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Book Club Reads for August 2018

July 26, 2018 by Michelle 83 Comments

I can’t believe we are almost through another month. We have just come off school holidays, and I had a change of school and change of kindy so that’s all been a little bit concerning; an exciting new change but still, the mother in me was worried about their transition. Our weather is still a bit crazy so I never know whether I should do washing or not.


There have been some amazing reads released recently and I have not managed to read as many as I would like but I don’t know that it is actually even remotely possible to get all the reading done I would like.

August is shaping up to be another great month for releases but I have a couple of July’s left I would love to finish so I’m going to get straight into what we have on offer.

Give Me Your Hand – Megan Abbott
Pan Macmillan – Picador – Thriller/Suspense

You told each other everything. Then she told you too much.

Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the brink of achieving everything she wanted. She hasn’t let anything stop her.

But now someone else is standing in her way – Diane. Best friends at seventeen, their shared ambition made them inseparable. Until the day Diane told Kit her secret – the worst thing she’d ever done, the worst thing Kit could imagine – and it blew their friendship apart.

Kit is still the only person who knows what Diane did. And now Diane knows something about Kit that could destroy everything she’s worked so hard for.

How far would Kit go, to make the hard work, the sacrifice, worth it in the end? What wouldn’t she give up? Diane thinks Kit is just like her. Maybe she’s right. Ambition: it’s in the blood…

Providence – Caroline Kepnes
Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster UK – Thriller

Stephen King for the avocado toast generation: dark, twisted, hilarious and unmissable.

In 2008, 13-year-old Jon Bronson disappears on his morning walk to school. After even his parents give him up for dead, only his best friend, Chloe, remains certain that he would come back.
Four years later, Jon returns with no memory of anything after the day he disappeared. But something’s different about him. His presence seems to cause spontaneous nose-bleeds in those around him. When he hugs his father, the older man passes out. The family dog disappears.

Jon’s only clue to his missing four years is the battered book left behind by the man he believes abducted him. And he and Chloe are determined to figure out what happened to Jon… before his presence does more than cause a couple of bloody noses. They’re sure they can solve the mystery and save Jon.

Sea Life – Roger Priddy
Pan Macmillan – Priddy Books – Board Book

Alphaprints goes under the ocean to meet 20 fabulous seas creatures, from the tiny seahorse to the big, blue whale. This casebound board book has a creature on each page, with a light-hearted rhyming couplet that tells you something about each character. Each fingerprint is embossed, making this book both a visual and tactile experience that babies and toddlers will want to repeat.

The Fifth to Die – JD Barker
Harlequin – HQ Fiction-GB – Crime

In the midst of one of the worst winters Chicago has seen in years, the body of missing teenager Ella Reynolds is discovered under the surface of a frozen lake.

She’s been missing for three weeks… the lake froze over three months ago.

Detective Sam Porter and his team are brought in to investigate but it’s not long before another girl goes missing. The press believes the serial killer, Anson Bishop, has struck again but Porter knows differently. The deaths are too different, there’s a new killer on the loose.

Porter however is distracted. He’s still haunted by Bishop and his victims, even after the FBI have removed him from the case. His only leads: a picture of a female prisoner and a note from Bishop: ‘Help me find my mother. I think it’s time she and I talked.’

As more girls go missing and Porter’s team race to stop the body count rising, Porter disappears to track down Bishop’s mother and discover that the only place scarier than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

Perfect for fans of Helen Fields, Val McDermid and Jo Nesbo this gripping and twisted thriller will have you wondering, how do you stop a killer when he’s been trained from birth?

The Lost Valley – Jennifer Scoullar
Pilyara Press – Historical Fiction

Tasmania, 1929: Ten-year-old-twins, Tom and Harry Abbott, are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart society. They find sanctuary with their reclusive grandmother, growing up in the remote and rugged Binburra ranges – a place where kind-hearted Tom discovers a love of the wild, Harry nurses a growing resentment towards his brother and where the mountains hold secrets that will transform both their lives.

The chaos of World War II divides the brothers, and their passion for two very different women fuels a deadly rivalry. Can Tom and Harry survive to heal their rift? And what will happen when Binburra finally reveals its astonishing secrets?

From Tasmania’s highlands to the Battle of Britain, and all the way to the golden age of Hollywood, ‘The Lost Valley’ is a lush family saga about two brothers whose fates are entwined with the land and the women they love.

