Horatio Squeak is a very sweet story about a tiny mouse who is invited on to a party with some kittens and discovers that despite being small he can also be brave and use his voice to help others. In a very fine house, on a very grand street Lived the tiniest mouse you could possibly meet His little green coat was threadbare...
I have a pretty huge collection of Australian YA books on my shelves, and many of them are unread. Somehow I always reach for newer releases - or library books - first. One of my goals this year has been to read my way through my collection. We're halfway through the year already and I haven't made much progress so I thought maybe...
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Review :: The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle :: Sophie Green
I absolutely adored Sophie Green's debut novel, The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, so whatever she did next was always going to be at the top of my TBR list. I am pleased to report that I found The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle just as wonderful! It's 1982 in Australia. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER is a box office...
I think I have written here before about how much I adore Kate Forsyth's work - any new novel she has coming out it is going to be at the top of my most anticipated books list. So I was completely thrilled to be able to get my hands on an early copy of her latest release, The Blue Rose, which has just...
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Joy Dettman's new novel - Trails in the Dust, which is the seventh novel in Dettman's Woody Creek series. The series has followed the story of Jenny Hooper and her family, and - as I understand it - most of the action happened in the previous 6 books and this book is kind of...
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review :: While You Were Reading :: Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
While You Were Reading is the new novel from Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus - authors of The Book Ninja, and the women behind Australia's Books on the Rail. Here's the book summary from Goodreads: After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fresh start, including meeting new people, living life to...
A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to win a giveaway on Instagram from Aussie author Kate Gordon. One of the books that came in the prize pack was Juno Jones Word Ninja, Kate's brand new middle grade novel. It arrived just in time for me to read during my month of Aussie middle grade reading in May, and I've been...
The Order of the Rose is the first book in a fantasy YA series - The Rose Chronicles - by Canberra author Alysha King. Alysha got in touch with me recently to see if I would be interested in reading The Order of the Rose before the second book in the series arrives, later in the year. Here's the summary from the Goodreads...
Something a little bit special here today - I have the pleasure of participating in the Rogue blog tour (thanks to #macmillanaus and #AusYABloggers). I absolutely adored this book - as I did the first book in the series (see my review of that one here) - and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview auther A.J. Betts for...
