With less than 10 days until Christmas, I'm not sure whether we're still in gift guide territory, or whether we should be moving on to Summer reading recs, but I feel like these books are perfect for both. Tara Eglington's new #loveozya novel The Long Distance Playlist was released today, and it got me thinking about other Aussie contemporary YA books I've either...

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Another book that I think would make a fantastic gift tonight - Marvel Museum: The Story of the Comics, which is new out from Scholastic (who kindly sent me this copy). This book is a thing of beauty - it is a large format, with a hardcover, and really fun endpapers inside the front cover, which I think make it that bit more...

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Tonight I wanted to share the book that has been our favourite bedtime story so far this Christmas - Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht (with illustrations by Jarvis). This book is so divine! Just look at that pretty cover - I always love foil detail, and the red on here is so lovely! The book is about how a pine tree...

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Today I wanted to share a couple of gorgeous books that have been some of our favourites in the second half of this year, and that I think would make lovely gifts for the small people in your life (we've actually bought one for A to give her teacher too). The books feature letter art by Maree Coote, and they are just so...

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Tonight I wanted to share some of the books I've received in the post from publishers lately.  You can find out more by clicking on the titles to go to the Goodreads page for each book. Oasis by Katya de Becerra This is a YA mystery/thriller, out Jan 202 from Pan Macmillan. Season of the Witch by Sarah Rees Brennan I understand that...

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Ok, we all know I love Christmassy romcoms in both novel and film form, so I thought it might be fun to read and watch some book and movie pairs. My local library just happened to have both the original novel and the DVD of Hallmark's movie adaptation of Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow. Obviously I read the book first. It is...

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I love reading Australian literature, especially by women writers, and so in honour of November having been #ausreadingmonth I thought I'd share a stack of some of my favourite books by Australian women. As always, click on the titles to go to the  Goodreads page for each book. I'll pop links to my reviews too. Tiddas - Anita Heiss This is a beautiful...

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