Guest Book Review: The Wild Woman’s Guide to Traveling the World
Title: The Wild Woman’s Guide to Traveling the World Author: Kristin Rockaway Published: July 11th 2017 Publisher: Hachette Australia Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $19.99 Rating: 5 Objectively, Sophie is a success: she’s got a coveted job at a top consulting firm, a Manhattan apartment, and a passport full of stamps. It isn’t quite what she dreamed of when she was […]
The roots of Tree of Smoke: A reintroduction to Denis Johnson’s early poems as we say goodbye to the author
The Man Among the Seals & Inner Weather By Denis Johnson Carnegie Mellon University Press 78 pp; $20 From “Quickly Aging Here”: “i feel i am old/now, though surely i/am young enough? i feel that i have had/ winters, too many heaped cold/and dry as reptiles into my slack skin./i am not the kind to […]
New Release Book Review: The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
Title: The Stolen Marriage Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: November 28th 2017 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genres: Fiction, Historical, World War II RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars The Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain, the bestselling author of The Silent Sister, Pretending to Dance and The Midwife’s Confession. In 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries […]
Throwback Thursday Book Review: Gerald’s Game by Stephen King
Welcome to a new 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! Today’s Throwback Thursday book review is my […]
Release Day Book Review: One More Song by Nicki Edwards
Title: One More Song Author: Nicki Edwards Published: November 28th 2017 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Rural RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Harry Baxter and Edwina Campbell lead completely different lives. A lot has changed for Harry since he escaped his home town of Yallambah ten years ago, headed for the bright lights of the big city. Now he’s […]
Guest Book Review: Origin by Dan Brown
Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Published: October 3rd 2017 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 544 Genres: Fiction, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller RRP: $39.99 Rating: 5 Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to attend a major announcement—the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host […]
South of Main Street by Robert Gately
Henry Wolff is a middle-aged man who sees the world as a child, or maybe it is just that adults see him as one. Actually, he’s an example of what can happen when a young man goes to war and comes home mentally injured as a result. Henry’s wife, Mary, has just passed away and, […]
Book Review: The Shifting Light by Alice Campion
Title: The Shifting Light Author: Alice Campion Published: January 30th 2017 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Australian RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars Nina Larkin should be happy. She’s transformed her rundown outback property, The Springs, into a successful artists’ retreat; she’s won a distinguished art prize, and she’s living with her soulmate, trail-blazing grazier Heath Blackett. But the chance discovery of a […]
Guest Book Review: Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop by Jane Linfoot
Title: Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop Author: Jane Linfoot Published: October 24th 2016 Publisher: Harper Collins Books Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Romance, Women’s Fiction RRP: $22.99 Rating: 4 stars ‘Just like the perfect wedding cake…beautifully crafted and wrapped in romance’ Heidi Swain, bestselling author of The Cherry Tree Café The snow is falling around Brides by the Sea, […]
Release Day Book Review: The Good Sister by Maggie Christensen
Title: The Good Sister Author: Maggie Christensen Published: November 23rd 2017 Publisher: Cala Publishing Pages: 264 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: Rating: 4.5 stars Two Isobels. A lifetime of regret. A love that spans the years In 1938, as the world hurtled towards war, twenty-year-old Isobel MacDonald fell madly in love. But fate and her own actions conspired to deny her the […]