Reading Update – April #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge #52booksin52weeks

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This year, I am once again participating in the 52 Book Club Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. It’s a fun thing to do, and I often end up choosing a book that I may not have otherwise read. That is always a positive. Quite often the prompts have me scratching my head for a while. and that’s when the challenge kicks in. I do enjoy the hunt for a book to fit a particular prompt.Challenge Books.

Reviews for the following books to come in the next few days. The review for Apartment 303 is up already and can be found at the link below the image.

Crime – Thriller
Link to my review: Apartment 303 by Kelli Hawkins

Biography – History – Australian History

Historical Fiction – War

Memoir – Autobiography

Crime – Romance

Crime – Australian

Other Books Read in April

Did you read a fabulous book this month, that you would recommend. I would love to hear about it, as I’m always on the look out for recommendations.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post is of my own choice and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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The Seven Sisters Series by Lucinda Riley #5 #6 #7

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The Seven Sisters series is loosely based on the mythology of the star constellation known as the Pleiades, or more commonly, the Seven Sisters. The books follow the exploits of a group of adopted siblings who, following the death of their father, follow the clues he left them, that would enable them to find their birth families. These clues take them to different places around the world and lead them to families, and situations that they mostly would never have expected to find. Each novel is stand alone, and it’s not at all necessary to read the complete series, but I would recommend that they each be read, starting with #1.

There are common themes that run through all Seven Sisters books with variations, depending on the personal story of each sister, and their birth background.

The Moon Sister – Seven Sister Series #5

The Moon Sister is the fifth book in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. The story of the fifth sister goes from the beauty of the remote Scottish Highlands to the mysterious gypsy caves of Granada, Spain, just as the civil war is throwing the country into chaos. This is the story of two amazing women, one a wildlife consultant and the other, a world acclaimed flamenco dancer. Both girls are searching for their truth and their beginnings.

Published in November 2018
742 Pages

The Sun Sister – Seven Sister Series #6

The sixth instalment of the Seven Sisters series, The Sun Sister is the epic tale that takes the reader from the bustling streets of Manhattan to the vast, open plains of Africa. The Sun Sister is very much a story of love and loss. Blending history, romance, family saga and family secrets, Electra, the sixth sister, struggles to cope with her glamorous life as one of the world’s top models, and the emptiness she feel. She has a very strong feeling of not belonging that she doesn’t understand. This story is about Electra’s search to find her birth family, a story that spans generations and continents.

Published October 2019
848 Pages

Missing Sister – Seven Sister Series #7

The seventh book in this series is about the missing sister. Until now, the six sisters have been unaware of the existence of an older sister. In this book they set out on individual. journeys to solve the mystery. They have no idea who she is, where she is, the circumstances of her birth, or why she has been kept secret until now. With only one clue they travel to New Zealand, France, Canada, England and Ireland, as they try to find their missing sister. As they gather up small snippets of information they eventually are able to make sense of a story of love and sacrifice that began almost 100 years earlier.

Published April 2020
294 Pages

My Thoughts

I have always loved a door stop size family saga, and The Seven Sisters, certainly is doorstop size and is also a breathtaking family saga. Apart from being unputdownable, I found these books to be unpredictable and at times devastating. Each book, features great examples of strong and remarkable female characters who are very easy to fall in love with and cheer for.

Lucinda Riley’s writing takes readers on an emotional journey, uniting family, solving a family mystery, and history.

Link to my reviews of the first four books in this series:

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley. Seven Sisters Series #1

The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley. Seven Sisters Series #2

The Seven Sisters Series #3 and $ 4

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The book mentioned in this post is of my own choice, and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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Book Review: The Women by Kristin Hannah

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“An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided” – Goodreads

The Women by Kristin Hannah highlights the experiences of the Army nurses who were involved in the Vietnam War. Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy family, enlists as an Army nurse. This shocks her family and community, who cannot understand her decision.

Frankie’s time in the combat zone of Vietnam, soon takes a toll on her, as she faces dreadful wounds, napalm and the horrifying experiences of war. Her determination and strength keep her driving herself forward, and prevent her from breaking down. She is confronted by gut wounds, insecurity and the indifference of her family and friends at home.

