Waiting On: ‘Love Her or Lose Her’ by Tessa Bailey (book 2

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming releases that we are excited for.   Published by: Avon Expected Publication: 14th January 2020 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with a unique, sexy romantic comedy about a young married couple whose rocky relationship …

COMPLETED Australian Women Writers Challenge 2019 (AWW2019)

I can proudly say that I finally completed my Australian Women Writers Challenge for 2019. I've set this challenge at the same level for the last year or two and missed out, but I just scraped in with the reviews this year. I'm actually shocked at some of the books I haven't reviewed yet on …

BLOGMAS DAY 29 REVIEW: Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy

Published: 1st April 2016 Publisher: Black Dog (Walker Books) Pages: 32 Format: Hardback Picture Book RRP: $26.99 5/5 Stars  Welcome to the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri People. We are part of this land and the land is part of us. This is where we come from. Wominjeka Wurundjeri balluk yearmenn koondee bik. Welcome to …

BLOGMAS DAY 28 REVIEW: Painted Ponies by Alison Lester

Published: 5th November 2019 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia Pages: 32 Format: hardback  picture book (hired from the library) RRP: $24.99 4/5 Stars  A little girl whose family runs a travelling show falls in love with some wild ponies...but what will she do when she realises they long to be set free? Matilda loves staying …

BLOGMAS Day 22 REVIEW: That Christmas Feeling by Lili Wilkinson and illustrated by Amanda Francey

Published:  27th September 2017 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 32 Format: Hardback Picture book (borrowed from the library) RRP:$19.99 4/5 Stars Dottie is waiting for the Christmas feeling to arrive—that fizzy, excited feeling, where everything is a bit magical. But this year, Dottie, her brother, Jem, and their dog, Shortbread, are staying with Grandma and …

BLOGMAS Day 21 REVIEW: Tea & Sugar by Jane Jolly and Robert Ingpen

Published: 1st November 2014 Publisher: National Library of Australia Pages: 36 Format: Hardback Picture Book (Borrowed from the library) RRP: $24.99 5/5 Stars Age range 5+ The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days …

BLOGMAS Day 14 REVIEW: There Is Something Weird in Santa’s Beard by Chrissie Krebs

Published: 31st October 2016 Publisher: Penguin Random House Children Pages: 32 Format: Hardback Picture Book RRP: $19.99 3/5 Stars Look out - it's the blob that ate Christmas! Lovely Santa. He brings joy and gifts to children around the world. Secretly, he’s also a bit of a slob. He loves snacking on the treats children …

Waiting On: Return To Stringybark Creek (The Callahans of Stringybark Creek Book 3) by Karly Lane

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming releases that we are excited for. Karly Lane is one of my all-time favourite authors and a Unicorn author at that. I'm still in shock that I meet her! Despite being a book behind in this series …

Waiting On: Up On Horsehoe Hill by Penelope Janu

  Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming releases that we are excited for. Alongside Queen of Nothing by Holly Black, Up On The Horsehoe Hill by Penelope Janu is tied for my most anticipated release of the second half of 2019. I was …

REVIEW: The Naughtiest Reindeer Goes South by Nicki Greenberg

Published: 28th September 2016 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover Picture book (borrowed from the Library) RRP: $19.99 4/5 Stars "I'm zippy! I'm snappy! I'm raring to go-" "You're NAUGHTY," said Rudolf, "the answer is NO." If only Mrs Claus had listened! Letting Ruby lead the sleigh is a recipe for disaster. Ruby's …