New Release Book Review: Finding Eadie by Caroline Beecham

September 8, 2020 Amanda Barrett6 Comments

Title: Finding Eadie Author: Caroline Beecham Published: July 2nd 2020 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars The author of Maggie’s Kitchen and Eleanor’s Secret delivers another compelling story of love and mystery during wartime.London 1943: War and dwindling resources are taking their toll on the staff of Partridge Press. The pressure is on to create new books to distract readers… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Finding Eadie by Caroline Beecham

2020 Reviews · biography · history · military · new release · non-fiction · Political · World War II

New Release Book Review: The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

August 9, 2020 Amanda Barrett7 Comments

Title: The Happiest Man on Earth Author: Eddie Jaku Published: July 27th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 208 Genres: Biography & True Stories, Autobiography, Second World War, Holocaust, Historical, Political & Military RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first,… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

2020 Reviews · history · new release · non-fiction · World War II

New Release Book Review: The Nine Hundred by Heather Dune Macadam

June 7, 2020 Amanda Barrett5 Comments

Title: The Nine Hundred Author: Heather Dune Macadam Published: January 28th 2020 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: Genres: Non Fiction, Historical, World War II RRP: $34.99 Rating: 4 stars The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Nine Hundred by Heather Dune Macadam

#aww2020 · 2020 Reviews · contemporary fiction · dual time frame · historical fiction · new release · World War II

New Release Book Review: The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester

May 11, 2020May 22, 2020 Amanda Barrett13 Comments

Title: The Paris Secret Author: Natasha Lester Published: March 31st 2020 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 464 Genres: Fiction, Historical/Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars A wardrobe of Dior gowns, a secret kept for sixty-five years, and the three women bound forever by war… from the New York Times bestselling author of THE FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER. England, 1939 Talented pilot Skye Penrose joins the British… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester

2020 Reviews · historical fiction · new release · World War II

New Release Book Review: The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner

April 28, 2020 Amanda Barrett10 Comments

Title: The Yellow Bird Sings Author: Jennifer Rosner Published: February 25th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 256 Genres: Fiction, Historical Rating: 4.5 stars RRP: $29.99 Poland, 1941. After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Róza and her five-year-old daughter, Shira, spend day and night hidden in a farmer’s barn. Forbidden from making a sound, only the yellow bird from… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner

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#20BACKLISTIN2020 Backlist Book Challenge: The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

February 17, 2020 Amanda Barrett4 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: The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

2020 Reviews · Book club · historical fiction · World War II

Book Club Book Thoughts on: Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris

February 2, 2020 Amanda Barrett8 Comments

Title: Cilka’s Journey Author: Heather Morris Published: October 1st 2019 Publisher: Echo Publishing Pages: 488 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Her beauty saved her life – and condemned her. In 1942 Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from… Continue reading Book Club Book Thoughts on: Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris

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New Release Book Review: Khaki Town by Judy Nunn

October 6, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: Khaki Town Author: Judy Nunn Published: October 1st 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars Judy Nunn’s new bestseller is a breathtaking historical novel set in Queensland during World War II. Khaki Town, Judy Nunn’s exciting new novel, is inspired by a true wartime story that has remained a well-kept secret for over seventy years.… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Khaki Town by Judy Nunn

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New Release Book Review: The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden

September 30, 2019 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: The Writing on the Wall Author: Juliet Rieden Published: August 27th 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 288 Genres: Non Fiction, Biography, Memoir, History, World War II RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars ‘Memoirs such as this will ensure we do not lose the struggle against “forgetting” – that sly accomplice of tyranny’ Magda Szubanski In 1939, as Hitler’s troops march on Prague, a Jewish… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden

2019 Aussie male author challenge · 2019 Reviews · France · historical fiction · new release · World War II

New Release Book Review: The Heart of the Ritz by Luke Devenish

September 29, 2019 Amanda Barrett1 Comment

Title: The Heart of the Ritz Author: Luke Devenish Published: September 1st 2019 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Four women join forces, with conviction, courage … and style France, April 1940. Orphan Polly Hartford has been sent across oceans to her Aunt Marjorie, known only from letters. When Marjorie dies in suspicious circumstances, Polly is… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Heart of the Ritz by Luke Devenish

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