Unexpectedly, Frankie finds that when she comes home, nobody realises, or seems to care about what she has been through. The Vietnam veterans are not treated as war heroes in their own country and Frankie has trouble settling back into the everyday life of her past.

My Thoughts

The chaos and misery come alive through the vivid word descriptions of the author. The chaotic misery of the Vietnam combat zone comes alive through the authors vivid descriptions. We get to witness the courage and compassion of the nurses as they do what they have to do, as quickly as possible to repair the horrors caused by war.

I loved the way that music was inserted into the story, bringing up memories of home for the nurses. In 1966, the year that this book is set, I was twelve years old. Even though I wasn’t even a teenager, the music referred to brought up so many memories for me. There were The Doors, The Beatles, The Turtles and many others.

I’ve read many books about war history, but never read anything about the Vietnam War. Even though I know some facts about the Vietnam War it really is the unknown war to me. After reading The Women, I understand much more about the war, the controversy and the experiences of the Army nurses.

In this book, Kristin Hannah has emphasized the importance of the experiences of women during the war, and their very real struggle to reassimilate afterward.

This is another book from Kristin Hannah that is well worth reading, and that explores the experiences of women in a difficult situation.

Quotes:
“I guess I have to feel lucky to have known him and to have learned from him. Too damn many lessons to learn over here, but one that’s for sure is this – life is short. I don’t know if I ever really believed that before. I do now.”

“Not much time here for grief, even though there is plenty of cause.”

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The book mentioned in this post is of my own choice, and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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Apartment 303 by Kelli Hawkins

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Summary

Twenty six year old Rory and her much loved little dog Buster, rarely leave their third floor apartment. During the day, she works for her aunt’s private investigation business, and
she spends her nights gazing at the stars from her rooftop. She also notices the homeless men across the road and imagines the lives they had that led them to be homeless.

Rory is a recluse, who is happy to stay in her apartment shut away from the world. Her world turns upside down after one of the homeless men is murdered, and the police and neighbours start knocking on her door. Her safe haven now feels like a prison, and she feels like she is being watched.

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed the characters in this book, particularly Rory, with all her complications. I felt the story started slowly, and after the first few chapters, I almost decided not to finish it. However, I kept going and I’m pleased that I did. It was very much a psychological thriller, but not at all scary, and I loved it.

For me, it was more about getting into the head of Rory, and understanding the way her thoughts worked. There was danger, and many twists and turns and by the time I got to know Rory, I couldn’t put it down, and read it in one night of little sleep.

Other than the crime that is occurring, this is very much the story of a young woman who is trying to control her thoughts and urges and her wish to live a normal life.

This book was perfect for the 52 Week Book Challenge prompt of A Locked Room Mystery

Published in 2023 by Harper Collins, 320 pages, paperback

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post is of my own choice and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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A Woman of Courage by Tania Blanchard

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Summary

A gripping historical novel that was inspired by actual events. Set in Northern England in 1890, this is the story of a young woman named Hannah Todd. Hannah dreams of a future where women have the right to vote and is very passionate about the cause.

Hannah has recently qualified as a school teacher and joins her parents in a small English village. The suffrage movement is the cause which inspires her most and she works tirelessly to help the local women and children. As she campaigns for the vote for women, she faces unexpected battles and uncovers dangerous secrets in the community.

My Thoughts

As a lover of historical fiction, especially when it’s based on fact, I loved this book. Hannah is a strong woman with very strong morals who has many battles to fight. Just living in the village becomes a battle for her. I’ve read many non fiction books about the suffragettes, and this book brought back everything that I have previously read, but brought to life through the strong female characters in this novel. The author has woven history, romance and female strength into this captivating story of actual events in history.

Another very important thing that appeals to me about this book, is that I love this cover.

