Title: Friday Barnes: Last Chance Author: R.A. Spratt Genre: Crime. Mystery Publisher: Puffin Published: 31st January 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Crime is afoot in the city of love! Someone stole the Mona Lisa. Okay, it was over a hundred years ago, but a recently uncovered letter reveals that the thief forged a… Continue reading Friday Barnes: Last Chance by R.A. Spratt
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Spice Road by Maiyam Ibrahim
Title: Spice Road Author: Maiyam Ibrahim Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 31st January 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 488 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Set in an Arabian-inspired land, in this epic young adult fantasy, seventeen-year-old Imani must fight to find her brother whose betrayal is now her nation's greatest threat. The first book in an epic… Continue reading Spice Road by Maiyam Ibrahim
Ollie and Bea: Bunny Ideas by Renee Treml
Title: Ollie and Bea: Bunny Ideas Author: Renee Treml Genre: Graphic novel Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 31st January 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 64 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Best friends Ollie and Bea continue to delight young readers in this super cute series: full-colour graphic novels that celebrate fun and friendship and the differences that make… Continue reading Ollie and Bea: Bunny Ideas by Renee Treml
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Title: Saving Francesca Author: Melina Marchetta Genre: Fiction Publisher: Puffin, Penguin Published: 5th June 2006 (First published 2003) Format: Paperback Pages: 242 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A memorable and much-loved Australian classic told with humour, compassion and joy, from the internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi. Francesca is at the beginning of her second… Continue reading Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
QBD Reading Challenge 2023
One final challenge I am doing this year is the QBD Reading Challenge. I enjoy this one because it has a mix of specific and open categories, so it is fairly easy to complete. Even the categories that might seem specific are open to interpretation, and for some of them, I have already used what… Continue reading QBD Reading Challenge 2023
2022 Reading Round-up
In 2022, I read 283 books, and 207 were by Australian authors. 172 were by Australian women, and some of those were co-authored by men. Most books I read overall were by women – a total of 229, so I was on track with my goals to read more women and more Australian women in… Continue reading 2022 Reading Round-up
QBD Reading Challenge 2022
This year I participated in the QBD Reading Challenge again and managed to complete it all within six months. Some categories were easier to fill than others, but what I like about this challenge is that the categories are always open and not overly prescriptive, which means it is easier to find books. Challenges like… Continue reading QBD Reading Challenge 2022
Revisiting a Favourite: The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
In 2015, Kate Forsyth published what I think was one of her most powerful, most harrowing, and most effective novels: The Beast’s Garden. Set in Germany in World War Two, it follows Ava as she does what she can to resist the Nazi regime and help her family and those she loves. To save them,… Continue reading Revisiting a Favourite: The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
My January 2022 Reading Update
Aussie Author Reading Challenge: 16/24 Dymocks Reading Challenge: 18/26 QBD Reading Challenge: 15/24 Goal: 25/150 Australian Women: 13 Australian Men: 3 Australian: 16 Non-Australian: 9 I made a good start on my reading in January – I got through all the review books sent to me that have been slated for release between January and… Continue reading My January 2022 Reading Update
QBD Reading Challenge
Another challenge I am doing this year is the QBD Reading Challenge. Like the Dymocks Reading Challenge, it is broad enough that I should be able to fulfill most of the categories easily and hope to fill in as many as possible early on, so I can focus on the ones that might not be… Continue reading QBD Reading Challenge
The Book Muse 