Title: The Last Train Author: Sue Lawrence Published: January 24th 2018 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars At 7 p.m. on 28 December 1879, a violent storm batters the newly built rail bridge across the River Tay, close to the city of Dundee. Ann Craig is waiting for her husband, the owner of a large… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Train by Sue Lawrence
Title: The Imperfects Author: Amy Meyerson Published: April 20th 2020 Publisher: HQ Fiction – US Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars The Nest meets Curtis Sittenfeld in this captivating novel about a priceless inheritance that leads one family on a life-altering pursuit of the truth. The Millers are far from perfect. Estranged siblings Beck, Ashley and Jake find themselves under one… Continue reading Book Review: The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
Today I am marking off my thirty second #32nd checkpoint category for the POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020 with: Dialogue’s super lead for 2020. From the author of the New York Times bestseller THE MOTHERS, a powerful new novel about the parallel lives of estranged twin sisters who choose to live in two very different worlds – one black and one white.… Continue reading POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Title: There Was Still Love Author: Favel Parrett Published: September 24th 2019 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 224 Genres: Fiction RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars The profoundly moving new novel from the critically acclaimed and Miles Franklin shortlisted author of PAST THE SHALLOWS and WHEN THE NIGHT COMES. A tender and masterfully told story of memory, family and love. Prague, 1938: Eva flies down the street… Continue reading New Release Book Review: There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2019 Round 22: ‘Literary’- Shell by Kristina Olsson
Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2019 Round 21 BONUS ROUND: ‘Fictional biography about a woman from history’ – The Birdman’s Wife by Melissa Ashley
Title: The Nancys Author: R.W.R. McDonald Published: June 3rd 2019 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Tippy Chan is eleven and lives in a small town in a very quiet part of the world – the place her Uncle Pike escaped from the first chance he got as a teenager. Now Pike is back with his new… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Nancys by R.W.R. McDonald
Title: Daughter of Bad Times Author: Rohan Wilson Published: May 6th 2019 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars ‘What better pitch than helping the refugees of the world? Who doesn’t want to help refugees, right? The five Australian facilities are immigration detention centres, sure, but they’re also manufacturing plants. That means two revenue streams for one facility.… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson
Title: Beneath The Veil Author: Bernadette O’Connor Published: February 28th 2019 Publisher: Karen McDermott Pages: 378 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Nobody knows what lies Beneath the Veil. Clara grows up haunted by the dark secrets of her past: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable. Clara is too scared to speak her truth, knowing she will be condemned and punished… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Beneath The Veil by Bernadette O’Connor
Title: The Psychology of Time Travel Author: Kate Mascarenhas Published: August 1st 2018 Publisher: Harper Collins Books Australia Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Crime, Mystery RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars A time travel murder mystery from a brilliantly original new voice. Perfect for readers of Naomi Alderman’s The Power and Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven . 1967. Four female scientists invent a… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
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