Title: Smile: The Story of the original Mona Lisa Author: Mary Hoffman Genre: Children’s/Teen/Educational/Historical Fiction Publisher: Faber Factory/Barrington Stoke/Allen and Unwin Published: 24th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 88 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: A gorgeous historical novel following the fictional life of the young woman who would become Leonardo Da Vinci’s greatest work Renaissance Italy is… Continue reading Smile: The Story of the original Mona Lisa by Mary Hoffman
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Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) by Janine Beacham
Title: Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) Author: Janine Beacham Genre: Historical Fiction/Crime/Children’s Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Little Brown Books for Young Readers Published: 11th January 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 277 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The city of Yorke is under attack and it's up to Rose Raventhorpe and Yorke's secret society of butlers… Continue reading Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe #3) by Janine Beacham
Book Bingo 2018
At the start of this year, I had decided to undertake the annual Australian Women Writer’s Challenge, and the 2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge. As I will read some books that will work for both, this shouldn’t be a massive undertaking, apart from a few categories that won’t coincide with the #AWW2018. Whilst perusing some of… Continue reading Book Bingo 2018
Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed
Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed 2017 was the first year I took part in the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge, and it was the sixth year it has been running. Keen to read more Australian Women Writers and raise the profile of our wonderfully talented female authors, I signed… Continue reading Wrap up #4: Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2017: Challenge Completed
Wrap Up #1: 2017 Reading Challenge
2017 Reading Challenge As well as the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge, I embarked on this year, in which I read about fifty-five books, I also did another reading challenge in another group. Since last year, we have gathered on Facebook, with a list of at least twenty categories, sometimes more, to fill with at least… Continue reading Wrap Up #1: 2017 Reading Challenge
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Steadman
Title: The Light Between Oceans Author: M.L. Steadman Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Vintage Published: 3rd December 2012 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by DreamWorks, with David Heyman (Harry Potter) set to… Continue reading The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Steadman
Into the World by Stephanie Parkyn
Title: Into the World Author: Stephanie Parkyn Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 1st December 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Abandoned by her lover and fleeing the wrath of her family, Marie-Louise must make a desperate choice. Find a man or become one. In the midst of the French Revolution,… Continue reading Into the World by Stephanie Parkyn
The Boy Made From Snow by Chloë Mayer
Title: The Boy Made From Snow Author: Chloë Mayer Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Hachette Published: 14th November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 328 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: 'THE BOY MADE OF SNOW had me compulsively turning the pages to find out the fate of Daniel and his mother. A haunting and thrilling read. I absolutely loved it' Kate… Continue reading The Boy Made From Snow by Chloë Mayer
Wolf Children by Paul Dowsell
Title: Wolf Children Author: Paul Dowsell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 1st November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: survival in the cellar of an abandoned hospital, Otto and his ragtag gang of kids have banded together in the desperate, bombed-out city. The war may be over, but danger lurks in the… Continue reading Wolf Children by Paul Dowsell
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington
Title: The Red Ribbon Author: Lucy Addlington Genre: Historical Fiction/Young Adult Publisher: Bonnier/Hotkey/Allen and Unwin Published: 25th October 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might all have been friends together. This was Birchwood. For readers of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped… Continue reading The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington
