Could not put this thriller down. Vigilante revenge is the premise of this novel and I was completely here for it. I also really loved being on the streets of Sydney and I thought the characters of Kat, Olivia, Naomi, Brooke, Amy, Katy, Gabrielle and Mia were all really well done. It’s such a horrible
What a tribute to the World War Two Australian nurses who served in the pacific. So brave, so resilient, so dutiful. I loved Minnie, Beth, Lola and Margot. I loved their friendship and inner strength as they serve on the front line. These nurses will sit on my shoulder. I found it hard reading, but
What a feast for the senses this novel is! Sight, sounds, tastes and particularly smells! From the streets of Paris to the villages of India..I loved this one and am so hoping we see more Radha, Malik and Lakshmi! I love these people and I have loved the opportunity to spend the 70s with Radha
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This book!!!! It’s definitely a booksta made me want it read..that and Harper Collins gave me a copy that I read and reviewed..it feels like bubbles but is actually the most nourishing green smoothie. Super fun but goodness does it deliver insights like ‘I know such fucking wonderful women..who let these nothing men, these mediocre,
What a road trip!!!! What a gorgeous troupe of characters!!!! Josephine Moon has absolutely written a love letter to her neurokin and I am completely here for it. I absolutely love Phoenix Rose and I am so glad I got to come along for her adventure with Lily, Humphrey, Rita, Audrey, Marilyn, the chickens and
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Gosh it never ceases to amaze me how many different ways there are to live! Minnie’s way could not have been more opposite to my own and oh my goodness was I there for the adventure! She and her much younger brother’s immigration from England to Australia would have been enough for me..but to go
Ohhh hasn’t it just turned Autumn!!! Hope you are enjoying a book or two under a lap blanket this month! I just got to read a copy of The Bookbinder of Jericho and honestly it is *chefs kiss* perfection, but if you haven’t read The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams I definitely think
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Absolutely cannot wait to deep dive into Homecoming soon in the Hissy Fics I love this novel and would have loved it if it were 3 times as long. I absolutely loved the fact it’s set in Australia; I know ‘those colours and smells, that quality of the light’ I loved the sense of homecoming
This was exactly the novel I wanted to read. I absolutely loved it. It’s such a lovely, tender, genuinely funny, heartwarming family story. Daniel has been killed and three years on and his sisters are still feeling the loss is the starting point..a beautiful exploration of organ donation ensues, but it’s so much more than
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I LOVE Dave Burrows and delight in any new novel featuring him but especially his earlier years; now I really know him feels haha. This story was a complete suspense; I had absolutely no idea what had happened to Leo and Coffee. It was great being on the job with Detective Dave Burrows as he
