Tag: book

#AussieYAChallenge 5: Remind Me Why I’m Here by Kat Colmer.

December 31, 2024

Publisher: Rhiza Edge. Release Date: August 15th, 2020. Source: Purchased. Category: YA, contemporary, rom-com. Synopsis from Goodreads: An Australian to-do list. A broody host brother. A disaster in the making. When Maya leaves Chicago armed with an important Aussie must-do list, she assumes she’s heading to Barangaroo with its beautiful Sydney Harbour views—NOT Barangaroo Creek, … More #AussieYAChallenge 5: Remind Me Why I’m Here by Kat Colmer.

#AussieYAChallenge 4: The Peak by Jack Heath.

December 30, 2024

Publisher: Scholastic Australia. Release Date: February 1st, 2024. Source: Purchased. Category: YA, Contemporary, Spy. Series: Spy Academy #1. Synopsis from Goodreads: After thwarting a robbery, Nolan Hawker is invited to the world’s most dangerous school. At The Peak, he learns to crack codes, fly planes and deceive enemies so he can someday infiltrate the deadly … More #AussieYAChallenge 4: The Peak by Jack Heath.

Review: Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor by Roseanna M. White.

December 24, 2024

Publisher: Bethany House Publishers. Release Date: September 1st, 2024. Category: Historical Romance, Christian Fiction. Source: From NetGalley in exchange for an honest review/I also own a paperback copy. Synopsis from Goodreads: As the beloved stepdaughter of the Earl of Castleton, Lady Mariah Lyons cherishes her home at Plumford Manor, but her idyllic world will be … More Review: Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor by Roseanna M. White.

The Ampersand Prize Opens Tomorrow.

June 30, 2020

  The Ampersand Prize is Australia and New Zealand’s premier award for unpublished writers of middle-grade and young adult fiction. Created by Hardie Grant Egmont in 2012, the Ampersand Prize has launched the careers of numerous best-selling and critically acclaimed authors including Melissa Keil (Life in Outer Space), Erin Gough (The Flywheel), Cally Black (In … More The Ampersand Prize Opens Tomorrow.

Review & Giveaway: The Shadow by Marianne Curley #aww2018

May 3, 2018

Release Date: Out now. Publisher: MTC services. Source: Netgalley Synopsis: From bestselling author Marianne Curley comes the highly anticipated return to the Guardians of Time Series… The battle is over. The war is won. The prophecy complete. But life can’t just pick up where it left off for Ethan. Struggling to cope with the death … More Review & Giveaway: The Shadow by Marianne Curley #aww2018

Review: Working Mums #aww2018

April 10, 2018

Release Date: March 1st 2018. Publisher: Finch Publishing.  Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review.    Synopsis from Goodreads: Working Mums: Stories by real women on how they manage children, work and life is a collection of empowering stories that will make working mums everywhere laugh in sympathy and nod in recognition. The stories are from … More Review: Working Mums #aww2018

5 Star Read: This Beats Perfect By Rebecca Denton. #aww2017.

April 15, 2017

    Release Date: February 2017. Publisher: Hachette Australia. (ATOM) Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Amelie Ayres has impeccable taste in music. Bowie. Bush. Bob. So when she finds herself backstage at The Keep’s only UK gig she expects to hate it; after all they are world’s most tragic band. … More 5 Star Read: This Beats Perfect By Rebecca Denton. #aww2017.

Review: The Black Key By Amy Ewing.

October 18, 2016

Release Date: October 1st 2016. Publisher: Walker Books Australia. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review.    Synopsis from Goodreads: The third book in Amy Ewing’s New York Times bestselling Lone City trilogy, The Black Key is perfect for fans of The Selection and Red Queen. Violet and the Society of the Black Key are preparing … More Review: The Black Key By Amy Ewing.

Spotlight Sunday: Review ‘Between the Lives’ by Jessica Shirvington. AWW13

June 16, 2013

Welcome to this week’s Spotlight Sunday, where I shine the light on an Australian book I think deserves to be read. Today I am shining the spotlight on Jessica Shrivington’s YA novel, ‘Between the Lives.’ It is the eleventh book I have read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. Synopsis from Goodreads: Above all else, … More Spotlight Sunday: Review ‘Between the Lives’ by Jessica Shirvington. AWW13