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New Release Book Review: A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler

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Title: A Good Neighbourhood Author: Therese Anne Fowler Published: March 10th 2020 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars In Oak Knoll, a tight-knit North Carolina neighbourhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. All is well until the Whitmans move in next door –… Continue reading New Release Book Review: A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler

New Release Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
2020 Reviews · dual time frame · historical fiction · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

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Title: Big Lies in a Small Town Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: January 14th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres:  Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

New Release Book Review: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
2019 Reviews · historical fiction · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

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Title: The Giver of Stars Author: Jojo Moyes Published: October 1st 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 480 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Inspired by a remarkable true story, the unforgettable journey of five extraordinary women living in extraordinary and perilous times. Alice Wright has travelled halfway across the world to escape her stifling life in England. Handsome American businessman… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

New Release Book Review: Turning Point by Danielle Steel
2019 Reviews · contemporary fiction · France · new release · romance · United States

New Release Book Review: Turning Point by Danielle Steel

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Title: Turning Point Author: Danielle Steel Published: January 8th 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars Four high-flying trauma surgeons from San Francisco are all at the top of their game professionally – but at what cost? They live for their hours in the fast-paced environment of the hospital, but outside work their lives are falling apart… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Turning Point by Danielle Steel

New Release Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2019 Reviews · contemporary fiction · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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Title: Where the Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens Published: January 17th 2018 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars #1 New York Times Bestseller A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick “I can’t even express how much I love this book! I didn’t want this story to end!” Reese Witherspoon “Painfully beautiful.” The New York Times Book Review For years,… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

New Release Book Review: Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander
#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · historical fiction · mystery · new release · United States

New Release Book Review: Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander

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Title: Half Moon Lake Author: Kirsten Alexander Published: January 2nd 2019 Publisher: Bantam – Penguin Books Australia Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars ‘They said he was their boy. And so he was . . .’ In 1913, on a summer’s day at Half Moon Lake, Louisiana, four-year-old Sonny Davenport walks into the woods and never returns. The… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Half Moon Lake by Kirsten Alexander

New Release Book Review: Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel
2018 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · new release · romance · United States

New Release Book Review: Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel

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Title: Beauchamp Hall Author: Danielle Steel Published: November 27th 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars An uplifting, inspiring story about taking back control of your life, by the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Winona Farmington can’t help but feel that life is passing her by, in backwater Michigan town. She hates her job, her boyfriend won’t… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel

#Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book that scares you’ – It by Stephen King
2018 Reviews · book bingo · horror · thriller · United States

#Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book that scares you’ – It by Stephen King

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#Book Bingo 2018 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. 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, The Book Muse and I will complete a book review post, outlining… Continue reading #Book Bingo 2018: ‘A book that scares you’ – It by Stephen King

Throwback Thursday Book Review: A Gingerbread Café Christmas by Rebecca Raisin
#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · contemporary fiction · romance · Throwback Thursday · United States

Throwback Thursday Book Review: A Gingerbread Café Christmas 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! Enjoy the warmth, cupcakes and hot chocolate at… Continue reading Throwback Thursday Book Review: A Gingerbread Café Christmas by Rebecca Raisin

New Release Book Review: The Winters by Lisa Gabriele
2018 Reviews · contemporary fiction · crime · new release · thriller · United States

New Release Book Review: The Winters by Lisa Gabriele

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Title: The Winters Author: Lisa Gabriele Published: October 15th 2018 Publisher: Michael Joseph – Penguin Books Australia Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars Inspired by the classic novel Rebecca, The Winters is a riveting story about what happens when a family’s ghosts resurface and threaten to upend everything. How do you replace the perfect wife? After a whirlwind romance, a young woman… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Winters by Lisa Gabriele