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Gom’s Gold by S.L. Mills

 Title: Gom’s Gold Author: S.L. Mills Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Stem Enterprises/self-published Published: 7th December 2014 Format: Paperback Pages: 228 Price: $20.00 Synopsis: A fairytale castle surrounded by rainbows stands high on a plateau in Australia’s Blue Mountains. Inhabited by a strange boy with a pet magpie and a grumpy old man, it is just too… Continue reading Gom’s Gold by S.L. Mills

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Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill

Title: Crossing the Lines Author: Sulari Gentill Genre: Literary Fiction, Crime Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 1st August 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 265 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Winner of the Ned Kelly Best Crime Fiction Award 2018 When Madeleine d’Leon conjures Ned McGinnity as the hero in her latest crime novel, she makes him a serious writer… Continue reading Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill

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Book Bingo Twenty-Four – A Prize Winner and BINGO – A book by an author with the same initials

Hello, and welcome to my third last book bingo for the year with Amanda and Theresa. After this one, I have to check off a book over 500 pages, and a book by an author with the same initials - the latter of which I think I have chosen. This week, I am marking off… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Four – A Prize Winner and BINGO – A book by an author with the same initials

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Pippa’s Island: The Beach Shack Café by Belinda Murrell

Title: Pippa’s Island: The Beach Shack Café Author: Belinda Murrell Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 3rd July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: A gorgeous new series about friendships, family and seaside adventures, from our beloved bestselling author Belinda Murrell! Pippa has just arrived at a new school, in a new… Continue reading Pippa’s Island: The Beach Shack Café by Belinda Murrell

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Cavern of The Fear (Deltora Shadowlands #1/Deltora Quest #2) by Emily Rodda

Title: Cavern of The Fear (Deltora Shadowlands #1/Deltora Quest #2) Author: Emily Rodda Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st February 2002 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: A second Deltora quest begins in this fantasy trilogy that’s sure to engage Deltora fans and bring in all new readers! The Shadow Lord’s evil tyranny over Deltora… Continue reading Cavern of The Fear (Deltora Shadowlands #1/Deltora Quest #2) by Emily Rodda

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The Drowned Kingdom (The Impossible Kingdom #4) by Kate Forsyth

Title: The Drowned Kingdom (The Impossible Kingdom #4) Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st of May 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 185 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Quinn, Sebastian, Elanor and Tom have found a dragon and conquered the dreaded Beast of Blackmoor Bog. Only one item remains on their impossible quest - the… Continue reading The Drowned Kingdom (The Impossible Kingdom #4) by Kate Forsyth

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Book Bingo Twenty-Three – A Book Set in the Australian Outback and DOUBLE BINGO

Welcome to one of my final book bingo entries for the year with Amanda and Theresa, and my first for November. This time around, I am ticking off a book set in the Australian Outback, where I have been able to get a bingo in one down row and one across row by ticking off… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Three – A Book Set in the Australian Outback and DOUBLE BINGO

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Blog Tour Part Two: Interview with Author, Lynette Noni

 Hi Lynette, and welcome back to the Book Muse! Last time I interviewed you, I think Akarnae had just come out and it was my very first interview as a book reviewer, so this is very exciting to have you back.     The Whisper duology is quite a departure from the Medoran Chronicles -… Continue reading Blog Tour Part Two: Interview with Author, Lynette Noni

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Clancy of the Overflow by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #9)

Title: Clancy of the Overflow (Matilda Saga #9) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 21st October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping story… Continue reading Clancy of the Overflow by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #9)

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Book Bingo Twenty-Two – A fictional biography of a woman from history

Welcome to week twenty-two of Book Bingo with Theresa and Amanda. Coming to the end of October, and I have made it to one of my trickier squares - a fictional biography of a woman from history. With this one, I wasn't sure what I was going to do, yet I had earlier in the… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Two – A fictional biography of a woman from history