#Book Bingo 2018 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite blogger, Theresa Smith Writes. How does it work?  We have devised our own personalised book bingo card game. Twice a month, on the first and third Saturday of the month, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. […]

Title: The Jade Lily Author: Kirsty Manning Published: April 24th 2018 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 456 Genres: Fiction, Historical/Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars In 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they […]

Title: Someone Like You Author: Karly Lane Published: May 1st 2018 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 344 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Rural RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars When bestselling author, twenty-nine year old Hayley Stevens, walked in on her husband, Paul, and her best friend in bed together, she knew her life would never be the same again.  One year later, Hayley stowed her […]

Title: Goat’s Coat Author:  Tom Percival Illustrator:  Christine Pym Published: May 1st 2018 Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia Pages: 32 Genres:  Children (0-5) RRP: $14.99 Rating: 4 stars Let me tell you the tale of Alfonzo the goat,  who was terribly proud of his lovely new coat. Alfonzo was happy; he pranced and he skipped.  Then he heard a sad noise, croaking out of a ditch. […]

Title: The Fallen Author: David Baldacci Published: April 24th 2018 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 464 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Amos Decker, David Baldacci’s unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen. BOOK 4 IN THE AMOS DECKER SERIES Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. But the mysterious events in Baronville, […]

To celebrate the release of Someone Like You, Australian author Karly Lane’s latest novel, I have a Q & A with Karly to share with you all. It is true pleasure to welcome Karly to Mrs B’s Book Reviews for a Q & A session. This Q & A will follow a review to be published of Karly’s […]

Title: Head Over Heels Author: Evie Snow Published: April 16th 2018 Publisher: Exile Publishing Pages: 60 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $0.99 Rating: 4 stars A dress store owner who thinks big. A fallen soap opera star who’s out of luck. Second chance love is a spectator sport… Pin-up clothing store owner Madeline Evans always spends her July 4th on the beach writing down her […]

Title: California Dreaming Author: Evie Snow Published: April 22nd 2018 Publisher: Exile Publishing Pages: 180 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $3.99 Rating: 4 stars In the search for sleep, he may have found the woman of his dreams… Jared Nairn needs a new start and a good night’s rest. After enduring a combat zone, a rocky divorce, and chronic insomnia, the quaint California town of […]

Title: The Yellow Villa Author: Amanda Hampson Published: April 30th 2018 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 256 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars Mia and Ben, an Australian couple in their early thirties, have relinquished one dream and embraced another, selling their Sydney flat and purchasing an old yellow house in the picturesque village of Cordes-sur-Ciel in South-West France. They soon meet […]

Welcome to a weekly post, Throwback Thursday. This weekly book review post is a way to share some old favourites, books that were published over a year ago and most importantly those books that have been languishing on the to be read pile for far too long! Synopsis: The child has no name, she’s a […]