Well, it only took me six months to complete this challenge! The one category I had to dig around for was the Celebrity Book Club Pick, partly because I don’t usually follow celebrity book clubs, and partly because there were quite a few other that didn’t appeal to me, so I was glad that I… Continue reading Completed Challenge: Bestie’s Book Bingo
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June 2023 Reading Round Up
In June, I read 28 books, all by Australian authors apart from The Night in Question and Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star. I managed to read across a range of genres, and most of them have been reviewed. I have tried to read as broadly as possible as well, which I am to do every… Continue reading June 2023 Reading Round Up
Timefire by Nean McKenzie
Title: Timefire Author: Nean McKenzie Genre: Dystopian Publisher: MidnightSun Publishing Published: 1st July 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 199 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: In the scorching summer of 2033, Gilbert Black is accused of being a firebug, just like his mother was thirteen years previously. That night a fire starts on his family's farm. A fire with… Continue reading Timefire by Nean McKenzie
Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge Completed
It’s taken me a while, but I finally completed my summer prompts. I was going to finish this in December, but I read a book that worked for this and other challenge prompts, so I decided to use it as the Summer and Autumn prompts are available to start now. My final prompt was BookTok… Continue reading Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge Completed
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Title: The Dictionary of Lost Words Author: Pip Williams Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Affirm Press Published: 31st March 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood… Continue reading The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
Title: The Paris Agent Author: Kelly Rimmer Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 28th June 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 340 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Two otherwise ordinary women become female spies in WWII France in this sweeping new novel of historical suspense by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Rimmer. Two otherwise ordinary women become spies in… Continue reading The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes
Title: Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star Author: Laura Noakes Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 7th June 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Synopsis: Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is the middle-grade debut of 2023.Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her life at the… Continue reading Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes
The Girls Who Changed the World: Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution by Jackie French
Title: The Girls Who Changed the World: Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 7th June 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have… Continue reading The Girls Who Changed the World: Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution by Jackie French
Some Shall Break (Book #2 None Shall Sleep Sequence) by Ellie Marney
Title: Some Shall Break (Book #2 None Shall Sleep Sequence) Author: Ellie Marney Genre: Crime Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 6th June 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: From the author of The Killing Code comes the electrifying sequel to New York Times bestselling YA thriller None Shall Sleep. Junior FBI consultants Travis Bell and Emma Lewis are swept… Continue reading Some Shall Break (Book #2 None Shall Sleep Sequence) by Ellie Marney
May 2023 Reading Round Up
I read fifteen books in May and completed the Autumn part of the Dymocks Reading Challenge. Most books were by Australian authors across a range of genres and audiences, like always. However, I didn’t get through as many books as I hoped this past month due to circumstances beyond my control so I am hoping… Continue reading May 2023 Reading Round Up
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