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Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Do you remember Dear Dorothy Dix who wrote an advice column for women? Dear Debbie is an columnist writing for women with modern day issues,...

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi

Cleopatra is an iconic women from Ancient Egyptian history. This book is her story and seeing history from a different perspective - Hers. Saara has...

On the Edge by Kate Horan

On the Edge by Kate Horan I finished this little gem last night - definitely, suitable for fans of Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth. Nel's...

Exciting New Reads

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year!! I hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. So far, it looks...

The Washup by Nicole Crowe

The Washup by Nicole Crowe Set in North Queensland, this book was really good. It pulled me in at the first chapter, when Eve is...

The Farm by Jessica Mansour-Nahra

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The Farm by Jessica Mansour-Nahra This is Jessica's debut novel. It has a bit of gothic horror and thriller mixed together. The female protagonist, Leila...

The Lucky Sisters by Rachael Johns

The Lucky Sisters by Rachael Johns Rachael has done it again with this one!!! The one thing I will say is that I cried several...

A Disappearing Act by Jo Dixon

A Disappearing Act by Jo Dixon There are quite a few ticks for this book - Jo is Tasmanian. She writes great pyschological thrillers and...

Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin

Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin This is a fantastic, Indigenous crime noir debut novel. It is set in a country town where a brutal murder...

The Whisky Widow by Karen Brooks

The Whisky Widow by Karen Brooks This is a fantastic historical fiction set in the Scottish Highlands, in 1780, after the Battle of Culloden. Greer...

The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains - Sarah Clutton

The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains - Sarah Clutton This book is set in NW Tasmania - in a little, country town called Beggars Rock. ...

Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney “Wives think their husbands will change-But they don’tHusbands think their wives won’t change-But they do!” Grady is a...

The Ledge - Christian White

What I have been reading this week – The Ledge by Christian White There are 3 important parts to this post – How much...

The Glassmaker - Tracy Chevalier

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This book starts during the Renaissance, in Murano, a short distance from Venice, renowned for its beautiful and exquisite Murano glass. At the time, glassblowers...

Jasper Cliff - Josh Kemp

What I have been reading? This week I read Jasper Cliff, an Australian, outback, gothic thriller by Josh Kemp. Lachlan has been searching for this...

The Bonus - T L Swan

The Bonus What have I been reading this week - The Bonus by T L Swan. This is a bit of a departure from...

Storm Child - Michael Robotham

Storm Child I have been catching up on my reading this week - new thriller alert for Storm Child - Michael Robotham Our own international...

Dusk by Robbie Arnott

Dusk What I have been reading this week? This week I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the latest literary work from Tasmania’s own,...

Smoke by Michael Brissenden

Smoke What I have been reading this week is Smoke by Michael Brissenden, Australian author and journalist. Set in Jasper after a brutal wildfire. A...

The Star on the Grave - Linda Margolin Royal

The Star on the Grave This book is for lovers of history and it is about a different perspective about an event not many people...

The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices - Liz Foster

The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices This story revolves around Libby who has married the man of her dreams and is living the...

Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton

This is an exciting October release the new novel by award-winning Australian author Trent Dalton. The author of Boy Swallows Universe, Love Stories and All...

Sisters Under the Rising Sun - Heather Morris

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Wow. Heather Morris's storytelling abilities really shine through in this novel. It is gripping and emotional about a period in history which still raises a lot...