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
Reading Challenges
#BookBingo – Round 15
Now this one was a perfect match! This round also gives me a horizontal line filled, so bingo! A book with a place in the title: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester …this is my favourite novel by Natasha Lester. I’d go so far as to say that it is her best yet. There’s a … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 15
Challenge Check In – June
Another month down for 2019. Let's look at the numbers. #aww2019: 6 books #AussieAuthor19: all done with this one. You can visit my challenge completion post here. Book Bingo with Mrs B's Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 0 but I've got this challenge scheduled up into October now, so there's plenty of time to … Continue reading Challenge Check In – June
Six Degrees of Separation: From Murmur to Heresy…
I've been following the Six Degrees of Separation meme run by Kate at booksaremyfavouriteandbest for ages now, but hadn’t yet plucked up the courage to join in. I decided yesterday that I'd jump on board next month, mainly because I'd read the book that's been set as the starting point. However, last night, I finished … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation: From Murmur to Heresy…
#AussieAuthor19 – Challenge Completed!
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!
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: The Duchess’s Tattoo by Daisy Goodwin
The Duchess’s Tattoo... About the Book: Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts’, suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. In "The Duchess’s Tattoo", Cora … Continue reading Book Review: The Duchess’s Tattoo by Daisy Goodwin
#BookBingo – Round 11
A rather easy category to fill this round, given it's just based on cover and colour! Book with a Red Cover: Heroines – An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Sarah Nicholson and Caitlin White “This little anthology presented me with a welcome challenge. I never read poetry and rarely read short fiction, … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 11
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
#Book Bingo – Round 9
Written by an author I've never read before: The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky ‘World Ice Theory is finally receiving the recognition it deserves, overthrowing that madman Einstein and his Jewish pseudoscience. The Führer has at last accepted it as the scientific platform of the Reich. And rightly so. We know the truth now, that … Continue reading #Book Bingo – Round 9
