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05 Mar

A Vintage Summer (Cathy Bramley) – Review

London has not been kind to Lottie Allbright. Realising it’s time to cut and run, she packs up and moves back home – but finds her family in disarray. In need of a new place to stay, Lottie takes up the offer of a live-in job managing a local vineyard.
03 Mar

Weekend Book Buzz – 2/3 March 2019

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz. And welcome to March! As hot and uncomfortable as it can get in Australia, I'm always a little sad to say goodbye to summer, because I'm really not a winter person. (And yes, I realise it doesn't really get cold in Australia...
02 Mar

Never Let Go (Elizabeth Goddard) – Review + Giveaway

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Never Let Go, the first book in the Uncommon Justice series by Elizabeth Goddard with JustRead Publicity Tours! As a forensic genealogist, Willow Anderson is following in her late grandfather's footsteps in her quest for answers about a baby abducted from the

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01 Mar

First Line Friday – Within These Lines (Stephanie Morrill)

Welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books! If you love World War II fiction, you'll want to check out the book I'm featuring today. I've had my eye on it since I found out it was releasing, and I'm finally going to start reading it today! It's Stephanie Morrill's Within These Lines...
28 Feb

Of Fire and Lions (Mesu Andrews) – Review

Survival. A Hebrew girl first tasted it when she escaped death nearly seventy years ago as the Babylonians ransacked Jerusalem and took their finest as captives. She thought she'd perfected in the many years amongst the Magoi and the idol worshippers, pretending with all the others in King

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26 Feb

Top Ten Tuesday – Places Mentioned in Books That I’d Like to Visit

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, organised by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is a fun one, because I love dreaming about places I might be able to visit one day. Hubby and I did a bit of travelling prior to having children (including lots of...
24 Feb

Weekend Book Buzz – 23/24 February

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz. It's hard to believe we've already reached the end of February, don't you think? We've finally been getting some cooler weather where we are, although I know many of my northern hemisphere friends are wishing for quite the opposite. So tell me...
23 Feb

Finding Ever After – Four Fairytale-ish Novellas (Review)

Experience a touch of magic with these four fairytale-ish novellas that span over one hundred years. Linked by an illustrated book of fairytales, each novella is an enchanting combination of a beloved classic sprinkled with the author’s own brand of fairy dust.