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Title: Need a House? Call Ms Mouse! Author: George Mendoza Illustrator: Doris Susan Smith Published: November 1 2022 Publisher: Allen and Unwin Readership: Children (Picturebook) Rating: ★★★★ RRP: $24.99 I received a copy of Need a House? Call Ms Mouse! from the publishers for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A charming and popular children's classic about …
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Title: Back On Country (Welcome to Our Country 3)Author: Adam Goodes & Ellie LaingIllustrator: David HardyPublished: November 1 2022Publisher: Allen and UnwinReadership: Children (Picturebook)Rating: ★★★★★RRP: $24.99 I received a copy of Back On Country from the publishers for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A joyful story about the power of reconnecting to family, culture and Country. …
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Title: Meet Me In Los FelizAuthor: Kelly ReynoldsPublished: October 25, 2022Publisher: Independently PublishedReadership: AdultGenre: Contemporary holiday romance novellaRating: ★★★★★Content warnings: explicit sexual content, alcohol and recreational drug use I received a copy of Meet Me In Los Feliz from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. He used to …
Title: Resting Witch Face (Stay a Spell #5)Author: Juliette CrossPublished: October 31, 2022Publisher: Independently PublishedReadership: AdultGenre: Paranormal RomanceRating: ★★★★★Content warnings: Kidnapping, torture, violence, gore I received a copy of Resting Witch Face from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Twelve years ago, Jules Savoie ended her relationship with the …
Title: The Killing CodeAuthor: Ellie MarneyPublished: September 2022Publisher: Allen and UnwinReadership: Young AdultGenre: ThrillerRating: ★★★★.5RRP: $22.99Content warnings: Death of a friend, murder, blood, assault and rape (mentioned, off page), WWII I received a copy of The Killing Code from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A young codebreaker at Arlington Hall …
Title Wolfsong (Green Creek 1) Author: T.J. Klune Published: August 2022 Publisher: Pan Macmillan (Tor) Readership: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance Rating: ★★★★★ RRP: $34.99 Content warnings: Death of parent, violence, absentee father, age gap, kidnapping (off page), trauma I received a copy of Wolfsong from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. …
I've been very fortunate to receive quite a few children's and middle grade titles for review recently, and I wanted to recap a few of them here. I've also talked about them in a recent Kids Books vlog if you want to hear my immediate thoughts. Thank you to Allen & Unwin for the review …
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I've been very fortunate to receive quite a few children's and middle grade titles for review recently, and I wanted to recap a few of them here. I've also talked about them in a recent Kids Books vlog if you want to hear my immediate thoughts. Thank you to Allen & Unwin for the review …
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Title Storm Echo (Psy-Trinity 6)Author: Nalini SinghPublished: July/August 2022Publisher: HachetteReadership: AdultGenre: Paranormal RomanceRating: ★★★★★RRP: $32.99Content warnings: Drugs, drug use, emotionally abusive alpha (historical, off page), violence, death, traumatic birth sequence I received a copy of Storm Echo from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The next novel in the mesmerising Psy-Changeling …
Title: Stay With Me (New World)Author: Lily XPublished: June 21, 2022Publisher: Carina AdoresReadership: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi RomanceRating: ★★★★ I received a copy of Stay With Me from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. In this first of a sexy new sci-fi romance series, a galactic farmer discovers the robot she …
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