My final post for 2017 is a book stack! I have to admit, I love doing these! Books (like craft supplies) often live in stacks around my home - where I pulled some off the shelf to loan someone, or put together a TBR, or even just because the covers/spines look good together! So it is really fun to share them here, and...

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Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the not so catchy title of this post haha - it's the week between Christmas and New Year, and my brain barely even knows which day it is, let alone how to word eloquently haha. But, anyway, I've been starting to try and keep track of the new #loveozya releases on their way in 2018, and I thought...

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I was lucky enough in December to win a couple of book giveaways on social media, including one from Allen & Unwin for this dystopian #loveozYA novel - Pandora Jones: Admission.Now, I hadn't heard of this book before I won it in the giveaway, but when it arrived it sounded so good I started reading right away. And I was hooked right from the prologue. It's...

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I'm a day early with my book stack this week, because I wanted to share some #loveozya books that I think would make perfect gifts for the readers in your lives, just in case anyone is doing some (very) last minute shopping! So, here are my top 3...Begin, End, Begin - Edited by Danielle BinksThis is a fantastic anthology of #loveozya short stories from...

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Darcy Shaughnessy has gotten used to her overbearing brothers chasing away any man she wants to date. But a chance meeting with a brooding - and deliciously handsome - artist is about to make this holiday season one to remember.There's only one thing Benjamin Tanner loves more than his woodcarving: solitude. Then he gets snowed in with Darcy in his cozy cabin in...

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Here we are at the pointy end of the festive reading season, and I'm ready to admit that my Christmassy TBR requires some serious trimming and prioritisation! And so here is my updated TBR for up until Christmas...Christmas at the Cat CaféBecause how can I resist a title like that!The ChristmasaurusThis just sounds really fun and silly! It was one of just a...

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It's no secret I love a nice big cup of tea when I'm settling in for a serious reading session. I also love spicy teas, so Christmas is my peak tea time each year - that cinnamon and clove and star anise and all those other Christmassy flavours. This year I've tried a bunch and I though I'd share my top 3 here...

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Growing up on Hope Island, Eden Lancaster always believed that if you wished hard enough for something, dreams really could come true. But Eden’s greatest wish is also her biggest secret: she has been completely in love with her childhood friend, the charming and attractive Dougie Harrison, for as long as she can remember. And he has no idea. When Dougie leaves his successful life in New York...

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Most of the books I read specifically to review come through NetGalley and are ebooks. But when I saw Harlequin had a collection of Australian Christmas short stories coming out - and when I saw how gorgeous the cover is - I wrote to them to ask if I could have a paperback. And it is really as lovely in real life as I...

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Yesterday I started reading Katie Fforde's new Christmas short story collection, The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories. I picked this up not only because I'm all about the festive reads at the moment, but also because it does double duty by ticking off one of my outstanding tasks for the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge - Read a collection of stories by a woman.And of course...

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Flora Phillips has an excuse for every disaster in her life; she was abandoned as a new-born on a doorstep on Christmas Eve 1984. Her philosophy is simple: if your mother doesn't want you – who will?Now a thirty-year-old, without a boyfriend, a career or home she figures she might as well tackle the biggest question of them all – who is she?...

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I think I've mentioned here already how much I love a Christmas Hallmark movie, and tonight's Christmas book is one that I could absolutely see adapted for the small festive screen!Here's the overview (from Goodreads)The flames of memory always seem to glow a little brighter during the holidays. Perhaps that's why this time of year is so difficult for airline heiress Ivy Macintosh, as...

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From Goodreads... When Lily Ambrose needs a fresh start, she remembers her happy childhood holidays in the seaside town of Shipley, and decides it’s the perfect place for a cosy Christmas hideaway.Keen to make new friends, Lily promises to source a celebrity to turn on the Christmas lights. But when reality star Ollie turns up with his cameraman Craig, with plans to make a TV...

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