We're at the half way mark through the year and I have completed the Book Lover Book Reviews #AussieAuthor19 reading challenge. To recap: The Aussie Author Challenge 2019 #AussieAuthor19 Chosen level: KANGAROO Read and review 12 titles written by Australian Authors of which at least 4 of those authors are female, at least 4 of … Continue reading #AussieAuthor19 – Challenge Completed!
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Challenge Check In – May
What a month on the home front! That I read any books at all is probably a miracle. But I did, and my efforts for May look like this: #aww2019: 5 books #AussieAuthor19: 7 books Book Bingo with Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 2 books The Classics Eight: this is beyond the … Continue reading Challenge Check In – May
Book Review: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Boy Swallows Universe... About the Book: Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a … Continue reading Book Review: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Challenge Check In – April
Efforts for April look like this: #aww2019: 7 books #AussieAuthor19: 7 books Book Bingo with Mrs B's Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 0 books (I've read and scheduled a few months ahead in this challenge so a lack of contributing titles from this month is no biggie) The Classics Eight: this is beginning to … Continue reading Challenge Check In – April
Challenge Check In – March
Since I’m doing a few challenges this year, I thought I’d do a monthly check in post by way of keeping myself on track. March has turned out to be a great month for reading, far better than I anticipated given that I had all three of my children with birthdays and a tear in … Continue reading Challenge Check In – March
Challenge Check In – February
Since I’m doing a few challenges this year, I thought I’d do a monthly check in post by way of keeping myself on track. February has been a quieter month than January but I've still made some good progress into each of my challenges. February's efforts look like this: #aww2019: 6 books #AussieAuthor19: 6 books … Continue reading Challenge Check In – February
Challenge Check In – January
Since I'm doing a few challenges this year, I thought I'd do a monthly check in post by way of keeping myself on track. January has been a super month for reading and I was making a huge effort to chip into each of my challenges. January's efforts look like this: #aww2019: 10 books #AussieAuthor19: … Continue reading Challenge Check In – January
New Release Book Review: Saving You by Charlotte Nash
Saving You... About the Book: Three escaped pensioners. One single mother. A road trip to rescue her son. The new emotionally compelling page-turner by Australia's Charlotte Nash In their tiny pale green cottage under the trees, Mallory Cook and her five-year-old son, Harry, are a little family unit who weather the storms of life together. … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Saving You by Charlotte Nash
New Release Book Review: The Girl From Eureka by Cheryl Adnams
The Girl From Eureka... About the Book: On the sun-drenched goldfields of Eureka, a wild colonial girl and an honour-bound soldier will break all the rules to claim a love worth more than gold ... Ballarat, Australia 1854 Gold miner Indy Wallace wants nothing more than to dig up enough gold to give her mother … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Girl From Eureka by Cheryl Adnams
New Release Book Review: The Last Days Of The Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner
The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers... About the Book: Petrograd, 1914. A country on a knife edge. The story of two people caught in the middle – with everything to lose… A stunning debut from a talented new Australian voice in historical fiction. Valentina Yershova's position in the Romanovs' Imperial Russian Ballet is the … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Last Days Of The Romanov Dancers by Kerri Turner
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