Title: Josephine’s Garden Author: Stephanie Parkyn Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd December 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A captivating story of love, nature and identity in Napoleon's France 'Stephanie Parkyn is one very talented storyteller.' -Mrs B's Book Reviews France, 1794. In the aftermath of the bloody end… Continue reading Josephine’s Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
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Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Title: Dragonfly Song Author: Wendy Orr Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: June 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Abandoned by the priestess of the island at birth, Aissa is an outcast, surviving by her wits - until she joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on… Continue reading Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Books and Bites Bingo – Intro and square one marked off
Just for fun, I am picking up another bingo challenge. Like all challenges this year, I have chosen them based on the openness of the categories, to fiction and non-fiction and to Australian and non-Australian authors. I feel this will give me a better chance of filling in all or as many of the categories… Continue reading Books and Bites Bingo – Intro and square one marked off
2019 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Completed,
At the start of the year, I pledged to read fifteen books across the year, and ended up reading one hundred, and reviewing about ninety-seven of those – as some were read for my job as a quiz writer and I didn’t get a chance to review them all. Of the one hundred, it is… Continue reading 2019 Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Completed,
Book Bingo 2019 Round Up and Intro to 2020
As 2019 comes to an end, I am starting to wrap up my reading challenges and getting my wrap-up posts done. First cab off the rank is for #BookBingo with Amanda and Theresa, wrapping up just before Christmas, with the rest to follow shortly or early in the new year. This year, I completed the… Continue reading Book Bingo 2019 Round Up and Intro to 2020
Best books of 2010 to 2019
In compiling this list, I had to go back to all my reading log lists – which I began in about 2006, and to date have over 1300 on my combined list. But in doing this, I discovered it was quite difficult to narrow things down to just a handful of ten or fifteen like… Continue reading Best books of 2010 to 2019
Best Books of….2019
As the year comes to a close, many in the book blogging and reviewing community, and the book community in general – radio shows, podcasts, authors – have been posting and recording about this. And let me tell you, it is hard, and often, so many good ones are left off, and to me, ranking… Continue reading Best Books of….2019
Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes
Title: Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess Author: Bettany Hughes Genre: Biography, History, Non-Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 12th November 2019 Format: Hardcover Pages: 242 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A vivid history of the ancient goddess Venus by the bestselling historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical… Continue reading Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes
Book Bingo Twenty-Four – A Prize Winner and BINGO – A book by an author with the same initials
Hello, and welcome to my third last book bingo for the year with Amanda and Theresa. After this one, I have to check off a book over 500 pages, and a book by an author with the same initials - the latter of which I think I have chosen. This week, I am marking off… Continue reading Book Bingo Twenty-Four – A Prize Winner and BINGO – A book by an author with the same initials
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Won the War by Simon Parkin
Title: A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Won the War Author: Simon Parkin Genre: Non-fiction, Biography Publisher: Hachette Australia/Sceptre Published: 12th November 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 310 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Find out what is happening in the Atlantic, find ways of getting the convoys through, and sink the U-boats!' Prime Minster, Winston… Continue reading A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Won the War by Simon Parkin
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