Title: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency Author: L.D. Lapinski Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orion/Hachette Australia Published: 28th April 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 380 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES and THE POLAR BEAR EXPLORERS' CLUB. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you… Continue reading The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
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Willow Moss and the Lost Day (Starfell #1) by Dominique Valente
Title: Willow Moss and the Lost Day (Starfell #1) Author: Dominique Valente Genre: Fantasu Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 2nd May 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The first book in the most spellbinding children's fantasy series of the year, now in paperback, with beautiful black-and-white inside illustrations by Sarah Warburton. Perfect for fans of… Continue reading Willow Moss and the Lost Day (Starfell #1) by Dominique Valente
Books and bites bingo A book with lots of hype: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (Ravenclaw Edition)
For my fifth square, I am ticking off a book with lots of hype. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published in 2000, to lots of hype, and by all accounts, some might say it is still hyped, with the recent releases of the illustrated edition at the end of last year, and… Continue reading Books and bites bingo A book with lots of hype: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (Ravenclaw Edition)
August Round Up 2019
I managed to read sixteen books in August, and the break down is below for each challenge and collectively in lists and tables. Several were read for review purposes, some for quiz writing purposes and others for my own reading. Some reviews are only going live in September, but others are up and ready to… Continue reading August Round Up 2019
A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
Title: A Pinch of Magic Author: Michelle Harrison Genre: Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: March 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $16.99 Synopsis:'A SPELLBINDING STORY, STEEPED IN MAGIC. I ADORED IT' - Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song Three sisters trapped by an ancient curse. Three magical objects with the power to change their fate.… Continue reading A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
Pages and Co #1: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
Title: Pages and Co #1: Tilly and the Bookwanderers Author: Anna James Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 17th June 2019 Format: Hardcover Pages: 400 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: A magical adventure to delight the imagination. Eleven-year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her other disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the… Continue reading Pages and Co #1: Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell
Title: The Dragon in the Library Author: Louie Stowell Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Nosy Crow/Allen and Unwin Published: 25th July 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Save the library, save the world! Kit can't stand reading. She'd much rather be outside, playing games and getting muddy, than stuck inside being quiet with a book.… Continue reading The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 20th Anniversary House Editions by JK Rowling
Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 20th Anniversary House Editions Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia Published: 13th June 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 468 Price: Hardback - $27.99 Paperback - $16.99 Synopsis:Let the magic of J.K. Rowling's classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 20th Anniversary House Editions by JK Rowling
Book Bingo Seven: Written by an Australian Woman
And thus ends March, and my seventh book bingo of the year with Theresa Smith and Amanda Barrett. I've just got one book to present this week, and this book fills the square "written by an Australian Woman" - which I intended to write weeks ago, but got caught up in all the other squares,… Continue reading Book Bingo Seven: Written by an Australian Woman
Harry Potter: A History of Magic by JK Rowling, British Library
Title: Harry Potter: A History of Magic Author: JK Rowling, British Library Genre: Exhibition Catalogue/Non-Fiction/Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 18th February 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $34.99 Synopsis:Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the record-breaking British Library exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and a team of brilliant curators.… Continue reading Harry Potter: A History of Magic by JK Rowling, British Library
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