Title: The Last Dingo Summer (Matilda Saga #8) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 16th November 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A body has been found in the burned-out wreckage of the church at Gibber's Creek - with older skeletons lying beneath it. The corpse is identified as that… Continue reading The Last Dingo Summer (Matilda Saga #8) by Jackie French
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Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018 Completed Post
This year I pledged to read fifteen books - which I had completed by at least March, if not earlier. I read a total of seventy-nine books and reviewed seventy-eight - one review is due to go live in January and as a result, also counts towards my 2019 challenge. One book from this year… Continue reading Australian Women Writers Challenge 2018 Completed Post
Book Bingo Four: A book more than 500 pages, a book with themes of culture, and a book with a mystery.
In my fourth book bingo, I have three books to include and link back to. At this stage, I have almost completed the fifth column on the square, with the final square needing a foreign translated book - yet to be decided. The others are all a little bit spaced out randomly at… Continue reading Book Bingo Four: A book more than 500 pages, a book with themes of culture, and a book with a mystery.
Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies by Jackie French (Miss Lily #1)
Title: Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 27th March 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 524 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A tale of espionage, love and passionate heroism. Inspired by true events, this is the story of how society's 'lovely ladies' won a war. Each year at secluded Shillings Hall, in… Continue reading Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies by Jackie French (Miss Lily #1)
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 #3: Favourite Reads of 2017
Wrap Up #3: Favourite Reads of 2017 In my third wrap up post for 2017, I am looking at my favourite reads of the year. Over the past twelve months of reading so many books, narrowing down my favourites has been quite hard. There are definitely a few that stick out, though. Deciding how… Continue reading Wrap Up #3: Favourite Reads of 2017
Facing the Flame by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #7)
Title: Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga #7) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 20th November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 292 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: There have been fires before, but not like this. Heartbreaking and powerful, FACING THE FLAME is a story of the triumph of courage and community, and a love for… Continue reading Facing the Flame by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #7)
Wrap up post: The Matilda Saga by Jackie French
Since 2010, the world of Matilda O’Halloran, spanning six books, and almost eighty years of characters, conflicts and politics, has charmed many readers, and will hopefully continue to do so. Beginning in 1894 in the dark alleys of the city, and Grinder’s Alley, the main character of The Matilda Saga and A Waltz for Matilda,… Continue reading Wrap up post: The Matilda Saga by Jackie French
The Ghost by the Billabong by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #5)
Title: The Ghost by the Billabong Author: Jackie French Genre: Children’s Literature/Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 1st December 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 544 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed… Continue reading The Ghost by the Billabong by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #5)
Some of my Favourite Australian Authors
Today is Australia Day, and I usually spend it quietly with books, often by an Australian author such as Kate Forsyth, Sulari Gentill, Anita Heiss, or Jackie French. Many of the Australian authors I enjoy are women authors, and their books genre blend and tell the stories of characters who may be forgotten or silenced,… Continue reading Some of my Favourite Australian Authors
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