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Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge Completed

Ashleigh

It’s taken me a while, but I finally completed my summer prompts. I was going to finish this in December, but I read a book that worked for this and other challenge prompts, so I decided to use it as the Summer and Autumn prompts are available to start now. My final prompt was BookTok… Continue reading Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge Completed

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Dymocks Winter Reading Challenge

Ashleigh

We are halfway through the year now and heading into the winter prompts for the Dymocks Reading Challenge, which will run across June, July, and August. Like the Summer and Autumn reading challenges, there are eight prompts to mark off. Some of the prompts have already appeared in my other reading challenges and have other… Continue reading Dymocks Winter Reading Challenge

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April 2023 Reading Wrap Up

Ashleigh

Goal: 68/200 Dymocks Summer: 7 Autumn:8 Winter: Spring: Bestie’s Book Bingo 15/16 QBD Reading Challenge: 19/24  Australian: 59 Australian Women: 48 Australian Men: 10 Non-Australian: 9 Women: 5 Men: 3 Total women: 53 Total Men: 13 Co-written: 1 Non-Binary/LGBTQIA: 2   No Author Specified: 1 In April I read fourteen books, as some were a bit… Continue reading April 2023 Reading Wrap Up

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March 2023 Round Up

Ashleigh

In March I read nineteen books, and all but two were Australian. I reviewed nearly all of them, and the reviews will all be up soon – at least one has to be written still, and I have started on my May reading. I have tried to read broadly across genres and authors, but my… Continue reading March 2023 Round Up

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Homecoming by Kate Morton

Ashleigh

Title: Homecoming Author: Kate Morton Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th April 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 640 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: The highly anticipated new novel from the worldwide bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a spellbinding story that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations. Adelaide… Continue reading Homecoming by Kate Morton

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Book Bestie’s Bingo Update

Ashleigh

I have almost finished my Book Bestie’s Bingo – the only prompt I have to complete is the Celebrity Book Club one, and this is the prompt in these challenges I most often struggle with as they’re often books that I don’t like, or genres I don’t read, or books that are overly hyped –… Continue reading Book Bestie’s Bingo Update

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Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans

Ashleigh

Title: Euphoria Kids Author: Alison Evans Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Echo Publishing Published: 4th February 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The latest ground breaking young adult novel from award-winning author, Alison Evans. Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but teachers and classmates… Continue reading Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans

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Becoming Mrs Mulberry by Jackie French

Ashleigh

Title: Becoming Mrs Mulberry Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 8th March 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 512 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we unearth - and those that are too dangerous to tell. The once impoverished medical student Agnes… Continue reading Becoming Mrs Mulberry by Jackie French

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Little Matilda Goes to Hospital by Caz Goodwin, illustrated by Shaney Hyde

Ashleigh

Title: Little Matilda Goes to Hospital Author: Caz Goodwin, illustrated by Shaney Hyde Genre: Fiction Publisher: Martin Cavendish Published: 31st October 2022 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Little Matilda is not feeling well. But she is worried about going to hospital for the first time. Will she be able to overcome her fears… Continue reading Little Matilda Goes to Hospital by Caz Goodwin, illustrated by Shaney Hyde

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The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody

Ashleigh

Title: The Red Wind Author: Isobelle Carmody Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Puffin Published: 11th October 2011 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Winner of the 2011 CBC Book of the Year - Younger Readers. The first book in The Kingdom of the Lost series. When a devastating red wind sweeps across the land, brothers Bily… Continue reading The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody