In 2019 I also participated in the Pop Sugar Challenge. I missed out on completing this by one, mainly because time just ran out and I never got to it. Below is my list of categories that I completed. I am thinking of trying a different one this year, as I feel the categories are… Continue reading Pop Sugar Challenge Wrap Up 2019
Tag: Reviews
The Case of the Wandering Scholar (Laetitia Rodd #2) by Kate Saunders
Title: The Case of the Wandering Scholar Author: Kate Saunders Genre: Historical Fiction, Crime/Mystery Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia Published: 1st October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: It is 1851 and Mrs Rodd has received an unusual commission: wealthy businessman Jacob Welland is dying of consumption and implores our redoubtable detective to find his… Continue reading The Case of the Wandering Scholar (Laetitia Rodd #2) by Kate Saunders
The Orange Grove by Kate Murdoch
Title: The Orange Grove Author: Kate Murdoch Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Regal House Publishing Published: 11th October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 250 Price: $22.90 Synopsis: Blois, 1705. The château of Duc Hugo d’Amboise simmers with rivalry and intrigue. Henriette d’Augustin, one of five mistresses of the duc, lives at the château with her daughter. When… Continue reading The Orange Grove by Kate Murdoch
The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
Title: The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth Author: Philip Pullman Genre: Fantasy/Mystery/Steampunk Publisher: Penguin Random House/David Fickling Books Published: 3rd October 2019 Format: Paperback Pages:784 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Master storyteller Philip Pullman continues the incredible journey of Lyra Silvertongue in the second volume of The Book of Dust. It is twenty years since… Continue reading The Book of Dust Volume 2: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
Matters of the Heart by Fiona Palmer
Title: Matters of the Heart Author: Fiona Palmer Genre: Fiction/Jane Austen retelling Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 27th August 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 330 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A classic love story about manners, men and modern romance retold by bestselling Australian author, Fiona Palmer Western Australia, 2019: The Bennets are a farming family struggling to make ends meet. Lizzy,… Continue reading Matters of the Heart by Fiona Palmer
As Happy as Here by Jane Godwin
Title: As Happy as Here Author: Jane Godwin Genre: Fiction Publisher: Lothian Children's Books/Hachette Published: 23rd July 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 275 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find themselves sharing a hospital ward, for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Fiona Wood Three teenage girls… Continue reading As Happy as Here by Jane Godwin
The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Blue Rose Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Vintage/Penguin Random House Published: 16th July 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Moving between Imperial China and France during the ‘Terror’ of the French Revolution and inspired by the true story of the quest for a blood-red rose. Viviane de Faitaud has… Continue reading The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth
The Bad Mother’s Book Club by Keris Stainton
Title: The Bad Mother's Book Club Author: Keris Stainton Genre: Fiction Publisher: Trapeze/Hachette Published: 23rd April 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 266 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: This book club only reads wine labels - the laugh-out-loud novel from ebook bestseller Keris Stainton Since moving to the Liverpudlian seaside after her husband's career change, Emma Chance's life consists… Continue reading The Bad Mother’s Book Club by Keris Stainton
The Honeyman and the Hunter by Neil Grant
Title: The Honeyman and the Hunter Author: Neil Grant Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 1st April 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Rudra is an Indian-Australian boy at a crossroads, poised to step into the world of adulthood and to discover his cultural heritage and how that might truly define… Continue reading The Honeyman and the Hunter by Neil Grant
Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills
Title: Best Foot Forward Author: Adam Hills Genre: Non-Fiction/Comedy Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 31st July 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 355 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: One of Australia's biggest comic personalities, much-loved host of Spicks and Specks and the hit UK TV show The Last Leg, Adam Hills' charming and witty memoir is a lesson in following your heart, being… Continue reading Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills
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