First day of Spring, and another book bingo - number eighteen of the year, and the seventh square of twenty-five marked off on my second card - only eighteen to go! I may have to mark off a couple of squares in one post sometime to fill the card by the end of the year.… Continue reading Book Bingo Eighteen – A Book with Themes of Culture
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Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane
Title: Fairytales for Feisty Girls Author: Susannah McFarlane Genre: Fairytales, fantasy, children's fiction, short stories Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th August 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 128 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Renowned girl hero and feisty author Susannah McFarlane presents an illustrated collection of 'tilted' fairytales featuring girls with smarts. Feisty: typically describes one who is… Continue reading Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane
Book Bingo Seventeen: A book with a mystery – The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
Wow, it's book bingo week again - these weeks roll around fast and for this reason, I quite enjoy using the scheduling tool to schedule posts weeks in advance in case something prevents me from posting one week on the day. Anyway, this week I'm ticking off the a book with a mystery square with… Continue reading Book Bingo Seventeen: A book with a mystery – The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
Book Bingo Sixteen- A Book by an author you’ve never read before
In this week's book bingo, I am marking off the square for an author I have never read before. It is If Kisses Cured Cancer by T.S. Hawken - Square two, row two down, and the same across. I was approached by the author via my blog to review the book, and intrigued and at… Continue reading Book Bingo Sixteen- A Book by an author you’ve never read before
Book Bingo fifteen – A Book Set More Than 100 Years Ago
Kate Forsyth's Chain of Charms series has been sitting on my shelf for a few years. Between university up until eighteen months ago, reviewing for publishers and most recently, writing quizzes for Scholastic Australia, I've been trying to squeeze them in, and have found time lately, so that's what I have done. A book set… Continue reading Book Bingo fifteen – A Book Set More Than 100 Years Ago
Book Bingo 14 – A Book by an Australian Man
Another week, another square to check off for book bingo. This time, I'm checking off a book by an Australian man, with a new historical fiction book by Anthony Hill, who has written many historical stories about war and animals in war. This time, he has turned his hand to writing about the voyage that… Continue reading Book Bingo 14 – A Book by an Australian Man
Book Bingo 13 – a book with non-human characters
Book bingo Saturday again - round two, post thirteen of the year for the challenge. To mark off the non-human characters square, I have gone to a book I wrote a quiz for as part of my quiz writer job with Scholastic that fits the category of a book with non-human characters: A book with… Continue reading Book Bingo 13 – a book with non-human characters
Book Bingo Twelve: Square One of Second Card
Starting this week, and each first and third Saturday afterwards until the end of the year, I'll be doing a fresh bingo card, hopefully with different books to the last one. Having finished half way through the year, I decided to fill up another card, and this time, stretch it out a big more over… Continue reading Book Bingo Twelve: Square One of Second Card
The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
Title: The Yellow House Author: Emily O'Grady Genre: Literary Fiction, Crime, Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th April 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The winner of the prestigious literary award that has launched over a hundred authors - the Australian/Vogel's Literary award Winner of the 2018 The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award Even before I… Continue reading The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
Book bingo Eleven – A Book by a person under thirty
It is the beginning of June, and I have completed the book bingo I was participating in with Amanda Barrett and Theresa Smith Writes. The final square I had to mark off, and perhaps the one I was the most unsure about what I was going to read. So I left it until I could… Continue reading Book bingo Eleven – A Book by a person under thirty
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