The Botanist's Daughter... About the Book: In Victorian England, headstrong adventuress Elizabeth takes up her late father's quest for a rare, miraculous plant. She faces a perilous sea voyage, unforeseen dangers and treachery that threatens her entire family. In present-day Australia, Anna finds a mysterious metal box containing a sketchbook of dazzling watercolours, a photograph … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Botanist’s Daughter by Kayte Nunn
Month: Jul 2018
New Release Book Review: Find You in the Dark by Nathan Ripley
Find You In The Dark... About the Book: In this chilling and disquieting debut thriller perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes’s Hidden Bodies and Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter series, a family man with a habit of digging up the past catches the attention of a serial killer who wants anything but his secrets uncovered. For years, … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Find You in the Dark by Nathan Ripley
Book A Day: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Day 11: The English Patient In 1992 this novel was one of two titles that won the Man Booker Prize for fiction and this year it took out the special 50th anniversary Golden Man Booker. Seems I’m not the only one who thinks it's one of the greatest novels ever written. Haunting and harrowing, as … Continue reading Book A Day: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Book A Day: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Day 10: Snow Falling on Cedars I bought this novel when it was released in its movie tie in format. Both the film and the novel are stunning. This is a story that is as simple as it is complex; deeply atmospheric in its isolated setting. The snow, so deep and never-ending, is one of … Continue reading Book A Day: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Book A Day: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Day 9: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban I do love the Harry Potter series, the books just as much as the movies, and of course, I read the books first! The Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite out of all of the books, and funnily enough, the movie is my favourite as well. … Continue reading Book A Day: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
New Release Book Review: The Imperial Tea Party by Frances Welch
The Imperial Tea Party... About the Book: Written with Frances Welch’s famously waspish eye for detail, this is another fascinating, percipient, revelatory and often quite hilariously funny book from the master of Russian history. Russia and Britain were never natural bedfellows. But the marriage, in 1894, of Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughter, Alicky, to the Tsarevich … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Imperial Tea Party by Frances Welch
New Release Book Review: A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
A Superior Spectre... About the Book: Jeff is dying. Haunted by memories and grappling with the shame of his desires, he runs away to remote Scotland with a piece of experimental tech that allows him to enter the mind of someone in the past. Instructed to only use it three times, Jeff – self-indulgent, isolated … Continue reading New Release Book Review: A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
Book A Day: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Day 8: Cloudstreet I've read most of Tim Winton's books, the novels and the short story collections, and Cloudstreet remains my favourite. I first read it after watching the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club, back in the days when it was still named that, and Marieke had nominated it as one of her all time … Continue reading Book A Day: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Book A Day: Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Day 7: Coming Home A very dear friend of mine once lent me a book by an author she loved, whom I had never read, or even heard of. The book was The Shell Seekers and the author was Rosamund Pilcher. I loved The Shell Seekers, and in a moment of serendipity that seems to … Continue reading Book A Day: Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Book A Day: The Prophet by Michael Koryta
Day 6: The Prophet This is the one, the novel that made me become so fussy about psychological thrillers, setting the bar so high, it's almost impossible that another one will ever meet it, much less surpass it. The Prophet is insanely brilliant and truly terrifying. Atmospheric in its setting with authentic small town characterisation … Continue reading Book A Day: The Prophet by Michael Koryta
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