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In Bookish Escape Crate, penguin books

Review :: Washington Black :: Esi Edugyan

Today I'm revisiting another review I wrote for the Bookish Escape Crate blog on Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, which was the book included in the September crate. I loved this one, and it has remained one of my favourite books this year. *** I knew pretty much nothing about the September Bookish Escape Crate book – Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black – when I...

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29 November,undefined by
In kidlit, kids books

#Kidlit :: Laugh Your Head Off 4 Ever

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Laugh Your Head Off 4 Ever is the latest in a series of funny short story collections for kids (probably 6 to 12 year olds, I think), with contributions from a bunch of Australia's favourite children's authors.  A runaway pram + an artsy alien + a cereal monster +a word-stealing curse + one dancing dad + three feral fairies + an evil genius...

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27 November,undefined by
In Allen & Unwin, australian women writers

Review :: Inappropriation :: Lexi Freiman

The past three months I've had so much fun working with The Bookish Escape Crate, writing reviews for their blog of the books they include in the box each month. This week I'm sharing my reviews for those first three books, starting with Lexi Freiman's Inappropriation, which was included in the August box.  *** I was thrilled when I found out that Lexi...

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26 November,undefined by
In book stack, christmas

Sunday Stack :: Christmassy re-reads

Next week its December and the first week of advent and can you believe it is here already? As you'll know if you've been following along with my reviews,  I've read a couple of Christmassy books already this year, but tonight I wanted to share a little stack of festive books I've read before and would really like to re-read this year. There...

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25 November,undefined by
In christmas, kidlit

Christmassy :: Matt Haig

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Nobody panic, but all of a sudden there are only 6 weeks until Christmas! This week we're getting a bit childish, with Matt Haig's amazing Christmassy books for kids! I wrote a bit about these and how much I loved them last November, when I was lucky enough to have a review copy (from NetGalley) of The Girl Who Saved Christmas and rushed...

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14 November,undefined by
In book stack, TBR

Book Stack :: November TBR

My TBR stack for November is pretty short and simple (and heavy!). It's also a bit of a cheat, since I've already read two of these!  After Kingdom of Ash came out a few weeks ago I was inspired to re-read the Throne of Glass series and I am absolutely loving it! These books hold up so well to a re-read, and I'm...

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5 November,undefined by
In Australian author, crime

Review :: The Lost Man :: Jane Harper

Ok, I’m not going to even try to pretend that I wasn’t completely thrilled to find an advance copy of Jane Harper’s new novel The Lost Man in my letter box (thanksPan Macmillian Australia!) – I have been looking forward to this one since it was announced! The Lost Man takes us into the unforgiving landscape of rural Queensland... The man lay still...

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3 November,undefined by
In Australian author, LoveOzYA

#loveozya :: Creepy reads

With Halloween yesterday spooky  books have been on my mind this week, and I wanted to recommend three #loveozya books that have given me the creeps this year. These books are all different from each other, but each one has had a kind of dark moodiness that made me just a bit uncomfortable as I read them, in a really good way. I've...

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