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Ella’s World: Big Kids by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Title: Ella’s World: Big Kids Author: Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura Genre: Fiction, Readers Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st December 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 48 Price: $9.99 Synopsis: Ella is a big kid. She goes to school. Her bag is on her back. Off she goes! ~*~ The world of Ella and Olivia covers a… Continue reading Ella’s World: Big Kids by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Title: Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit Author: Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura Genre: Fiction, Reader Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st December 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 48 Price: $9.99 Synopsis: Ella and Olivia have a dog. His name is Bob. But Bob can be trouble! What will he get up to next? ~*~ The world of… Continue reading Ella’s World: Sit Bob, Sit by Yvette Poshoglian and Camilla Frescura

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Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris

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Title: Tales of the Minstrel Tongue Author: Narrelle M Harris Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Dangerous Charm/Draft2Digital Published: 30th November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 90 Price: $31.04 Synopsis: In Kitty and Cadaver, Kitty Carrasco, funeral parlour beautician, gets the shock of her life when the recently departed, whom she's making presentable for their funerals, all sit up… Continue reading Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris

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Stella Prize Summer Reading Challenge Completed

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It may have taken me all year and January, February, and December 2024 to complete this challenge over summer, but I have managed to do so. I completed the final prompt; title begins with see or bad in December with Bad Country by Kim Ulrick. I have successfully completed all but two of my challenges.… Continue reading Stella Prize Summer Reading Challenge Completed

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The Nerd Daily 2024 Completed

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In 2024, one of my final challenges to be completed is the Nerd Daily Challenge. I liked the prompts this year, and managed to fill them all. Some were easier than others, and some like a recommendation from the Nerd Daily wasn’t as easy at first, but I managed to with a book that came… Continue reading The Nerd Daily 2024 Completed

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Milly’s Mind: A Peak Inside Autism by Colin and Milly Armstrong

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Title: Milly’s Mind: A Peak Inside Autism Author: Colin and Milly Armstrong Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Little Steps Publishing Published: 1st July 2024 Format:  Paperback Pages: 48 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: Milly’s Mind is a portrait of a real 11-year-old autistic girl called Milly (my daughter), navigating the first eleven and a half years of life with… Continue reading Milly’s Mind: A Peak Inside Autism by Colin and Milly Armstrong

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Frog Squad 2: Bungle in the Jungle by Kate and Jol Temple

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Title: Frog Squad 2: Bungle in the Jungle Author: Kate and Jol Temple Genre: Humour Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 4/12/2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Step into a top-secret world where frogs don't just eat flies, they eat danger! This is FROG SQUAD! Alert! When a distress signal comes in from Croakomo Island,… Continue reading Frog Squad 2: Bungle in the Jungle by Kate and Jol Temple

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Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross

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Title: Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories Author: Fin J Ross Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 213 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A linguistics expert solves the murder of her mentor. Mrs Hudson foils a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Men keep dying from their own sheer stupidity. A frozen… Continue reading Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross

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Tilly in a Tangle by Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee

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Title: Tilly in a Tangle Author: Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee Genre: Fiction Publisher: Dirt Lane Press/West Words Published: 11th November 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.95 Synopsis: When things go wrong, following our instinct yields unexpected results. Tilly works hard at keeping her boat shipshape, striving to retain the approval of those around… Continue reading Tilly in a Tangle by Margrete Lamond and Monty Lee

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Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody

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Title: Comes the Night Author: Isobelle Carmody Genre: Fantasy YA Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th October 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A superb YA fantasy set in the near future, full of secrets, high stakes, peril, deceptions and dreamwalkers, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The… Continue reading Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody