The Day the Lies Began… About the Book: ‘It seemed simple at first – folding one lie over the next. She had become expert at feathering over the cracks to ensure her life appeared the same. But inside, it didn’t feel fixed.’ It happened the day of the Moon Festival. It could have been left … Continue reading Book Review: The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden
Australian Fiction
Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
Where the Dead Go… About the Book: Four years after the events of Into the Night, DS Gemma Woodstock is on the trail of a missing girl in a small coastal town. A fifteen-year-old girl has gone missing after a party in the middle of the night. The following morning her boyfriend is found brutally … Continue reading Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
Series Feature: The Belleville Family Saga by J Mary Masters
My Thoughts: Spanning three books and set from 1942 through to the 1950s, the Belleville family series is classic Australian town and country drama, with a distinctive atmosphere of bygone days. Dramatic and absorbing, this series will take you on an emotional journey through the lives of one family, offering up a true saga opportunity … Continue reading Series Feature: The Belleville Family Saga by J Mary Masters
Book Review (kind of, more like a chapter): White Horses by Rachael Treasure
White Horses (Chapter One)... About the Book: From one of Australia's bestselling and much-loved authors comes a sweeping, powerful story of a young woman who has to overcome terrible loss and trauma to find the courage to live life on her terms. Following the disappearance of her mother when she was just a young child, … Continue reading Book Review (kind of, more like a chapter): White Horses by Rachael Treasure
#BookBingo – Round 16
As soon as I read this particular novel, I knew I was going to use it for bingo because I instantly wanted to be able to feature it more than once here on my blog. That's how much I loved it. Literary: The Fragments by Toni Jordan I adored this novel, a literary mystery, with … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 16
Book Review: The Boy with Blue Trousers by Carol Jones
The Boy with Blue Trousers... About the Book: 1856, China In the mulberry groves of the Pearl River Delta, eighteen-year-old Little Cat carries a terrible secret. And so, in disguise as a boy in blue trousers, she makes the long and difficult passage to Australia, a faraway land of untold riches where it is said … Continue reading Book Review: The Boy with Blue Trousers by Carol Jones
Book Review: What Empty Things Are These by J. L. Crozier
What Empty Things Are These... About the Book: In 1860s Britain there is nothing unusual in a man beating his wife. When George Hadley’s aggression triggers his own stroke and coma, his wife discovers all she thinks of as hers is to pass to her young son Toby. Adelaide seems as powerless as her ladies’ … Continue reading Book Review: What Empty Things Are These by J. L. Crozier
#BookBingo – Round 15
Now this one was a perfect match! This round also gives me a horizontal line filled, so bingo! A book with a place in the title: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester …this is my favourite novel by Natasha Lester. I’d go so far as to say that it is her best yet. There’s a … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 15
Behind the Pen – A Few of my Favourites with Kate Forsyth
It's always so lovely to give a warm welcome to Kate Forsyth here at Behind the Pen. Kate's latest novel, The Blue Rose, was released this week and to celebrate, I asked Kate to share with us a few of her favourites. Over to you Kate! What is your favourite…and why… Character from one of … Continue reading Behind the Pen – A Few of my Favourites with Kate Forsyth
Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts
Rogue – Book 2 in The Vault series... About the Book: ‘There was no going back; there was no choice, anymore. I'd chosen out and this was it: hot-cold, dry-wet, bright-dark and lonely.’ Hayley has gone rogue. She's left everything she's ever known - her friends, her bees, her whole world - because her curiosity … Continue reading Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts
