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#KT Book Bingo 2025 Completed

Another #KTBookBingo completed! This was a tricky one at first, and one I thought would take me much longer to complete. But some books just worked so well in each category, and at times I had multiple choices. I got there in the end though, and can now focus on the rest of my reading… Continue reading #KT Book Bingo 2025 Completed

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Finding Alfie: A D-Day Story by Michael Morpurgo

Title: Finding Alfie: A D-Day Story Author: Michael Morpurgo Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2025 Format: Hardcover Pages: 80 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Young Michael Morpurgo always loved the small painting of a boat hanging on Aunty Iris’s wall. But all she would ever say about it was that her beloved Alfie… Continue reading Finding Alfie: A D-Day Story by Michael Morpurgo

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March 2024 Reading Round Up

In March, I read 25 books, some quite ahead of time for review in my attempt to stay on track of things. I completed the first part of the Dymocks Reading Challenge and made good progress on my other reading challenges. One book had a male and a female author, so it was able to… Continue reading March 2024 Reading Round Up