Month: August 2015
By Jenn Bennett – Night Owls (UK & AU) The Anatomical Shape of a Heart (US). Published: 13th August 2015. Thanks to Jenn Bennett, Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest review. Feeling alive is… Continue Reading “Night Owls by Jenn Bennett”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: art, Beatrix, Bex, Book Lover, book review, Family, fiction, Get Read, Graffiti, hope, Jenn Bennett, Love, Night Owls, passion, review, romance, San Francisco, Street Art, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, YA, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, Young Adult
Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly Published 6th August 2015 304 pages paperback Thanks to the author, Hot Key Books and The Five Mile Press for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest review. “Of course I didn’t… Continue Reading “Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: ARC, book review, crime, Cults, debut novel, drug dealing, Fiction Review, first in series, friendship, humour, kidnapping, mystery, romance, runaways, Trouble is a friend of mine, Trouble makes a comeback, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, YA Fiction Book Review, YA Review
The Cattle King by Ion L. Idriess. First published in 1936 (my edition re-published 2013). At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and… Continue Reading “The Cattle King by Ion L. Idriess”
Category: Book Reviews: ALLTags: Angus and Robertson, Aussie Author, Aussie Legend, Aussie Pride, Australian history, book addict, book hangover, Book Lover, book review, bush jockey, bushfires, cattle buyer, drover, fighting droughts, floods, history, horse dealer, Ion L. Idriess, living on the land, Sir Sidney Kidman, The Cattle King, The Cattle King by Ion L. Idriess
The last day has come and gone, but the saga continues in Once Human as Massimo Marino continues to explore the future of humanity. When you’re surrounded by peace and plenty, think of a malignant power lurking from the depth of the earth. The… Continue Reading “**Cover Reveal** Once Humans by @Massim0Marin”
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors. I’ve managed to read more books this year than ever before, but I could only come up with… Continue Reading “My Top Ten Auto-buy Authors”
Category: Bookish BabbleTags: Amanda Hocking, Books I've Read, buy local, J.K. Rowling, Kaz Delaney, Lee Child, Leigh Hutton, Lizzie Wilcock, Majanka Verstraete, Novocastrian, Rick Riordan, Susan Whelan, TBR, The Broke and the Bookish, To Be Read List, Top Ten, Top Ten Tuesday, Top Ten Tuesdays, Trinity Doyle
Killing Time (For Better or for Worse #2) by Ingrid Nickelsen Published 26th April 2015 by Untold Press I received a copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review. Thank you Ingrid! Death is the ultimate heartbreak. Evangeline never expected it… Continue Reading “Killing Time by Ingrid Nickelsen”
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: Afterlife, book review, book reviews, Book Reviews: YA & MG, car accident, Death, fantasy, fiction, Fiction Review, For Better or for Worse, Godmothers, Ingrid Nickelsen, Killing Time, life, Love, review, Untold Press, YA, Ya Book Review
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From. Thirteen books Read by Rick Riordan. All of them Percy Jackson related in some way :-). Twelve… Continue Reading “Top Ten Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From”
Category: Bookish BabbleTags: Amanda Hocking, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, J.K. Rowling, John Marsden, Katherine Applegate, Lee Child, Rick Riordan, Robert Kirkman, Stephanie Meyer, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday, Top Ten Tuesdays
So after 38 days away I’m back home. I’ve still got some more time off of work and am planing to do some work on the house, do up some sort of post/s about our Aussie Outback and Cape York 4WD family trip, as… Continue Reading “I’M BACK (Holiday book haul)”
Category: Humanoid ‘ish’Tags: Banjo Paterson, being back home, book addict, Book Haul, Book Lover, Book Nerd, Book Obsessed, books, buying books, Crystal Kingdom, eBook collection, family holiday, Holiday, Holiday Book Haul, Holidays, National Bookshop Day, Percy Jackson, Pieces of Sky, The Awkward Yeti, The Cattle King, The Song of Achilles
