Category: Jacqueline Harvey

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May 2025 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

During May, I almost got caught up on my review reading, mostly completed all my reading for something else, and overall, I read 28 books. All these books were by Australian authors, which is a huge focus on my blog at the moment. That’s not to say there aren’t great books by authors not from… Continue reading May 2025 Reading Round Up

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The Girl and the Ghost by Jacqueline Harvey

Ashleigh

Title: The Girl and the Ghost Author: Jacqueline Harvey Genre: Mystery Publisher: Penguin Australia Published: 29th April 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A French village, new friends, fabulous food, a local mystery to be solved and . . . a ghost. She snaps the locket shut. Just as quickly as he appeared,… Continue reading The Girl and the Ghost by Jacqueline Harvey

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Final Reading Log 2024

Ashleigh

In 2024 I read 244 books from authors covering a wide range of identities and nationalities, adult fiction, children’s and young adult books, and across a wide range of genres. There were some I loved some I didn’t, and some that I felt a bit middling about – they may not have been my thing,… Continue reading Final Reading Log 2024

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Australian authors read in 2024

Ashleigh

I read 206 Australian authors in 2024, many more than international authors, because I feel like Australian authors are often overlooked in favour of US or UK authors, unless they have a big name that is almost guaranteed to sell books. My Australian reading has been as diverse as possible, within genre and author identity.… Continue reading Australian authors read in 2024

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Australian Women Read in 2024

Ashleigh

For the past several years, I have been eager to promote Australian women writers. Not to the detriment of men or international authors, but because Australian women writers are brilliant and often overlooked, so don’t always get the recognition they deserve. There are some who are popular, but for those who aren’t, I feel that… Continue reading Australian Women Read in 2024

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Total Women Authors Read in 2024

Ashleigh

During 2024 I read 210 books by women, which was in line with my goal to read more books by women in general, and I did my best to read as diversely as possible, but I was also reading the books I already had or that were sent to me for review or literary judging,… Continue reading Total Women Authors Read in 2024

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My Reading Summary 2023

Ashleigh

Now that I have gone in-depth with my reading from 2023, here are my reading statistics at a glance, worked out throughout the year as I read a range of things. Some books may have fitted into multiple categories, and I hope I have reflected this in my posts and these numbers. I am not… Continue reading My Reading Summary 2023

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Australian Authors Read

Ashleigh

And I did it – I achieved my goal of reading as many Australian authors as possible. I always prefer reading and reviewing Australian authors as I feel that I hear more about authors from America or the UK – and whilst I do have some authors from other countries I like, I want to… Continue reading Australian Authors Read

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Books Written by Australian Women

Ashleigh

My main goal was to read as many books by Australian women as possible, and in 2023 my focus was also on promoting children’s literature, as this is one area of literature that does not get as much attention in mainstream media – that is something that lots of people want to see a change… Continue reading Books Written by Australian Women

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The Books I read that were Written by Women

Ashleigh

In 2023, I read 173 books written by women across a range of genres and audiences and age groups, and many of these were review books or books that I reviewed throughout the year. I made the effort to be as diverse as possible – whether this was the story, the author, or the characters… Continue reading The Books I read that were Written by Women