Title: Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 5th June 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that… Continue reading Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) by Author: Jackie French
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Queen of Dogs by Joe Weatherstone
Title: Queen of Dogs Author: Joe Weatherstone Genre: Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 5th June 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Maddy’s family are talented and ambitious — sporting trophies, top grades, they collect them all. But Maddy would rather spend time with her best friend, her pug Gusto. When Gusto disappears… Continue reading Queen of Dogs by Joe Weatherstone
Red Day by Sandy Fussell
Title: Red Day Author: Sandy Fussell Genre: Historical, Contemporary Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st March 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Heartfelt contemporary storytelling at its best, with vivid historical flashbacksSet in a modern-day small town among the remnants of a Japanese POW camp, this is the story of Charlie. Charlie has synaesthesia… Continue reading Red Day by Sandy Fussell
How To Move a Zoo by Kate Simpson and Owen Swan
Title: How To Move a Zoo Author: Kate Simpson and Owen Swan Genre: Historical Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th June 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: The true story of how at the beginning of the 20th century Jessie the elephant walked from Moore Park Zoo to her spacious new home in… Continue reading How To Move a Zoo by Kate Simpson and Owen Swan
May 2024 Reading Round Up
During May, I read 22 books, and reviewed about half of them, with some reviews in the way. I spent a lot of time trying to get on top of review books, and made some good progress – to date, the only review books I have left are back catalogue ones, giving a bit of… Continue reading May 2024 Reading Round Up
Repacking for Greece: A Mediterranean Odyssey by Sally Jane Smith
Title: Repacking for Greece: A Mediterranean Odyssey Author: Sally Jane Smith Genre: Travel memoir Publisher: Journeys in Pages Published: 20th April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: When a long-forgotten, apartheid-era arrest record derails Sally’s plans for a Canadian family holiday, she packs her mum’s 1978 travel diary and sets out solo for… Continue reading Repacking for Greece: A Mediterranean Odyssey by Sally Jane Smith
Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies by Alison D Stegert
Title: Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies Author: Alison D Stegert Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Chicken House Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: At her dull Victorian finishing school, fourteen-year-old Winnie dreams of becoming a top inventor like her father. Then, she’s recruited into a league of young… Continue reading Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies by Alison D Stegert
Pet Sitters: Billy Goat Boogie by Ella Shine
Title: Pet Sitters: Billy Goat Boogie Author: Ella Shine Genre: Fiction Publisher: Puddle Dog Press Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 60 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Two pet sitters. One talking cat. What could possibly go wrong? Cassie and Lina can't wait to pet sit Winton the goat and film a TV commercial. But Winton… Continue reading Pet Sitters: Billy Goat Boogie by Ella Shine
Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology edited by Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron
Title: Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology Author: Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron (editors) Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 18th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 300 Price: $36.95 Synopsis: Dark Deeds Down Under 2, the next volume of our ground-breaking, bestselling anthology series, edited by Craig Sisterson, features 21 short stories by… Continue reading Dark Deeds Down Under 2: A Crime and Thriller Anthology edited by Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron
April 2024 Reading Round Up
In April I read 16 books, as some were a bit longer but I’m still on track to get things read. I’m catching up on my review books as well – most from the first five months have been read and reviewed, apart from ones that came after publication date, and that will be going… Continue reading April 2024 Reading Round Up
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