June Update & Book Reviews
Australian Authors have kept my reading spark active over the past few months.
Category: Australian Author
Book Review: Iron – Kalima Chronicles by Aiki Flinthart
I picked up Iron as part of a monthly book club read for March, and I’m glad I did. The world building of Kalima is fantastic.
Book Review: The Opal Dragonfly by Julian Leatherdale
The Opal dragonfly is a long book with a lot of fascinating historical detail about the growth period of the Sydney colony during the 1800s.
Goodbye 2018
What can I say about 2018? It went by far too quickly. In this post I will update you on what happened in the last three months, and my plans for 2019. Happy New Year!
Book Review: The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
1954: When sixteen–year–old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post–war Germany. Her first stop is the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the banks of the Murray in rural Victoria, a temporary home for thousands of new arrivals, all looking for work and a better life.
Book Review: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
These Broken Stars has been on my TBR list for a long time. I really wanted to love this story, but unfortunately it fell a little short of my expectations.