The Love Letter – Lucinda Riley
Pan Macmillan – Pan – Historical and contemporary romance

Keeping secrets is a dangerous game…

1995, London.

When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core.

Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor’s funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are there. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over seventy years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realizes that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they’ll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does.

The Party – Lisa Hall
Harlequin – HQ Fiction-GB – Crime & Mystery

When Rachel wakes up in a strange room, the morning after a neighbour’s party, she has no memory of what happened the night before. Why did her husband leave her alone at the party? Did they row? Why are Rachel’s arms so bruised? And why are her neighbours and friends so vague about what really happened?

Little by little, Rachel pieces together the devastating events that took place in a friend’s house, at a party where she should have been safe. Everyone remembers what happened that night differently, and everyone has something to hide. But someone knows the truth about what happened to Rachel. And she’s determined to find them.

The Party is the gripping new novel from bestseller Lisa Hall.

The Right Place – Carla Caruso
Harlequin – HQ Fiction-AU – Contemporary Fiction

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne’s fashion scene in tatters, Nella Martini has returned to the last place she wants to be – Torrente Blu, the market garden inherited from her late nonna. She just needs to clean up the property, sell it quickly, and avoid run–ins with her neighbour: surly Adrian Tomaso.

But when Nella comes across her nonna’s cookbook things start to change. The place, with its endless tomato plants and gallons of olive oil in storage, gets under her skin, as does Adrian with his passion for this life. But her dreams have always meant being anywhere but here – haven’t they? Or has the right place been here all this time?

For Esta Feliciano in the 1950s, the right place was her Italian village. But in search of a better life than war–torn Italy has to offer, her husband has moved Esta and their daughter to this alien country, settling on a small, flat piece of land that he calls Torrente Blu. Can Esta come to grips with the harsh Australian sun and strange culture?

Woven with traditional Italian recipes, The Right Place is the heartfelt story of two women’s journeys, as they discover how the right place to call home can be where you make it…

The Sunday Girl – Pip Drysdale
Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster Australia – Thriller/Suspense

The Girl on the Train meets Before I Go to Sleep with a dash of Bridget Jones in this chilling tale of love gone horribly wrong …

Some love affairs change you forever. Someone comes into your orbit and swivels you on your axis, like the wind working on a rooftop weather vane. And when they leave, as the wind always does, you are different; you have a new direction. And it’s not always north.’

Any woman who’s ever been involved with a bad, bad man and been dumped will understand what it feels like to be broken, broken-hearted and bent on revenge.

Taylor Bishop is hurt, angry and wants to destroy Angus Hollingsworth in the way he destroyed her: ‘Insidiously. Irreparably. Like a puzzle he’d slowly dissembled … stolen a couple of pieces from, and then discarded, knowing that nobody would ever be able to put it back together ever again.’

So Taylor consults The Art of War and makes a plan. Then she takes the next irrevocable step – one that will change her life forever.

Things start to spiral out of her control – and The Sunday Girl becomes impossible to put down.

Whitsunday Dawn – Annie Seaton
Harlequin – Mira-AU – Contemporary Romance

With the pristine beauty of the Whitsundays under threat, can they expose the truth in time? Australian author Annie Seaton brings to life a new area of romance – Eco-Adventure. Perfect for fans of Di Morrissey.

When Olivia Sheridan arrives in the Whitsundays as spokesperson for big mining company Sheridan Corp, it should be a straightforward presentation to the town about their proposed project. But when a handsome local fisherman shows her what ecological impact the proposal will have, Olivia is forced to question her father’s motives for the project.

Struggling with newly divided loyalties, Olivia is thrown further into turmoil when she is mistaken for a woman who disappeared more than sixty years before. When it becomes clear that Captain Jay is also keeping secrets, Olivia realises that there is more to these sunshine–soaked islands than she ever expected.

Seeking to uncover the truth, Olivia is drawn into a dangerous game where powerful businessmen will stop at nothing to ensure their plan goes ahead, even if that means eliminating her…

Against the epic Far North Queensland landscape, this is the story of two women, separated by history, drawn to Whitsunday Island where their futures will be changed forever.

A huge thanks goes out to the publishers without whom we could not offer such great reads. Harlequin, Pan Macmillan, Pilyara Press and Simon & Schuster. We are so grateful for the support you show us, we couldn’t do it without you.

If you aren’t yet a member of the Beauty and Lace Club there is still time to join, head over to the signup page and take a look: yoursay.beautyandlace.net.

Happy Reading, have fun selecting preferences and we look forward to hearing what you think.

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Filed Under: BOOK CLUB, Books, CRIME, Featured Books, HISTORICAL, KIDS, POPULAR FICTION, ROMANCE Tagged With: annie seaton, australian, book club, Carla Caruso, Caroline Kepnes, contemporary, harlequin, historical, HQ Fiction, JD Barker, jennifer scoullar, kids, Lisa Hall, Lucinda Riley, Megan Abbott, mira, pan, pan macmillan, Pip Drysdale, POPULAR FICTION, Roger Priddy, Simon & Schuster, suspense, thriller, trilogy

About Michelle

My blurb went missing... so now I have to bring you a new one. One that is a little broader too.
I devour books, vampires and supernatural creatures are my genre of choice but over the past couple of years I have broadened my horizons considerably.
I inhale music, hair metal that satisfies my inner bogan is where my musical passion lies, but again I've been exposed to lots of different music I wouldn't normally listen to and have broadened those horizons also.

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Comments

  1. Debbie Dye says

    July 26, 2018 at 9:53 am

    email sent, great choices this month!

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  2. meedee says

    July 26, 2018 at 9:58 am

    Email sent. My last book club until November.

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  3. Freda says

    July 26, 2018 at 9:59 am

    Thanks Beauty and Lace, email sent out.

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  4. Emma Reed says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:04 am

    Email sent thanks

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  5. Laura Jones says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:05 am

    My email is on its way.

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  6. Jessica Gill says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:07 am

    Email sent

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  7. Amanda says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:08 am

    Email Sent. Thanks once again for the availability of great choices from the publishing houses.

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  8. K❤thy says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:08 am

    Email sent – fingers crossed ❤

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  9. Jacky B says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:14 am

    Thank you. Email sent. Thanks so much for the list, looks like some terrific reads.

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  10. Katrina says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:16 am

    email sent today, 26th July looking forward to some great reading!

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  11. Andrea Furtado says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:21 am

    Email sent. Some great books this month!!

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  12. Nikki Sims-Chilton says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:23 am

    Email sent. Thank you.

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  13. Jodie Kasatchkow says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:37 am

    Email sent, fingers crossed

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  14. Carol Mason says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:40 am

    email sent thank you forgot to confirm my address

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  15. Kerry Jacobs says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:46 am

    Email Sent Thanks 🙂

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  16. mandy50 says

    July 26, 2018 at 10:55 am

    Email just replied to. Lovely books.

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  17. Anne Steer says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:08 am

    Email sent, so many good ones! Hard to choose !

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  18. Kate says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Email sent, thank you.

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  19. Lyndal says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Thank you. Email sent.

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  20. Danielle says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Email sent. Thanku

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  21. Kylie P says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Email sent

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  22. Cathie says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:32 am

    Email sent. Thanks ☺

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  23. Belinda says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:34 am

    I just sent me email! Thanks so much

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  24. Teresa Sheehan says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:47 am

    Email Sent, thank you

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  25. Rachel Crossley says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:51 am

    Emailed
    Awesome books
    Thank you

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  26. Claire Holderness says

    July 26, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Email sent, a gre selection of different books

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  27. Amanda B says

    July 26, 2018 at 12:21 pm

    Another cracking month. Look forward to reading these titles. Email sent thanks.

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  28. Trish Drinkwater says

    July 26, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    Thanks so much, Email sent.

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  29. Lynne Lund says

    July 26, 2018 at 12:27 pm

    Email sent, Wowzer, some awesome choices! Thanks

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  30. Sue says

    July 26, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    Email sent 26th July Thanks

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  31. Gilli says

    July 26, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    Email sent. It was so difficult to choose, they all look great books.

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  32. Alicia L says

    July 26, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    E-mail just sent 🙂

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  33. Veronica says

    July 26, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    Email sent, thank you.

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  34. Tara N says

    July 26, 2018 at 1:19 pm

    Emailing now – thank you.

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  35. Christine L says

    July 26, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    Done.
    Once again, so many good reads to choose from!

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  36. Dale Pearce says

    July 26, 2018 at 2:09 pm

    Email sent 🙂 Thank you

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  37. Olivia Hames says

    July 26, 2018 at 2:45 pm

    Done ✅

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  38. Michelle V says

    July 26, 2018 at 3:08 pm

    I have just emailed my preferences, thank you for the opportunity

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  39. Lynmb says

    July 26, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    Another great selection. Email preferences sent – thanks

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  40. Sharron Redmond says

    July 26, 2018 at 4:35 pm

    Have send August selections .Thankyou.

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  41. Sharron Redmond says

    July 26, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    August email sent. Thankyou

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  42. cindy says

    July 26, 2018 at 4:59 pm

    Sent email, love the selection you have as theres something for everyone. thankyou so much

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  43. Kerry Kasatchkow says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    I have sent my choices
    Thankyou

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  44. Mary says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    Email sent! Thank You!

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  45. Suzy Harrison says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:20 pm

    Email sent. Just joined so I’m looking forward to the adventure

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  46. Karyn Gladwish says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    Preference sent, with thanks

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  47. Helen B says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    Email sent. Thank you

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  48. Anne Maree Peachey says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:52 pm

    Email sent, as usual, a wonderful selection of books.
    Thank you 🙂

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  49. alanna jane says

    July 26, 2018 at 5:55 pm

    wow great selection…email sent

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  50. Matilda Kehl says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:01 pm

    fabuous reads to pick from, email sent

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  51. Chris Cooper says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:02 pm

    Email sent, great books to choose from Thankyou

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  52. Deborah Gale says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    Wow some interesting times here! Email sent.

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  53. Tracey Hunt says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    Email sent, thanks!

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  54. Caroline Jardine says

    July 26, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    Email sent. Thanks so much.

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  55. Tara Parish says

    July 26, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    Done- e-mail

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  56. Bethany Buchan says

    July 26, 2018 at 7:45 pm

    Sending through the e-mail now, thanks

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  57. Stacey Shailer says

    July 26, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    Email sent 🙂

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  58. Emma M says

    July 26, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    Email sent, thank you

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  59. Sharyn P says

    July 27, 2018 at 6:43 am

    What a selection! Emai sent… cant wait

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  60. Jacqui Ryan says

    July 27, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    Email sent off last night
    Thanks

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  61. Ann-Marie Day says

    July 27, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Email sent. Thanks 😀

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  62. Carol Johnson says

    July 27, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    Lots of great choices. Looking forward to whatever I receive, Thanks.

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  63. Christine says

    July 27, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    Email sent

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  64. Jessica says

    July 28, 2018 at 11:26 am

    Email on its way! Some great read to pick from this month. Thank you B&L

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  65. Kathy Ferguson Clark says

    July 28, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    email sent thanks

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    • Michelle says

      August 1, 2018 at 9:21 am

      Hi Kathy,
      Can you please forward it to me direct at michelle@beautyandlace.net
      Cyberspace seems to have eaten yours. 🙁

      Reply
  66. Annabel says

    July 28, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    Email sent.
    Cheers, Annable

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  67. Denise Swann says

    July 29, 2018 at 4:41 pm

    Email sent.
    Thank you

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  68. Krystle says

    July 29, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    Thanks, email sent 🙂

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  69. Theoni Versace says

    July 29, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    Email sent thank you

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  70. RIa says

    July 29, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Email sent

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  71. Maria Fenech says

    July 30, 2018 at 8:39 am

    Email sent today thank u 🙂

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  72. Deborah Mitchell says

    July 30, 2018 at 12:32 pm

    Email sent, thank you.

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  73. Steph says

    July 30, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    Just submitted, very hard to choose this month as there was heaps of great books!

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  74. Marisa R says

    July 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    Email sent, thank you

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  75. Lynda says

    July 30, 2018 at 7:45 pm

    Email sent, thank you

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  76. Cindy Cropper says

    July 30, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Hi, I have just sent my email now. I hope it’s not too late to be included in the August book club. I’m new to beauty and lace and after just seeing a Facebook post about the call out I’ve searched for the email and realised I missed it. It has now been sent though.

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  77. Erin H says

    July 30, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    Email sent, looks so great

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  78. Nicole W says

    July 30, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    Email sent 🙂
    Thank you

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  79. Lorraine C says

    July 31, 2018 at 9:24 am

    Email sent 26 July. Thank you!

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  80. Alicia Tindall says

    July 31, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    email sent with preferences.

    thank you
    Alicia

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  81. Deborah says

    August 1, 2018 at 8:12 am

    Email sent last Thursday sorry forgot to confirm

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  82. Ella says

    August 2, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    Email sent! So excited with the choice of books!!

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