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2025 Dymocks Reading Challenge Volume 2 Completed

Volume two is complete! There was one prompt that required some research, and that was dark academia, as the books I was expecting to have for this prompt hadn’t arrived. So, when I found Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent on an Instagram post of dark academia books, I slotted it in there. I could… Continue reading 2025 Dymocks Reading Challenge Volume 2 Completed

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Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie by Fin J Ross

Title: Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie Author: Fin J Ross Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 29th June 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 278 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: Young Fidelia Knight arrives in Melbourne in 1874, alone except for her treasured companion, Samuel Johnson; well, half of him. To escape servitude, Fidelia hides… Continue reading Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie by Fin J Ross

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The Word Detective by John Simpson

    Title: The Word Detective: A Life in Words from Serendipity to Selfie Author: John Simpson Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Little Brown/Hachette Published: 11th October 2016 Format: paperback Pages: 366 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the… Continue reading The Word Detective by John Simpson