Author: Holly Ringland ISBN: 978-1-4607-5433-7 RRP: $32.99 Publisher: 4th Estate (Harper Collins) Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a hotly anticipated debut with an absolutely gorgeous cover that catches the eye and the imagination. This is a book that has gained quite a lot of great press and I have heard some really positive reviews. … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Implausible Story of Olive Far Far Away
Author: Tonya Alexandra ISBN: 9781489246950 RRP: $19.99 Publisher: HQ Young Adult Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher The Implausible Story of Olive Far Far Away is the conclusion of a duology that began with The Impossible Story of Olive In Love and follows the young life of Olive Banks. Olive is under a gypsy curse that rendered her invisible; she found love with Tom, … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: You Wish
Author: Lia Weston ISBN: 9781743538609 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher You Wish is Lia Weston's third novel, and the second that I have read. I know that Weston is an Adelaide author so I must say that I spent quite a bit of the early chapters trying to work out where this book is set, and it turns out that it's Melbourne but it is … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Ill Will
Author: Michael Stewart ISBN: 9780008248154 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: HQ Fiction Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher I loved Wuthering Heights as a teen, it has had multiple reads and I even gave it a reread a couple of years back when I read a newly released companion novel to the original, even on my last read I loved the story. I always try to check out the books that take … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Fool’s Gold
Author: Fleur McDonald ISBN: 978-1-76029-396-3 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Fleur McDonald is a talented West Australian author writing suspenseful stories of life in small towns. She is an author I always quite enjoy but haven't read nearly enough of. Fool's Gold is her 11th novel but she has gone back in time to start at the … [Read more...]
Reading Wrap-Up for March 2018
March was still not a fabulous month technologically and email is becoming the bane of my day but I did do a lot better with reading. I think we are starting to create some routines, just as term one is ending and sports are starting but hey, we'll get there. I managed to get all but one of the book club reads for March finished so I was super pleased with myself about that, … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Mrs.
Author: Caitlin Macy ISBN: 9781925640755 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher I have been sitting on this one for a while because I'm just not sure what I want to say about it. There was a lot of hype in the lead up to it's release and it has been said that it could be the next Big Little Lies. I haven't read Big Little Lies, but I … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: An Unsuitable Match
Author: Joanna Trollope ISBN: 9781509855636 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher An Unsuitable Match is the first I have read of Joanna Trollope's work, and it's the bestselling British author's twenty-first novel. I'm a little torn and still not quite sure how I'm feeling about this one. I enjoyed the story and I must say I loved that … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Children of Blood and Bone
Author: Tom Adeyemi ISBN: 9781509871353 RRP: $16.99 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Children of Blood and Bone is a highly anticipated young adult fantasy debut, recommended for fans of Sarah Maas, Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir. Now I haven't read all of those authors but I have read Sabaa Tahir (and just go sidetracked looking up her … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads for April 2018
March is nearly over, and the routines I was hoping for... they never happened. Easter is just around the corner and that snuck up on me too. I think my mind has gone into hiding in my hibernation reading nook, unfortunately it just didn't get to take the rest of me with it. April has an even longer book club list than March did so I'm not going to waffle, I'm going to … [Read more...]