The Last Adventure of Napoleon Sunshine... About the Book: Set in Paris, a quirky novel about an inseparable grandfather and grandson who embark on a crazy adventure before life changes for good. For fans of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS and THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE. At the age of eighty-five my grandfather Napoleon decided he … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Adventure of Napoleon Sunshine by Pascal Ruter
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
Six Degrees of Separation from The Light Between Oceans to Sea Glass…
A new month means a new round of #6degrees and this month’s starting book is a wildcard – the book each of us ended with in July. You can find the details and rules of the #6degrees meme at booksaremyfavouriteandbest, but in a nutshell, everyone has the same starting book and from there, you connect … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation from The Light Between Oceans to Sea Glass…
#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
The Week That Was…
Seeing Opera Australia perform Madama Butterfly last night all the way out west in Mount Isa - brilliant! ~~~~~ Cold snap! Just in time for curling up under a blanket on the couch for some weekend reading. Speaking of... #rebeccabuddyread starts on Sunday! ~~~~~ Joke of the week: ~~~~~ Book of the Week: ~~~~~ What … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Challenge Check In – July
July – Winter’s middle month, with two weeks of school holidays at its beginning. So, numbers should really be higher than usual, one would think… #aww2019: 4 books Book Bingo with Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 2 books The Classics Eight: 1 book – break out the bubbly, she’s finally started this … Continue reading Challenge Check In – July
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: Three Ways To Disappear by Katy Yocom
Three Ways To Disappear... About the Book: Leaving behind a nomadic and dangerous career as a journalist, Sarah DeVaughan returns to India, the country of her childhood and a place of unspeakable family tragedy, to help preserve the endangered Bengal tigers. Meanwhile, at home in Kentucky, her sister, Quinn—also deeply scarred by the past and … Continue reading Book Review: Three Ways To Disappear by Katy Yocom
The Week That Was…
Question of the week: How does a book that has not even been released get to score a spot on a literary prize longlist? The Booker, no less. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is not due to release until September. Has the universe become THAT obsessed with The Handmaid's Tale that its sequel is lauded … Continue reading The Week That Was…
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