Quote:
“Hannah Todd dreams of a future where women have the right to vote. Fresh from her teaching studies in Durham, the university city, she joins her parents in a rural village, brimming with newly found passion and the groundswell towards women’s suffrage unfolding in London. Working tirelessly to help women and children in the county, Hannah is determined to make the fight for the vote her life’s work, adding her voice to the rising chorus across the nation and hopes of a new world and a new way of thinking. But soon she must fight a new, unexpected battle – that of the yearning of her own heart – and discovers that when power is threatened, darkness, brutality, and dangerous, closely guarded secrets are never too far from the surface. How far can she go to fight for what’s right“.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The book mentioned in this post is of my own choice and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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Reading Update: March 2024 #WOYBS

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This year, I am once again participating in the 52 Book Club Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. It’s a fun thing to do, and I often end up choosing a book that I may not have otherwise read. That is always a positive. Quite often the prompts have me scratching my head for a while. and that’s when the challenge kicks in. I do enjoy the hunt for a book to fit a particular prompt.

52 Week Challenge Books

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction, Mystery, and a little Fantasy

#Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

Other Books Read in February

The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley
Seven Sisters Series #6
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Woman of Courage – Historical Fiction
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley with Harry Whittaker
Seven Sisters #8
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all

💫 Half Star

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read any of these books? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

To keep up with the latest book reviews, please pop your email into the box in the side bar. This will ensure you are notified of all updates.

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Also linking this post to Natalie’s Weekend Coffee Share

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Book Reviews: Seven Sisters Series #3 and #4

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The Seven Sisters series is loosely based on the mythology of the star constellation known as the Pleiades, or more commonly, the Seven Sisters. The books follow the exploits of a group of adopted siblings who, following the death of their father, follow the clues he left them, that would enable them to find their birth families. These clues take them to different places around the world and lead them to families, and situations that they mostly would never have expected to find. Each novel is stand alone, and it’s not at all necessary to read the complete series, but I would recommend that they each be read, starting with #1.

There are common themes that run through all Seven Sisters books with variations, depending on the personal story of each sister, and their birth background.

Some of the common themes are:

  • Finding their true identity and heritage after being adopted by a mysterious billionaire
  • Dealing with family secrets, betrayals, and tragedies that span generations and continents.
  • Overcoming their fears, and insecurities that prevent them from finding happiness.
  • Exploring different countries and cultures as they follow the clues to their past.

The Shadow Sister – Seven Sisters #3

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The third of the Seven Series books tells the story in two timelines, of one of the sisters, Star D’Apliese and Flora MacNichol, two women who are connected by a mysterious inheritance and a very old secret. She follows the clues left to her by her father, which lead her to London. There she meets a family, and learns about their ancestor, Flora, who lived in the Edwardian era and had a close relationship with King Edward VII. There Star finds a connection to her own family.

The Pearl Sister – Seven Sisters #4

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The Pearl Sister, follows CeCe D’Apliese, who struggles after the death of her father. The clue he left her leads her to Australia, where she tries to discover not only her past, and her birth family, but who she is and where her sense of belonging lies. This book is filled with evocative details of Australia including the people, the animals and nature. The story is seamlessly wound around the setting and the need to find family. The past and the present exist in two timelines, which are simple and easy to follow.

My Thoughts

After reading four books in this series, I haven’t tired of reading about The Seven Sisters. I have really enjoyed the historical aspects of these stories and the search for long lost families. These books are all long and average about 700 pages, but once starting them, I haven’t been able to put them down. Each of them has gotten under my skin, and I’ve found myself disappointed when I’ve read the last page. I have been trying to space them out, so the fun lasts a bit longer, but now that I’m getting closer to the last book, I’m finding that I just can’t wait to pick up the next book.

Links to reviews of book #1 and book #2
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley – Seven Sisters #1
The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley – Seven Sisters #2

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post is of my own choice and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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February Reading Update #woybs #52booksin52weeks

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This year, I am once again participating in the 52 Book Club Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. It’s a fun thing to do, and I often end up choosing a book that I may not have otherwise read. That is always a positive. Quite often the prompts have me scratching my head for a while. and that’s when the challenge kicks in. I do enjoy the hunt for a book to fit a particular prompt.

This year seems to be shaping up as ‘the year of the series’ That wasn’t at all intentional. I only noticed it when I was compiling this post. Amazon quite often have free kindle book which I download occasionally. These books are usually the first in the series and (great marketing ploy) have led me to continue with the series.

