Author: Jane Harper ISBN: 978-1-74354-909-4 RRP: $32.99 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Copy: Courtesy of Publisher Last year Jane Harper released her riveting debut suspense novel The Dry, which we read for book club and I loved. Since reading The Dry I have been eagerly awaiting the next book, which finally released last week. A hugely popular debut novel sets … [Read more...]
Book Club: Sixty Seconds
Author: Jesse Blackadder ISBN: 978-1-4607-5424-5 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: HarperCollins Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher Jesse Blackadder has written a heartbreaking exploration of grief and loss that is sure to tug the heartstrings. Sixty Seconds is the amount of time it took to tear apart the foundations of a family and leave them floundering in a tumultuous sea of … [Read more...]
Reading Wrap-up for September 2017
October snuck up on me and with the AFL grand final, long weekend and beginning of school holidays the wrap-up got left by the wayside. I had been meaning to do it on the 30th September to make sure I had it organised but instead I finished the last of my September reads (for October book club) and got together the October book club post. Next thing I know it's the 4th and I … [Read more...]
Book Club Reads for October 2017
Wow, who can believe it's October already... where has this year gone? So, in October we have 7 reads, there are lots of Aussie Women Writers which means my challenge is going beautifully and I think I will make my 50 for the year easy. Genre-wise we have some historical, young adult dystopian, contemporary, suspense. I think they all look great and can't wait to sink my … [Read more...]
Book Club: We That Are Left
Author: Lisa Bigelow ISBN: 978-1-76029-700-8 RRP: $29.99 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher We That Are Left is the debut of Australian Lisa Bigelow; a tale of love, hope and grief in wartime Melbourne and rural Victoria. A fictional story inspired by the loss of the HMAS Sydney and it's 645 crew in the waters off Western Australia in November … [Read more...]
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