Continue reading Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check in Four – forty-five to sixty.

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Australian Women Writer’s Challenge check in two – books sixteen to thirty.

Marking off the half way point for my first sixty books as it stands on the 11th of August, is my second post, with the next fifteen books up to thirty. These range from books for kids, to choose your own adventure to historical fiction, and nearly everything in between. This post, there is much… Continue reading Australian Women Writer’s Challenge check in two – books sixteen to thirty.