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#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.

#AussieYAChallenge 3: Heart of a Royal by Hannah Currie.

December 28, 2024

Publisher: WhiteSpark Publishing. Release Date: October 1st, 2019. Source: Purchased. Category: Contemporary, ya, romance, Christian. Series: Daughters of Peverell #1. Synopsis from Goodreads: Brought to the palace as a newborn, the royal life bestowed upon Mackenna Sparrow was never meant to last forever. With Princess Alina engaged to be married, Mackenna’s presence as companion is … More #AussieYAChallenge 3: Heart of a Royal by Hannah Currie.

Writing News.

December 20, 2024

It is almost the end of the year and I am delighted to be able to share with you two exciting pieces of writing news. I have been accepted into two anthologies! I have never been published in an anthology before, so to now be in two is amazing. The first is an anthology of … More Writing News.

Review: A Season for the Heart by J.M.Hochstetler

December 17, 2024

Publisher: Sheaf House Publishers. Release Date: November 1st, 2024 Source: Free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Category: Christian, Historical Fiction. Synopsis from Goodreads: May 1945. Germany has surrendered to the triumphant Allied forces, while the war against Japan grinds toward a bloody end. Just graduated from high school, Ellie Hershberger longs to … More Review: A Season for the Heart by J.M.Hochstetler

#AussieYAChallenge 2: Raelia by Lynette Noni.

December 2, 2024

Publisher: Pantera Press. Release Date: April 1st, 2016. Genre/Series: Fantasy/ The Medoran Chronicles (Book 2) Synopsis from Goodreads: Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices.” Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy with her gifted friends, Alexandra Jennings steps back through a doorway into Medora, the fantasy world that is full of … More #AussieYAChallenge 2: Raelia by Lynette Noni.

Non-Fiction Review: Now And Not Yet by Ruth Chou Simons.

October 1, 2024

Publisher: Nelson Books. Release Date: April 09 2024. Source: NetGalley (In exchange for an honest review.) Category: Christian, non-fiction, self-help. Description From NetGalley: Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out. Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever … More Non-Fiction Review: Now And Not Yet by Ruth Chou Simons.

A Waltz For Matilda #AussieYAChallenge 1.

June 8, 2024

Publisher: Harper Collins Australia. Series: The Matilda Saga #1. Source: Borrowed from library. Synopsis From Goodreads: In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he’s wanted by the troopers. In … More A Waltz For Matilda #AussieYAChallenge 1.

Life/Blog Update.

May 11, 2020

Hi Everyone, I just realised it has been a year since I last posted on this blog. I don’t even know where the time has gone. So much has happened since May last year. The coronavirus obviously being the biggest. Praise God it has not been as bad here is Australia as it has been … More Life/Blog Update.

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