I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Impulse Australia Pub Date: 31 March 2015 Pages: 227 Challenges: Women's Challenge Summary Ramona Rawlings is going to make dating fun again. Armed with an alphabet poster, post-it notes and her best friend Emma, Ramona… Continue reading Review: Dating the Alphabet by Samantha Napier
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Review: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperTeen Published: 2007 (first published 1998) Pages: 336 Summary Hopelessly crossed in love, Tristran Thorne leaves his mundane Victorian-English village on a quest for a fallen star in the magical realm bordering his village. The star proves to be an attractive woman with a hot temper, who plunges with our hero into adventures… Continue reading Review: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Review: Secrets of the Tower by Debbie Rix
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 384 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Two women, centuries apart, bound together by the secrets of one of the most iconic buildings ever created. Pisa, 1999 Sam Campbell sits by her husband's… Continue reading Review: Secrets of the Tower by Debbie Rix
Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Publisher: Garzanti Published: 9 October 1998 Pages: 338Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's ChallengeRating: 3/5 Summary (from Goodreads) When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious danger to his… Continue reading Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: 30 January 2015 Pages: 532 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary An epic, mesmerizing tale of tragic loss, the strength of words left unspoken, and the redeeming power of love.… Continue reading Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Einaudi Published: 10 June 2008 (first published 2006) Pages: 456Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her… Continue reading Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Review: Make My Wish Come True by Fiona Harper
Publisher: Mills & Boon Published: 1 November 2013 Pages: 384 Summary Family-orientated and Christmas-dinner cook extraordinaire Juliet is trying to keep it together in the wake of her marriage breakdown two Christmases ago, but the cracks are beginning to show. Bright and vivacious Gemma was always the favourite daughter…So she has no qualms about leaving Christmas… Continue reading Review: Make My Wish Come True by Fiona Harper
Review: The Orphan of Torundi by J.L. McCreedy
I received an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest review. Publication date: 28 November 2014 Publisher: Penelope Pipp Publishing Pages: 300 Summary Sam is an orphan, raised by a pharmaceutical research mission in the little jungle island of Torundi, located somewhere between Oceania and Southeast Asia. Her life is quite peacefully… Continue reading Review: The Orphan of Torundi by J.L. McCreedy
Review: Premiere: a Love Story by Tracy Ewens
I received an e-arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publication date: 27 October 2014 Pages: 272 Summary Samantha "Sam" Cathner gave up needing Peter years ago, but now her theatre needs his play. She knows how fairytales end once the house lights are up, so she steadies herself to… Continue reading Review: Premiere: a Love Story by Tracy Ewens
Review: Omari and the People by Stephen Whitfield
I received an advance reader copy of this book from Story Cartel in exchange for my honest review Publisher: ShirleyCastle Press Pages: 360 Summary In a nameless city on the edge of a desert lives Omari, probably the best thief ever to live there. On the verge of being exposed for his many crimes, Omari… Continue reading Review: Omari and the People by Stephen Whitfield