Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I’ve just finished reading Jocelyn Green’s upcoming release, A Refuge Assured—a novel of revolution and rebellion and the life of a young French lacemaker who gets caught in the crossfire. I’ll be posting my review tomorrow, but for now, how about I give you a little taste with the first line?
Well, it’s the end of the first week of 2018, and it’s also the final post for my Best of 2017 series, The Emoji Files. I hope I’ve been able to remind you of some of your own favourites from 2017, as well as perhaps add to your 2018 TBR! 😉 Today’s post is going to list those books that transported me to another time and/or place. These were immersive reads that made me forget the here and now and took me to places as diverse as Ancient Israel, World War I England, and a modern-day Californian vineyard. Not only
Hello again, book lovers. Welcome to the second of my ‘Most Anticipated Books of 2018’ posts. Yesterday I shared the contemporary releases I’m most anticipating, so today I’m going to share my most anticipated historical releases, in order of release: This post has affiliate links. Click here for full disclosure.
Hello, reader friends. We’re just two days away from Summer here in Australia, so while the girls at The Broke and the Bookish have nominated ‘Books on my Winter TBR’ for today’s Top Ten topic, I will, of course, be giving you the books that I’ll be reading over the glorious (and, let’s face it, sometimes stinking hot!) days of the Australian summer. Not that it makes much difference to the books that will actually be on my list, but . . . you know. Just so you’re all picturing sunshine instead of snow. 🙂
It’s that time of year again! Can you believe we’re already half-way through 2017?! And so, naturally, this week’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Best Books in 2017 so far. I’m limiting myself to new releases for this post, so in order of release, here are my Top Ten Picks for the first half of 2017:
I’m back! And this week’s Top Ten Tuesday from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is officially Top Ten Series I’ve Been Meaning to Start but Haven’t. I’ve decided to split this into two lists: Series I’ve Been Meaning to Start, but Haven’t, and Series I’ve Been Meaning to Finish, but Haven’t. Sadly, both could have been full lists in their own right, but I have limited myself to five in each category.
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! The girls at The Broke and the Bookish have had me going in circles this week as I tried to work out how I would approach this topic. For starters, I have an insatiable appetite for reading. If you say the word book, I’m interested! For me, it’s not a matter of looking for something to read so much as deciding which of the thousands of books on my TBR continent I’ll pick up next.
~ About the Book ~ Join the journey as one word etched in Latin on an ancient bronze bottle travels through the centuries to reach five young women who are struggling to maintain their faith in God and love. An Irish princess, a Scottish story weaver, a Post-Colonial nurse, a cotton mill worker, and a maid who nearly drowned each receive a message from the bottle just when they need their hope restored. But will the bottle also bring them each to a man whose love will endure?