Title: Crimson Lake Author: Candice Fox Genre: Crime Fiction Publisher: Bantam Australia Published: 18th December 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author Candice Fox comes an ingenious and edgy suspense novel that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . . Six minutes –… Continue reading Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Tag: Dymocks Reading Challenge
January 2023 Wrap Up Post
2023 got off to a good start – I found a few reading challenges that won’t be too stressful, and I am almost finished the Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge, and am half way through the Book Bestie’s Bingo. The QBD challenge will take a little longer – partially due to finding some books and partially… Continue reading January 2023 Wrap Up Post
Hope is the Thing by Johanna Bell and Erica Wagner
Title: Hope is the Thing Author: Johanna Bell and Erica Wagner Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Uwin Published: 31st January 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A highly original, beautiful and deeply meaningful picture book that sees the marvellous and inspiring world of birds through the eyes of a child and celebrates birds'… Continue reading Hope is the Thing by Johanna Bell and Erica Wagner
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Title: Saving Francesca Author: Melina Marchetta Genre: Fiction Publisher: Puffin, Penguin Published: 5th June 2006 (First published 2003) Format: Paperback Pages: 242 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A memorable and much-loved Australian classic told with humour, compassion and joy, from the internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi. Francesca is at the beginning of her second… Continue reading Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor
Title: The Bookseller’s Apprentice Author: Amelia Mellor Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Affirm Press Published: 27th September 2022 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in the World. Twelve-year-old Billy Pyke has a talent for sorting things out, whether it’s his chaotic… Continue reading The Bookseller’s Apprentice by Amelia Mellor
Summer Reading Challenge 2023
As I said in my previous post, the Dymocks Reading Challenge has changed a little this year and is doing seasonal challenges. This is my introductory post for the Summer Reading Challenge, and I have already started the award winner, and another book – I will see where it fits when I have finished it… Continue reading Summer Reading Challenge 2023
Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023
In 2023, the Dymocks Reading Challenge is doing something a little differently – they’re doing challenges season by season, so I’m going to give it a go and see how many books per category I can read. For summer, I have decided to start now, so I will complete it over January, February, and December… Continue reading Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023
2022 Reading Round-up
In 2022, I read 283 books, and 207 were by Australian authors. 172 were by Australian women, and some of those were co-authored by men. Most books I read overall were by women – a total of 229, so I was on track with my goals to read more women and more Australian women in… Continue reading 2022 Reading Round-up
Blueback by Tim Winton
Title: Blueback Author: Tim Winton Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Published: First published 1997, republished several times Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: Blueback is an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors. Abel Jackson's boyhood belongs to a vanishing… Continue reading Blueback by Tim Winton
Revisiting a Favourite: The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
In 2015, Kate Forsyth published what I think was one of her most powerful, most harrowing, and most effective novels: The Beast’s Garden. Set in Germany in World War Two, it follows Ava as she does what she can to resist the Nazi regime and help her family and those she loves. To save them,… Continue reading Revisiting a Favourite: The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
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