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
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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
Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check-in One – books one to fifteen
All year I have been meaning to write progress posts for every month, or every ten books. Until now, I have woefully neglected this activity, and having read 61 books already, am breaking it up into posts of fifteen - and will continue to do this until the end of the year/early 2019, making the… Continue reading Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check-in One – books one to fifteen
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty (Kingdoms and Empires #1)
Title: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone(Kingdoms and Empires #1) Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: November, 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 512 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: An enchanting and whimsical spell-filled fantasy novel from Jaclyn Moriarty, the award-winning author of Feeling Sorry for Celia and A Corner of White, suitable for readers who loved A… Continue reading The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty (Kingdoms and Empires #1)
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
The Honourable Thief by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
Title: The Honourable Thief Author: Meaghan Wilson Anastasios Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Pan MacMillan Published: 31/7/2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: 'Achilles? Because...?' 'Obsession of mine. Half man, half god - and his own worst enemy. My kind of man.' He laughed. Istanbul, Turkey 1955 Benedict Hitchens, once a world-renowned archaeologist, is… Continue reading The Honourable Thief by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
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
The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1) by Jessica Fellowes
Title: The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1) Author: Jessica Fellowes Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Sphere Published: 12th September 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 422 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A Golden Age-style mystery bursting with period detail and set amid the Mitford household, THE MITFORD MURDERS is the glittering start to a thrilling and sumptuous new series written by Jessica Fellowes,… Continue reading The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1) by Jessica Fellowes
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 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
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