Category: contemporary fiction

TV Tie In Book Review: The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · psychological · TV tie-in

TV Tie In Book Review: The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald

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Title: The Cry Author: Helen FitzGerald Published: 10th September 2018 (originally published September 2013) Publisher: Faber  – Allen & Unwin Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Psychological RRP: $19.99 Rating: 4 stars Coming to ABC TV, the 4-part BBC TV drama, The Cry by Helen FitzGerald brings a parent’s worst nightmare to vivid life. Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of… Continue reading TV Tie In Book Review: The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald

Guest New Release Book Review: The Christmas Lights by Karen Swan
2018 Reviews · contemporary fiction · Guest Review · Mrs R Review · new release

Guest New Release Book Review: The Christmas Lights by Karen Swan

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Title: The Christmas Lights Author: Karen Swan Published: October 30th 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars December 2018, and free-spirited influencers Bo Loxley and her partner Zac are living a life of wanderlust, travelling the globe and sharing their adventures with their millions of fans. Booked to spend Christmas in the Norwegian fjords, they set up home… Continue reading Guest New Release Book Review: The Christmas Lights by Karen Swan

New Release Book Review: The Football Whisperer by Mel A. Rowe
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · romance · rural ficition

New Release Book Review: The Football Whisperer by Mel A. Rowe

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Title: The Football Whisperer Author: Mel A. Rowe Published: October 23rd 2018 Publisher: Mel A. Rowe Pages: 284 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Australia, Rural, Romance RRP: $3.66 (ebook) Rating: 4 stars “When life makes you play a whole new game…” Before 90,000 screaming spectators, professional AFL footballer, Brendan Ward, is injured.  Devastated and desperate to recover, Ward’s family forces him to front the fabled racetrack’s horse-whisperer, or face… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Football Whisperer by Mel A. Rowe

#Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book with non-human characters’ – Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · book bingo · contemporary fiction · short stories

#Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book with non-human characters’ – Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey

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#Book Bingo 2018 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite blogger, Theresa Smith Writes. How does it work?  We have devised our own personalised book bingo card game. Twice a month, on the first and third Saturday of the month, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries.… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book with non-human characters’ – Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey

New Release Book Review: The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
2018 Reviews · contemporary fiction · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

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Title: The Dream Daughter Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: October 9th 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $24.99 Rating: 3.5 stars When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

Throwback Thursday Book Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · contemporary fiction · France · romance · Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday Book Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin

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Welcome to a weekly post, Throwback Thursday. This weekly book review post is a way to share some old favourites, books that were published over a year ago and most importantly those books that have been languishing on the to be read pile for far too long! Sarah Smith has been offered the opportunity to… Continue reading Throwback Thursday Book Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin

Book Broadcast: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
2018 Reviews · Book Broadcast · Book club · contemporary fiction · crime · suspense · thriller

Book Broadcast: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

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Book Broadcast is a post I have created to help ease the load of the books I have for review. It is a great way to spread the word, providing recognition to an author or publisher for sending me a book to review. As my reviewing and blogging duties have stepped up a notch in… Continue reading Book Broadcast: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman