Author: Anna Daniels ISBN: 978-1-76029-530-1 RRP: $29.99 Girl In Between is most definitely an Australian novel, written by Rockhampton raised comedian and media presenter Anna Daniels. Lucy Crighton is in her early thirties, and her childhood bedroom. She's floating through life trying to find a direction, trying to find her calling. She has lived in many places across … [Read more...]
Review: The Great Australian Baking Book
It's no secret that I have a thing about books and that's not just limited to novels. I love cookbooks and I always have the best of intentions to make great use of them. I find that cookbooks are always gorgeous. The food photography is mouthwatering, the layout is eye-catching and I haven't yet met a cookbook that didn't have at least one recipe I wanted to try. The … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Currency Lass
Author: Tea Cooper ISBN: 9781489226556 RRP: $29.99 Tea Cooper is the Australian author of both contemporary and historical Australian fiction, none of which I had previously read. The Currency Lass is an historical story set in the early 1850s in the Hunter region, now some of the town names (because they were towns back then) were familiar but many of them definitely … [Read more...]
Book Club: Beyond the Orchard
Author: Anna Romer ISBN: 978-19-251-8442-6 RRP: $29.99 Beyond the Orchard is the third suspenseful offering from Australian Anna Romer, I have read all three and loved them all. A tale of dark family secrets, buried for decades, and told in multiple time periods this is one that I found very difficult to put down. There are two distinct times, past and present, but we … [Read more...]
Book Club: The Secret Heiress
Author: Luke Devenish ISBN: 9781922052155 RRP: $29.99 The Secret Heiress is an historical novel set across two distinct timelines a generation apart in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It is an Australian novel and I must admit to finding the look back at our country in that time period fascinating. I am quite lost as to where to start this review, and how to … [Read more...]
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