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Author: Luci Fer
First Published: 15 August 2021
“Charlie, you’re as important as the music. I won’t choose. I want to find a way where both live parallel in my world. You and my band are all that matter.”
I will start by saying that I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Luci for sending a copy my way!
Author: Hannah Kent
Publisher: Picador Australia
First Published: 26 October 2021
“Love runs through her like a seam of gold. It runs through me, too, we are illuminated.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Picador Australia and Netgalley for sending a copy my way!
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Author: Laura Elizabeth Wollett
Publisher: Scribe
First Published: 02 July 2021
“People destroy other people for no reason.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to wonderful people at Scribe for sending a copy my way!
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Author: Jessica Townsend
Publisher: Lothian Children’s Books
First Published: 30 October 2018
“These were supposed to be her brothers and sisters. Loyal for life. But with a single word, they were looking at her as if she was their enemy.”
This is a sequel; I will try and keep my review as spoiler free as possible but just be wary if you haven’t read first book, Nevermore: The Trails of Morrigan Crow.
Also if you haven’t read the first book, you should it’s all kinds of awesome!
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The Longlist for The Sella Prize was announced last night! And there are some amazing books listed.
For those of you who don’t know, The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing, and who are also champions of cultural change. Both fiction and non fiction books are eligible for entry. The prize is named after one of Australia’s most iconic writers, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin. She published her work under the name Miles Franklin. The first Stella award was given in 2013.
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I am here with January Wrap Up. Oh my god! I think my reading slump bit be over. This month I read 16 books and a total of 5,585 pages.
Author: Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Publisher: Scribe
First Published: 30 July 2018
Rating: 5 stars
“This life is the dawn of revolution and she is ready to meet it in a necklace of thorns, sprouting black feathers, adorned with the reddest roses.”
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I am here with October Wrap Up. This month I read a total of 7 books and 1,841 pages.
Author: Angela Meyer
Publisher: Ventura Press
First Published: 01 August 2018
Rating: 4 stars
“This water is so clear I can lean over and see myself. I am Narcissus, in love with the image of my suffering, fixed in place and soon to drown.”
I will start by saying that I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own. Thank you so much to Ventura Press and NetGalley!
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I am here with August Wrap Up. This month I read a total of 4 books and 1,668 pages.
Words of the Roses 