Following are the 52 Book Club Challenge books that I’ve read during January:

The Secret Sparrow

Link to my review: The Secret Sparrow by Jackie French

The Frozen River


My Story by Elizabeth Smart

None of This is True

Other Books Read

Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Orphanage by Lizzie Page (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The Secret Book Of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all

💫 Half Star

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read any of these books? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

To keep up with the latest book reviews, please pop your email into the box in the side bar. This will ensure you are notified of all updates.

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Book Review: Secret Sparrow by Jackie French

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Summary

There were women who fought during WW1, who were not nurses or ambulance drivers. This is the story of one of those women, Jean, who is a sixteen year old Post Office assistant in a small village in England. Jean wins a morse code competition, which leads to the British army offering her a secret position, in France, as a signaller. This was a very important job as the signals she was receiving and forwarding could win the war for Britain. After the war, all documents mentioning the women who did this work were destroyed, leaving no evidence of the role the women took in the trenches and the battles.

The story also goes ahead to decades later, when an old woman on a motor bike is rescued from flash floods by a young person. While they were waiting to be rescued, she tells him the story of her life, as a signaller, and about her experiences of the war, and the friends she lost.

Published 01 January 2023, by Harper Collins
256 Pages.

My Thoughts

As usual Jackie French’s historical novels are based on very thorough research. This story had me captivated from the start and, being a short book, I read it one night. There was no way I was going to put it down. I have read a couple of books about the female signallers, but had never read that they were unacknowledged by the army after the war. The author explains this and the difficulties she had in her research, in the author’s note in the back of the book.

Even though the women were working in the army, they were employed by the postal service, which meant there was no record at all that they existed.

The story goes between two timelines – during war time in 1917, and many years later when the story is told by the signaller, as an old person. The transitions between the two time periods were smooth and flowed naturally.

Based on a story, The Secret Sparrow is an amazing story of adventure and courage. This very important story, restores the record of the brave women who had an important place in history. The record that authorities tried to erase, has been restored.

This book is categorised at Young Adult, but don’t be deterred by that. It would be a great read for anyone over twelve and also for adults interested in the subject of war history.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

This post is linked to the historical fiction reading challenge run by The Intrepid Reader

The book mentioned in this post is of my own choice and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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70 Favourite Books at 70

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I don’t make a fuss of my milestone birthdays, or any birthdays for that matter. I’m not even sure that my family even know it’s my 70th birthday. However, my partner always makes a big fuss of me. For my 60th I walked the Camino de Santiago alone. For me it was the perfect way to celebrate this milestone birthday. I can remember being very grateful that I was still fit and healthy enough to do this walk, and was a bit proud of myself for being brave enough to do it alone.

At the moment, on my birthday, we are at Bright in the Alpine country, having a relaxing week with friends. This isn’t a birthday celebration. It’s totally coincidental that we are getting together in my birthday week. So far, it’s been great few days away, with lots of time for reading and getting into nature.

Just for fun, I thought I’d make a list of 70 books that I have loved during 70 years.

I really can’t remember much about the books that I read in my teens or early twenties, which is why there are more recently published books on the list, than books from decades ago.

The following books are listed in no particular order. They started out in alphabetical order, but as we are on holidays, that became a bit of a chore and they are mostly random. It’s been fun reminiscing and choosing. When choosing I focused on books they I would read again.

70 Books

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Anatomy by Dana Schwartz

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Atonement by Ian McEwan

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Bleak house by Charles Dickens

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Bush Christmas by Ralph Smart

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Devotion by Hannah Kent

Dune by Frank Herbert

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Lola in The Mirror by Trent Dalton

London by Edward Rutherford

Love Story – Trent Dalton

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Solomon’s Song by Bryce Courtney

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Stand by Stephen King

We Were the Mulvanney’s by Joyce Carol Oates

The Chocolate Maker’s Wife by Karen Brooks

The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes

The Dictionary of lost Words by Pip Williams

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Good People by Hannah Kent

The Shining by Stephen King

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Persimmon tree by Bryce Courtenay

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Power of one by Bryce Courtenay

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Where The Crawdad’s Sing by Delia Owens

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