Hello! After a bit of a hiatus from participating in Bookish Bloggers Unite, I am back this week (And hosting, no less!). Bookish Bloggers Unite is a weekly meme we started as a place to talk about our favourite books, TBR piles, and to share the love about our reading lives. We have a different host each week, and every one is invited...
I put The Silent Invasion on my TBR after meeting James Bradley at last year's All Day YA, and bought it ages ago when I saw it on sale, but it's only recently that I finally got around to reading it. There were two main motivations - the second book in the series was released last month, and also this is sci-fi about...
To be honest, generally when I see a new book set in or around World War 2 I wonder whether there is anything they can add to bigger story, when there's so much out there already. And in the case of The Love that I Have, what could an Australian writer in 2018 tell us about the life of a young German woman...
I have read a couple of the Phoebe and her Unicorn books before and love them, so I was happy to have the chance to review the latest volume, Unicorn of Many Hats. I did get a free ebook through NetGalley, but then had a few technical issues with downloading galleys onto my iPad, so borrowed this one from the library instead. Unicorn...
I love reading with my daughter, and she is a big fan of a book where you have to find something hidden in the pages, so I jumped at the chance to review Jacob's Toys when Harbour Publishing offered to send me a copy. This one was a big hit! The text was lovely to read - it feels a bit like Hairy...
1948. The world is struggling to regain a sense of balance after the devastation of World War II, and the sugar cane–growing community of Piri River in northern Queensland is no exception. As returned servicemen endeavour to adjust to their pre–war lives, women who had worked for the war effort are expected to embrace traditional roles once more. Burning Fields had so many...
I can't remember if I have mentioned before that until my local Harry Hartog launched their brand new book club in April I had never been a part of a book club where everyone reads the same book at the same time (although I do attempt a regular 'buddy read' with a dear, and very patient, friend of mine, I am the worst...
I've always been a bit of a francophile, so when I saw the cover of Lisa Walker's new #loveOzYA novel - Paris Syndrome - I knew I wouldn't be able to resist reading it for long. Luckily my library loan came up pretty quickly, and I devoured this one in just a few days. (Obviously I couldn't resist posing it with my Thursday...
We were lucky enough to attend another fantastic children's book event in May, this time for the launch of Blast Off by Shelly Unwin (who has recently moved to Canberra), illustrated by Ben Wood. The launch was held at my local Harry Hartog store - I have been to a bunch of events there and they always do such a fantastic job. They...
I had not read any Tamora Pierce before Tempests and Slaughter and in fact had no idea she was such a prolific writer of YA fantasy until I saw the list of her other works, and blurbs from other authors, inside the book, so I really had no idea what to expect from this book. While this was an enjoyable read, I felt...
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Ok, let's be totally honest - I am really not very good at sticking to my reading plans (for instance, at the start of the month I selected ten books I wanted to read during May - I only managed to read two of them and eight other books!) BUT in spite of this, I do love pulling together a 'to be read'...
With me being away a few weekends in a row at book events, Amelia was pretty interested in going to something bookish too. Lucky for us we didn't have to wait long for a suitable event to come up! The day after the Sydney Writer's Festival local Canberra author Maura Pierlot launched her new picture book - The Trouble in Tune Town -...
And suddenly it was June! I'm continuing tonight with my recaps of some of the bookish things I got up to in late April/early May (why is everything always all at once haha?!). My next event, on 5 May, was the Sydney Writers' Festival All Day YA. This was my second time at a SWF All Day YA event. My friend Madeleine and...
