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The Orchardist’s Daughter by Karen Viggers

Title: The Orchardist's Daughter Author: Karen Viggers Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th January 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $29.99 Synopsis:A story of freedom, forgiveness and finding the strength to break free. International bestselling writer Karen Viggers returns to remote Tasmania, the setting of her most popular novel The Lightkeeper's Wife. Sixteen-year-old… Continue reading The Orchardist’s Daughter by Karen Viggers

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The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble

Title: The Dog Runner Author: Bren MacDibble Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th February 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 248 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: From the author of the multi-award-winning and bestselling How To Bee comes an intense and thrilling new adventure. 'We're gonna starve if we stay here,' Emery said. 'If we're gonna go, best go… Continue reading The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble

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Pre-release review: What Lies Beneath Us by Kirsty Ferguson

Title: What Lies Beneath Us Author: Kirsty Ferguson Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Elephant Tree Publishing Published: 22nd February 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 286 Price: $20.00 Synopsis: Jessica James had the perfect life. She had a good job, supportive friends, and her husband Geoff and her son Jack both adored her. Everything changed the moment she found… Continue reading Pre-release review: What Lies Beneath Us by Kirsty Ferguson

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Zelda Stitch Term Two: Too Much Witch (Zelda Stitch #2) by Nicki Greenberg

Title: Zelda Stitch Term Two: Too Much Witch (Zelda Stitch #2) Author: Nicki Greenberg Genre: Fantasy/Children's Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th February 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Zelda Stitch is back in the classroom and ready to start Term Two. Will teaching be easier now everyone know she's a witch? Or… Continue reading Zelda Stitch Term Two: Too Much Witch (Zelda Stitch #2) by Nicki Greenberg

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Challenge Check-in: January 2019 

In an effort to keep on top of my check in posts this year, I'm hoping to do monthly wrap ups, and break downs every fifteen books where possible. These Challenge check-ins will allow me to track my progress and determine how many books I read each month to make my end of year posts… Continue reading Challenge Check-in: January 2019 

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Book Bingo Three – Double Bingo: Crime and Non-Fiction About a Non-Famous Person

Book Bingo Saturday with Theresa Smith and Amanda Barrett has rolled around again, and week three has provided me with my first opportunity to tick off two squares, as per our arrangement to make sure we fill out all thirty across the year. Both of these books are new releases from January this year. Of… Continue reading Book Bingo Three – Double Bingo: Crime and Non-Fiction About a Non-Famous Person

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Australia’s Sweetheart by Michael Adams

Title: Australia's Sweetheart Author: Michael Adams Genre: Biography Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th January 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 404 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: This is the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy. Packed with… Continue reading Australia’s Sweetheart by Michael Adams

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Saving You by Charlotte Nash

Title: Saving You Author: Charlotte Nash Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th January 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 370 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Three escaped pensioners. One single mother. A road trip to rescue her son. The new emotionally compelling page-turner by Australia's Charlotte Nash In their tiny pale green cottage under the trees, Mallory Cook and her five-year-old… Continue reading Saving You by Charlotte Nash

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All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair #9) by Sulari Gentill

Title: All the Tears in China Author: Sulari Gentill Genre: Historical Crime Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 21st January 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 375 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Shanghai in 1935 is a twentieth-century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Into this,… Continue reading All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair #9) by Sulari Gentill

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Book Bingo One: A Beloved Classic – Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

It's book bingo Saturday today, which means marking off my first square of the year on the new bingo card. This year I am officially on the card with Theresa and Amanda, and our shiny new card is below, as it my progress card - so you can see which categories I have marked off… Continue reading Book Bingo One: A Beloved Classic – Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner