Author: Meredith Jaffé ISBN: 9781743548462 RRP: $29.99 I don't know where to start. My heart is breaking and my mind is left reeling. This is a story that is not easy to read, it is not easy to contemplate and I am still having trouble trying to reconcile. Time hasn't really helped... The Making of Christina is the second novel by Meredith Jaffé and the second we … [Read more...]
Book Club: Lost For Words
Author: Stephanie Butland ISBN: 978-1-785-76259-8 RRP: $29.99 Stephanie Butland is an author I was not familiar with before Lost For Words but she is one who is certainly on my radar now. Lost for Words, something most would say I never am; though that is not altogether true it was enough to grab my attention. A secondhand bookshop and tattoos, well that was certainly … [Read more...]
Reading Wrap-Up for July 2017
The last couple of months I have found myself over committed so I am trying to be a little more selective. I want to be able to read what I set out to and not put myself under too much pressure. I still have two of the June book club titles to read but the reviews coming in have been positive so I am definitely looking forward to them. July saw me read all of the book club … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads for August 2017
Last month we trialed a new system for the book club reads and I think it worked pretty well. We have had some positive feedback from members which is always encouraging and it ran smoothly which was what had me the most worried. A successful first run has meant we are going to run the August book clubs on the same system. We have 7 book clubs booked in for August, I have … [Read more...]
Book Review: Sycamore
Author: Bryn Chancellor ISBN: 9780062677129 RRP: $29.99 Sycamore was a June read that I didn't quite get finished and it became my first July read but with everything going on the review got left by the wayside. We are now two weeks from me finishing the book and I am not going to bed until the review is written. This is the debut novel of Bryn Chancellor, though she … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Good Teacher
Author: R.M. Anderson ISBN: 9781489239167 RRP: $29.99 The Good Teacher is a small town story of secrets and scandals. It's a story that I enjoyed and it kept me turning pages but after awhile it also started to seem a little over the top as it slid further and further into soap opera territory. Stony Creek is a tiny farming town with a primary school that is just … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Party
Author: Robyn Harding ISBN: 9781925596670 RRP: $29.99 The Party is the first book I have read by Robyn Harding and I managed to get an uninterrupted block of time Sunday morning to read so devoured it was. Sweet Sixteen is a turning point in many young lives, it's a birthday that is celebrated as special though I'm not really sure what the significance is. Hannah … [Read more...]
Book Club: Fatal Mistake
Author: Karen M. Davis ISBN: 9781925368321 RRP: $29.99 Karen M. Davis is a talented author who spent decades as a police officer and her experience and on the job knowledge certainly shines through in another gripping police procedural set on Australia's own East Coast. There has been a much larger gap between books this time round, which means my chances of remembering … [Read more...]
Book Club: Beneath The Parisian Skies
Author: Alli Sinclair ISBN: 9781489236128 RRP: $29.99 Alli Sinclair is an Australian author with a passion for dance, and it shows. Beneath the Parisian Skies is part of the Wandering Skies series, which I was not aware of until after reading the book. Don't be put off though because there doesn't actually seem to be anything linking the books except a theme. Beneath … [Read more...]
Blog Tour Book Club: Diamond Sky
Author: Annie Seaton ISBN: 9781743535707 RRP: $29.99 Diamond Sky marks the third and final book in the Porter Sister series and it was an engaging and exciting suspenseful read that fit beautifully with the other two books. Yes, this is the third book in a series but it stands solidly on its own. The Porter Sisters series is really three stand alone books that are … [Read more...]
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