It has been a while since we had an Ask An Author segment and that's because we thought we might leave them a little longer between having the author in and when we featured the book, to give members a little longer to read. Jesse Blackadder has taken the haunting memory of family tragedy and woven it into a captivating and heartbreaking fictional novel. A story that … [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...]
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