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May 2024 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

During May, I read 22 books, and reviewed about half of them, with some reviews in the way. I spent a lot of time trying to get on top of review books, and made some good progress – to date, the only review books I have left are back catalogue ones, giving a bit of… Continue reading May 2024 Reading Round Up

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April 2024 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

In April I read 16 books, as some were a bit longer but I’m still on track to get things read. I’m catching up on my review books as well – most from the first five months have been read and reviewed, apart from ones that came after publication date, and that will be going… Continue reading April 2024 Reading Round Up

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The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

Ashleigh

Title: The Unexpected Mess of It All Author: Gabrielle Tozer Genre: Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A very funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance between family friends Jamila and Billy. Jamila Dakhoul wants to escape her life. Forget everything. Forget that her only friends are… Continue reading The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

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The Unexpected Heiress A family saga from concentration camp by George Mallory

Ashleigh

Title: The Unexpected Heiress: A family saga from concentration camp to a gold mining empire to a gold mining empire Author: George Mallory Genre: Fiction Publisher: The Erudite Pen Published: March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 350 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: The human spirit's resilience in the face of adversity takes centre stage in The Unexpected Heiress. This… Continue reading The Unexpected Heiress A family saga from concentration camp by George Mallory

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My Reading Summary 2023

Ashleigh

Now that I have gone in-depth with my reading from 2023, here are my reading statistics at a glance, worked out throughout the year as I read a range of things. Some books may have fitted into multiple categories, and I hope I have reflected this in my posts and these numbers. I am not… Continue reading My Reading Summary 2023

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Books by LGBTQIA and Non-Binary Authors 2023

Ashleigh

Another goal I had in 2023 was to read more LGBTQIA or non-binary authors, and this post features the ones that I knew about that made the list, though I do acknowledge that I may have read others and not realised it, and that based on the author biography I had, they ended up in… Continue reading Books by LGBTQIA and Non-Binary Authors 2023

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Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023

Ashleigh

This year, I took on the Dymocks Reading Challenge again. This time, we got our prompts season by season, which made it more challenging to plan what to read, but in the end, I managed to do it. The prompts were fairly flexible as well – there were ones anything could fit into and ones… Continue reading Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023

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Blog Tour: Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

Ashleigh

Title: Bone Rites Author: Natalie Bayley Genre: Historical Fiction/Thriller Publisher: Aurora Metro Books Published: 31st October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 314 Price: $25.99 Synopsis: Winner of The Virginia Prize for Fiction Bone Rites is a dark, literary tale of love, loss and one woman's obsessive fight for justice and redemption within a ruthless world.  I… Continue reading Blog Tour: Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley

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Dymocks Autumn Reading Challenge

Ashleigh

I completed my Dymocks Autumn reading challenge at the end of April and enjoyed all the books I read. I read several books that I could have used for at least two of the prompts, as I have read a few debut novels and many Australian novels – more about that in my monthly round… Continue reading Dymocks Autumn Reading Challenge

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Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

Ashleigh

Title: Lies We Sing to the Sea Author: Sarah Underwood Genre: Fantasy/Historical/Romance Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 5th April 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 496 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A dazzling sapphic fantasy, inspired by Greek mythology.In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each summer brings the hanging of twelve maidens, a gift to the vengeful Poseidon. But when… Continue reading Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood