Author: Jane Harper ISBN: 978-1-74354-909-4 RRP: $32.99 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Copy: Courtesy of Publisher Last year Jane Harper released her riveting debut suspense novel The Dry, which we read for book club and I loved. Since reading The Dry I have been eagerly awaiting the next book, which finally released last week. A hugely popular debut novel sets … [Read more...]
Book Club: Sixty Seconds
Author: Jesse Blackadder ISBN: 978-1-4607-5424-5 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: HarperCollins Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Jesse Blackadder has written a heartbreaking exploration of grief and loss that is sure to tug the heartstrings. Sixty Seconds is the amount of time it took to tear apart the foundations of a family and leave them floundering in a tumultuous sea of … [Read more...]
Reading Wrap-up for September 2017
October snuck up on me and with the AFL grand final, long weekend and beginning of school holidays the wrap-up got left by the wayside. I had been meaning to do it on the 30th September to make sure I had it organised but instead I finished the last of my September reads (for October book club) and got together the October book club post. Next thing I know it's the 4th and I … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads for October 2017
Wow, who can believe it's October already... where has this year gone? So, in October we have 7 reads, there are lots of Aussie Women Writers which means my challenge is going beautifully and I think I will make my 50 for the year easy. Genre-wise we have some historical, young adult dystopian, contemporary, suspense. I think they all look great and can't wait to sink my … [Read more...]
Book Club: We That Are Left
Author: Lisa Bigelow ISBN: 978-1-76029-700-8 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher We That Are Left is the debut of Australian Lisa Bigelow; a tale of love, hope and grief in wartime Melbourne and rural Victoria. A fictional story inspired by the loss of the HMAS Sydney and it's 645 crew in the waters off Western Australia in November … [Read more...]
Book Club: Willow Tree Bend
Author: Kaye Dobbie ISBN: 9781489245465 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Harlequin Mira Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher/NetGalley Kaye Dobbie is an Australian author with an extraordinary talent for weaving timelines and generations into a compelling and cohesive novel that is both contemporary and historical. This is the second novel I have read, with one more still on my TBR … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Girl From Munich
Author: Tania Blanchard ISBN: 9781925596144 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Tania Blanchard has written an eye opening debut set in WWII. Now, I learned about the war in high school history, I have watched movies about the war and I have read books set in the war but The Girl From Munich was something completely different from … [Read more...]
Ask An Author: Tania Blanchard (September 18-22)
Tania Blanchard is the debut Sydney author of The Girl from Munich, which is one of our September book clubs. We have Tania in to be questioned this week for our Ask An Author segment and I look forward to seeing what our readers want to know. About Tania Blanchard, in her own words I have always had a love of story for as long as I can remember. Before I could … [Read more...]
Book Club: If There’s No Tomorrow
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout ISBN: 9781489242174 RRP: $19.99 Publisher: HQ Young Adult Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher If There's No Tomorrow is an important story for young people to read, actually it's pretty important for all of us. This is a young adult novel but a story that should appeal to readers of many ages. It's a contemporary tale with elements of romance, … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Mummy Bloggers
Author: Holly Wainwright ISBN: 978-1-76029-750-3 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Holly Wainwright is a journalist and editor with years of experience. She now works in digital media, most recently as Head of Entertainment at Mamamia; Australia's biggest women's independent website. A perfect position from which to observe the … [Read more...]
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