Prize winning book Well, this was an obvious selection! Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Winner of four ABIAs: Book of the Year, Literary Book of the Year, the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year and Audio Book of the Year (Wavesound, narrated by Stig Wemyss). It’s also on the 2019 Miles … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 19
Australian Fiction
#TBT What I was reading on this day four years ago…
According to Goodreads, on September 5th, 2015, I was reading: Such a good book with an important message for young people and parents. Have you read it?
Book Review: The Breeding Season by Amanda Niehaus
The Breeding Season... About the Book: The rains come to Brisbane just as Elise and Dan descend into grief. Elise, a scientist, believes that isolation and punishing fieldwork will heal her pain. Her husband Dan, a writer, questions the truths of his life, and looks to art for answers. Worlds apart, Elise and Dan must … Continue reading Book Review: The Breeding Season by Amanda Niehaus
Book Review: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes... About the Book: A fairy-tale for grown-ups. The Zing family lives in a misguided world of spell books, flying beach umbrellas, and state-of-the-art covert surveillance equipment. There's a slippery Zing, a graceful Zing, and a Zing who runs as fast as a bus. But most significant of … Continue reading Book Review: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty
Book Review: Snake Island by Ben Hobson
Snake Island... About the Book: Vernon and Penelope Moore never want to see their son Caleb again. Not after he hit his wife and ended up in gaol. A lifetime of careful parental love wiped out in a moment. But when retired teacher Vernon hears that Caleb is being regularly visited and savagely bashed by … Continue reading Book Review: Snake Island by Ben Hobson
Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
Where the Dead Go… About the Book: Four years after the events of Into the Night, DS Gemma Woodstock is on the trail of a missing girl in a small coastal town. A fifteen-year-old girl has gone missing after a party in the middle of the night. The following morning her boyfriend is found brutally … Continue reading Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey
Series Feature: The Belleville Family Saga by J Mary Masters
My Thoughts: Spanning three books and set from 1942 through to the 1950s, the Belleville family series is classic Australian town and country drama, with a distinctive atmosphere of bygone days. Dramatic and absorbing, this series will take you on an emotional journey through the lives of one family, offering up a true saga opportunity … Continue reading Series Feature: The Belleville Family Saga by J Mary Masters
#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
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
Giveaway! The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth **Competition now closed**
Love, roses and tea... I'm celebrating the release of Kate Forsyth's latest historical fiction, The Blue Rose, by giving away this beautiful prize pack: To enter, simply leave a comment below and a winner will be chosen at random. Competition closes Friday 19th July at 12pm. Winners will be announced back here, in this post … Continue reading Giveaway! The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth **Competition now closed**
