#Book Bingo 2020 Round 7: ‘Prize Winning Book’- The Yield by Tara June Winch

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Book Bingo 2020 is a collaboration challenge I am completing for the third year with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. On the second Saturday of each month, beginning on Saturday 11th January 2020, Theresa, Ashleigh and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2020 card… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2020 Round 7: ‘Prize Winning Book’- The Yield by Tara June Winch

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · new release · romance · rural fiction

New Release Book Review & GIVEAWAY: Bottlebrush Creek by Maya Linnell

July 9, 2020 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: Bottlebrush Creek Author: Maya Linnell Published: June 2nd 2020 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Rural RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars A pitch-perfect rural romance of changing relationships and family ties from the bestselling author of Wildflower Ridge. Between managing a bustling beauty salon, hectic volunteer commitments and the lion’s share of parenting two-year-old Claudia, Angie McIntyre barely… Continue reading New Release Book Review & GIVEAWAY: Bottlebrush Creek by Maya Linnell

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · Australian · historical fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: The Goldminer’s Sister by Alison Stuart

July 7, 2020 Amanda Barrett3 Comments

Title: The Goldminer’s Sister Author: Alison Stuart Published: July 8th 2020 Publisher: Mira – AU Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars Gold is a fever. Will it lead her to love … or death? A suspenseful romance set on the turbulent goldfields of 1870s Australia, for readers of The Postmistress and The Woman in the Green Dress.… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Goldminer’s Sister by Alison Stuart

#20BacklistIn2020 · #aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction

#20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: Blame by Nicole Trope

July 6, 2020 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

In a desperate bid to reduce the books that are collecting dust on my TBR shelves, I have decided to collaborate with another avid reader and fellow book reviewer, Nicole from Certified Book Addicts. The #20BACKLISTIN2020 challenge is a self paced challenge hosted by Jaylamm.Reads, Reading and Sunshine, and Cassidys.Bookshelf. The overall goal of this challenge is to read… Continue reading #20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: Blame by Nicole Trope

2020 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge · 2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction · mystery

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020: The Guest List by Lucy Foley

July 5, 2020 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Today I am marking off my twenty fourth #24th checkpoint category for the POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020 with: On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families. Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body.… Continue reading POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020: The Guest List by Lucy Foley

2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: Confessions of a Forty Something by Alexandra Potter

July 3, 2020 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: Confessions of a Forty Something Author: Alexandra Potter Published: April 28th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 512 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Nell Stevens’ life is a mess. When her business goes bust and her relationship with it, Nell’s happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Confessions of a Forty Something by Alexandra Potter

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction · crime · mystery

New Release Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey

July 1, 2020 Amanda Barrett3 Comments

Title: Where the Dead Go Author: Sarah Bailey Published: August 5th 2019 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 464 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars 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. ‘Every bit as addictive and suspenseful as The Dark Lake …… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · new release · romance · rural fiction · true crime

New Release Book Review: The Stockman’s Secret by Mandy Magro

June 30, 2020 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: The Stockman’s Secret Author: Mandy Magro Published: May 18th 2020 Publisher: Mira – AU Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars From a leading rural romance author comes an inspiring novel about having the courage to forgive past mistakes, set in the heart of the Australian countryside. Secrets can unite, and they can divide. Will he… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Stockman’s Secret by Mandy Magro

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · children · new release · Picture book

Children’s Book Review: Alexandra Rose and her Icy-Cold Toes by Monique Mulligan

June 29, 2020 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: Alexandra Rose and her Icy-Cold Toes Author: Monique Mulligan Illustrator: Kat Fox Published: June 11th 2020 Publisher: Serenity Press Pages: 32 Genres: Children (3+) RRP: $26.99 Alexandra Rose has ice-cold toes and she knows the best way to warm them up. But will her family like her foot-warming, wake-up-fast idea as much as she does? Fergus the Farting Dragon and My Silly Mum author… Continue reading Children’s Book Review: Alexandra Rose and her Icy-Cold Toes by Monique Mulligan

2020 Reviews · historical fiction · new release

New Release Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: The Jane Austen Society Author: Natalie Jenner Published: May 26th 2020 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB meets THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY ‘Hope can sometimes be just enough.’ It’s only a few months since the war ended but the little village of Chawton is about… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

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