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Challenge Check-in: January 2019 

In an effort to keep on top of my check in posts this year, I'm hoping to do monthly wrap ups, and break downs every fifteen books where possible. These Challenge check-ins will allow me to track my progress and determine how many books I read each month to make my end of year posts… Continue reading Challenge Check-in: January 2019 

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Bella Donna: Too Many Spells (Bella Donna #2) by Ruth Symes

Title: Bella Donna: Too Many Spells (Bella Donna #2) Author: Ruth Symes Genre: Children's Fiction Publisher: Piccadilly/Allen and Unwin Published: 7th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Be who you really are . . . whoever that may be! Half the time Bella Donna is a regular girl at a regular school with her… Continue reading Bella Donna: Too Many Spells (Bella Donna #2) by Ruth Symes

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Pop Sugar Challenge Round Up

One of the challenges I did during 2019 was the PopSugar Challenge. It had forty categories, plus an additional ten advanced ones - a couple of which I managed to check off, and I filled most of the main categories, some with multiple books. It was a good challenge, but one thing I think lets… Continue reading Pop Sugar Challenge Round Up

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The Books That Stayed with Me In 2018

Every year, I try to think about the books that have stuck with me - whether happy or sad, fun or informative, or any combination of these things and more that can and do make a book good. In past years, working this out has left me at the end of the year without a… Continue reading The Books That Stayed with Me In 2018

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Check in #5: Australian Women #60 to #78

In what is likely my final Check in for 2018 for the Australian Women Writers Challenge, I'm making my list a little longer as it did not make sense to make another post for one or two books, given I did this in blocks of fifteen - and am debating whether to do monthly, or… Continue reading Check in #5: Australian Women #60 to #78

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Book Bingo Twenty-Four – the PENULTIMATE BINGO POST! Featuring A Book with A Number in the Title and A Non-Fiction Book.

That time has come around again, and I am ticking off two in this post, with the final three to come in a fortnight! I again have a few bingos - Row Two Across gains the bingo with the non-fiction square finally being ticked off, as well as row three and row five down. I… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Four – the PENULTIMATE BINGO POST! Featuring A Book with A Number in the Title and A Non-Fiction Book.

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The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas

Title: The Nutcracker (Barnes & Noble Leather-bound Pocket Editions) Author: Alexandre Dumas Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Barnes and Noble Inc/Fall River Press Published: 1st September 2018 Format: Leather bound Pages: 152 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Discover the real story behind the Disney holiday film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and the famous Nutcracker Christmas ballet,… Continue reading The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas

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The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars by Jaclyn Moriarty (Kingdoms and Empires #2)

Title: The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th October 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 528 Price: $22.99 Synopsis:An enchanting and whimsical spell-filled fantasy novel from Jaclyn Moriarty, the highly-acclaimed author of The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone and the award-winning author of Feeling Sorry for Celia and A… Continue reading The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars by Jaclyn Moriarty (Kingdoms and Empires #2)

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Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (Have Sword, Will Travel #2) by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

Title: Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (Have Sword, Will Travel #2) Author: Garth Nix and Sean Williams Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th October 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $14.99 Synopsis:From New York Times bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams comes this funny, exciting fantasy adventure about two friends and a couple of swords… Continue reading Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (Have Sword, Will Travel #2) by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

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We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) by Lynette Noni

Title: We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) Author: Lynette Noni Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 1st September 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 372 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: EMBRACE THE WONDER “We all have to do our part if we’re to survive the coming storm.” Alexandra Jennings might be the hero of The Medoran Chronicles, but she would be… Continue reading We Three Heroes (Medoran Chronicles) by Lynette Noni