About the Book: 'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhere on the course, is just a random event, a fluke. It's not your own doing. But an albatross . . . It's a thing of beauty. One. Two. It must be very … Continue reading Book Review: The Albatross by Nina Wan
Contemporary Fiction
Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
About the Book: Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year for the past decade, they have left behind their lives to drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people in … Continue reading Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
Book Review: Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
About the Book: Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans. When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and is still struggling to move … Continue reading Book Review: Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
Book Review: Search History by Amy Taylor
About the Book: Rebecca meets Fleabag in a sharp and funny debut novel about dating in the internet age. After fleeing to Melbourne in the wake of a breakup, all Ana has to show for herself is an unfulfilling job at an overly enthusiastic tech start-up and one particularly questionable dating app experience. Then she meets Evan. Charming, … Continue reading Book Review: Search History by Amy Taylor
Book Review: A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern
About the Book: A redemptive and captivating novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of PS. I Love You.Ever wondered where lost things go? Ever since the day her classmate vanished, Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something – or someone – disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate … Continue reading Book Review: A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern
Crushing by Genevieve Novak
About the Book: When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do is focus on every negative thing about them for the rest of your life until you forget to stop actively hoping for their slow … Continue reading Crushing by Genevieve Novak
Book Review: Duck à l’Orange for Breakfast by Karina May
About the Book: Maxine 'Max' Mayberry, an ad executive with writing ambitions, is holed up in a friend's apartment after discovering her long-term boyfriend in bed with another woman. If that wasn't bad enough, Max has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Enter Johnny: a cheeky yet charming Tinder pen pal and the perfect … Continue reading Book Review: Duck à l’Orange for Breakfast by Karina May
Book Review: Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan
About the Book: One perfect life. One disastrous week. The brand-new novel from bestselling, acclaimed and beloved author Toni Jordan. As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie's always had more important things on her mind than smiling for random strangers. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life and - most importantly - … Continue reading Book Review: Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan
Book Review: Small Joys of Real Life by Allee Richards
About the Book: Shortlisted for both The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers and the Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. The night Eva shared a smile with Pat, something started. Two weeks later, lying together in her bed, Pat said, 'You can't live your life saying you'll get around to doing something you know … Continue reading Book Review: Small Joys of Real Life by Allee Richards
Book Review: The Gifted Son by Genevieve Gannon
About the Book: A Sydney family's picture-perfect life is upended in an unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers. With two bright children, a beautiful home and a husband she's always depended on, Lillian Hogarth considers herself blessed. Until, on her son Jamie's final day of high school, he fails to come home. … Continue reading Book Review: The Gifted Son by Genevieve Gannon
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