The Light Between Oceans... Book Description: After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted … Continue reading Book Review: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Sunday Spotlight: Kylie Ladd — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
I had the pleasure of interviewing Kylie Ladd recently for the Australian Women Writers Sunday Spotlight series. I thought I would share the interview here for any of you who might have missed it. Welcome to an in-depth edition of Sunday Spotlight. With just two days left until the release of her gripping … Continue reading Sunday Spotlight: Kylie Ladd — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
New Release Book Review: The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green
The Sunshine Sisters... Book Description: Ronni Sunshine left London for Hollywood to become a beautiful, charismatic star of the silver screen. But at home, she was a narcissistic, disinterested mother who alienated her three daughters. As soon as possible, tomboy Nell fled her mother's overbearing presence to work on a farm and find her own … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green
Behind the Pen: Amanda Barrett – Mrs B’s Book Reviews
Welcome back to Behind the Pen. Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to one of my favourite book reviewers, Amanda Barrett from Mrs B's Book Reviews. Given the focus of her writing, this edition of Behind the Pen promises to be very bookish indeed! When and why did you start your … Continue reading Behind the Pen: Amanda Barrett – Mrs B’s Book Reviews
New Release Book Review: Bridget Crack by Rachel Leary
Bridget Crack... Book Description: Van Diemen's Land, 1826. When Bridget Crack arrives in the colony, she is just grateful to be on dry land. But finding the life of an indentured domestic servant intolerable, she pushes back and is punished for her insubordination-sent from one place to another, each significantly worse than the last. Too … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Bridget Crack by Rachel Leary
New Release Book Review: The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith
The Beautiful Miscellaneous... Book Description: Nathan Nelson is the average son of a genius. His father, a physicist of small renown, has prodded him toward greatness from an early age—enrolling him in whiz kid summer camps, taking him to the icy tundra of Canada to track a solar eclipse, and teaching him college algebra. But … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith
New Release Book Review: The Way Back by Kylie Ladd
The Way Back… Book Description: All she wanted was to escape. But why does she still feel trapped. A gripping psychological drama by the author of Mothers and Daughters and Into My Arms. Charlie Johnson is 13 and in her first year of high school. She loves her family, netball and Liam, the cute guy … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Way Back by Kylie Ladd
New Release Book Review: Third Witch by Jackie French
Third Witch... Book Description: A searing story of passion, betrayal, battles and love, this is Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' stripped of superstition, and its power and beauty refined into fewer words where good balances the evil and there is a happy ending - for some. Following on from OPHELIA, QUEEN OF DENMARK and I AM JULIET, this … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Third Witch by Jackie French
Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Burial Rites... Book Description: Northern Iceland, 1829. A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover. A family forced to take her in. A priest tasked with absolving her. But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date. Only she can know the … Continue reading Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Book Review: Girl in the Woods A Memoir by Aspen Matis
Girl in the Woods... Book Description: Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada—a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Overprotected by her parents who … Continue reading Book Review: Girl in the Woods A Memoir by Aspen Matis
