*This is the 6th book I have read for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. Australian release date: 1st August 2006. Australian publisher: Random House Australia. Source: Bought. Synopsis from Random House Australia: If you like Melina Marchetta and Barry Jonsberg, you’ll love Maria Boyd’s novel about being in Year 11, being in trouble and being … More Mini Review: Will By Maria Boyd. #aww2015.
Release Date: August 27th 2014. Publisher: Text Publishing (Australia) Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: A mysterious coded message. A search for a fabled perpetual motion machine. A terrifying horse ride. And a night in the exclusive Billionaires’ Club House of Puzzles. If Gerald thought his term in a … More Review: The House of Puzzles By Richard Newsome.
Release Date: January 2nd 2014. Publisher: Random House Australia. Source: Bought. Synopsis from Goodreads: ‘We can’t choose who we fall in love with. It could be our best friend or … our worst enemy.’ Emily Woods counts cracks for a living. Concrete cracks. So when her long-term boyfriend dumps her, she decides it’s time for … More Review: The Girl In The Yellow Vest By Loretta Hill #aww2015
Publisher: Text Publishing. Release Date: September 2012. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: It’s nearly Christmas. Gerald, Ruby and Sam are meeting up with Alisha and Gerald’s Australian school friend Ox for two weeks of snowboarding in the mountains of California. It’s a dream vacation for the world’s youngest … More Review: The Crystal Code by Richard Newsome.
Release Date: October 3rd 2011. Australian Publisher: Text Publishing. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The police have finally caught the evil murderer Sir Mason Green. The third casket and whatever treasure it contains can remain a secret just as the Fraternity wished. And Gerald can relax and enjoy his billions. … More Review: The Mask of Destiny By Richard Newsome.
Release Date: 28th June 2010. Publisher: Text Publishing Australia. Source: Purchased. Synopsis from Text Publishing website: What do you do when you’re a billionaire, you’re thirteen and you’ve just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to … More Review: The Emerald Casket by Richard Newsome.
Release Date: December 1st 2014. Publisher: Bloomsbury (Australia) Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: Ashtyn’s life just got complicated. Her boyfriend is being distant and her sister’s back at home after ten years – with a stepson in tow! Derek has a perfect body, THE sexiest smile and a … More Review: Better Than Perfect.
Release Date: August 27th 2014. Publisher: Penguin Australia. Source: Publisher via NetGalley. Synopsis from Goodreads: Lily’s had a charmed life so far, and now she’s off to London to pursue her dream of becoming a great actor. But life at the London Drama Academy is full of surprises – and for the first time, Lily … More Review: The Rapunzel Dilemma.
Release Date: July 24th 2014. Publisher: Penguin Australia. Source: Free from Penguin Teen Live. Synopsis from Goodreads: A love of fashion. A couture competition. A once-in-a-lifetime chance . . . Angel Moncoeur has always wanted to be a fashion designer, but without money or connections, it’s going to be a challenge. When an opportunity to … More Mini Review: The Cinderella Moment By Jennifer Kloester #aww2014
Stepping Out is a feature on my blog where I step out of the world of YA and review an adult book. Today I am reviewing Lyrebird Hill by Anna Romer. This is also the 16th book I have read for the Australian women writers challenge. Release Date: September 1st 2014. Publisher: Simon and Schuster … More Stepping Out With Lyrebird Hill By Anna Romer #aww2014
Rochelle L. Sharpe 