These double rounds are turning into a habit, one I'd better dial back on or else I'll finish this bingo challenge sooner than planned and have to start it all over again. The latest squares I have checked off are: Book set in an exotic location: The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley Set primarily in … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 4
New Release
New Release Book Review: Small Blessings by Emily Brewin
Small Blessings… About the Book: Through the unlikeliest of friendships comes a second chance. Rosie Larson doesn't trust people - and with good reason. Her violent ex-boyfriend, Joel, is out of jail and she's determined he won't find her or their eleven-year-old son. For Isobel Hutchins, the cost of success is beginning to prove too … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Small Blessings by Emily Brewin
New non-fiction, ‘Buddhism for Meat Eaters’, coming July 2019 — Josephine Moon
I can't wait for this book by Josephine Moon. It's almost as though she's written it just for me! Needless to say, look out for my review in July! And now for something completely different… Coming in July from Simon & Schuster Australia is my second non-fiction title and they have done a beautiful job … Continue reading New non-fiction, ‘Buddhism for Meat Eaters’, coming July 2019 — Josephine Moon
Behind the Pen with Kirsten Alexander
My guest for Behind the Pen today is Kirsten Alexander, author of Half Moon Lake, the chillingly atmospheric historical crime novel reviewed here on the blog last week. Welcome Kirsten! Half Moon Lake is inspired by a real case from history, but what first drew your attention to this case? How did this initial spark … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Kirsten Alexander
New Release Book Review: The Orchardist’s Daughter by Karen Viggers
The Orchardist’s Daughter... About the Book: A story of freedom, forgiveness and finding the strength to break free. International bestselling writer Karen Viggers returns to remote Tasmania, the setting of her most popular novel The Lightkeeper's Wife. Sixteen-year-old Mikaela has grown up isolated and home-schooled on an apple orchard in south-eastern Tasmania, until an unexpected … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Orchardist’s Daughter by Karen Viggers
New Release Book Review: The Hidden by Mary Chamberlain
The Hidden... About the Book: Dora Simon is comfortable in her retirement, indulging her interests in gardening and music. Joe O'Cleary is content on the Jersey farm he helped rebuild with its owner, Geoffrey Laurent, with time to pursue his life-long hobby of birdwatching. But their worlds are shattered by the arrival of Barbara Hummel, … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Hidden by Mary Chamberlain
New Release Book Review: The Familiars by Stacey Halls
The Familiars… About the Book: Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn't supposed to read from the doctor who delivered … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Familiars by Stacey Halls
New Release Book Review: The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib
The Girls at 17 Swann Street... About the Book: Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. ‘The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib
New Release Book Review: Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander
Half Moon Lake… About the Book: ‘They said he was their boy. And so he was . . .' In 1913, on a summer’s day at Half Moon Lake, Louisiana, four-year-old Sonny Davenport walks into the woods and never returns. The boy’s mysterious disappearance from the family’s lake house makes front-page news in their home … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander
New Release Book Review: Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox
Gone by Midnight… About the Book: Crimson Lake is where bad people come to disappear – and where eight-year-old boys vanish into thin air . . . On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young friends are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when Sara Farrow checks on the children … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox
