Katya de Becerra's latest novel, OASIS, is quite unlike anything I've read before. It's young adult sci-fi (or is it fantasy?) with elements of mystery and thriller in it too. Here's the synopsis (from the Macmillan website) Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father’s archeological dig site in the desert with four close friends . . . and a very cute...

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I love reading historical fiction, especially based around the lives of Australia women - regular women who did extraordinary things, and who have largely been written out of history. Harper Collins Australia (Harlequin Books) have published some of my favourite books of this type over the past few years, so when I saw they were running a special HERSTORY: Women Who Rebel campaign...

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It's been a while, but I'm finally remembering to join in with Aus YA Bloggers Seventy Seven Saturday (I usually think of it on Sunday or Monday!). Here are the Seventy-Seven Saturday Rules: Pick up a book (your current read, or the closest book to you, or your next read, etc) Turn to page 77 Find a snippet, sentence or paragraph you like....

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I am a bit of a Disney fan, and Belle has always been my favourite (because, obviously) so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on a copy of Kathy McCullough's novel Belle Takes Flight. Here's the synposis (from Goodreads). The spell that turned the Prince into the Beast has been broken. But when he mysteriously goes missing, Belle learns that...

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Historical fiction centred around women is one of my favourite things to read, so I knew I had to take some with me on my Christmas week away. What I didn't realise when I packed Alison Stuart's The Postmistress was that a) it is set over summer, and b) it is set (in a fictional town) in beautiful Gippsland - which is precisely...

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Hello! Welcome to 2020! The year has been off to a strange and sad start - I have spent most of my time since Boxing Day glued to the weather/fire danger apps, and the coverage of the fires that are now burning all through our corner of Australia, as well as other parts of our country. It has been hard to disengage from...

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