Book Reviews

I am an avid book reader and lover and write book reviews here on the blog and also share them on book review websites Good Reads and NetGalley.

In my book reviews I'll describe the story, what I liked about it and who I'd recommend it to. I also use a star rating so if it gets 5 stars and I'd pass up a date with Johnny Depp for this read you know it's a great book!

Professional Reader + Book Reviewer

I'm a professional reader and reviewer of books for NetGalley.

I pick books to read and review which are new releases and share sneak previews of the books here on the blog before they are published so that you can be one of the first to read them as soon as they hit book stores!

To find out more about how you can be a book reviewer with NetGalley read this blog post.

      

My Book Club - The Tuesday Girls

I review books every month that I read with my book club The Tuesday Girls.

I use to get stumped about what book to read next so I decided to joined a Book Club (5 years ago now!) which you can read more about here. Now each month I always have a book in my hands and a stack of recommended reads by my bedside.

The Tuesday Girls we call ourselves are a group of foxy ladies who meet up on the last Tuesday of the month over wine, good food and talk about books, life and everything in-between!

If you've ever wanted to start your own Book Club then check out my 10 easy steps on How To Start A Book Club.





What I read

Book genres I read are - contemporary fiction, chick lit, thriller, suspense, war time and romance.

I am also addicted to lifestyle books about gardening, interior design, decorating and cookbooks.

Book Sources

For convenience I really like downloading and reading eBooks to my tablet and read them via the Kindle App. I find I'm reading a lot more books now that I can download them for free on my tablet direct from NetGalley.

I use the library a lot especially for my Book Club picks - because it's free and easy just the way I like it!

But you just can't beat a hardcopy book for things like interior design, decorating and cookbooks (I have an addiction to cookbooks - a domestic goddess can never have enough recipes to pick from!).

The hardcopy books I buy from Dymocks and if you use this coupon you can get $5.99 shipping on any order Australia wide. Please note any purchases using the Dymocks referral link helps to support this blog as I earn a small commission from your sale .... this doesn't affect the price for you in anyway and you get an awesome book deal and I get to keep buying books to review - it's a win win!

Design Sponge Review - Decorate Review - Home Love Review

Favourite Books

You can find all my book reviews here or check out my absolute favourite reads here:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

One Day by David Nicholls
Then and Always: A Novel by Dani Atkins

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown by Adena Halperin
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Girl In The Yellow Vest by Loretta Hill
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
Longbourn by Jo Barker
Campaign Ruby by Jessica Rudd
Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson
Seven Letters From Paris: A Memoir by Samantha Verant
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Ship Of Brides by Jo Jo Moyes
King Of The Road by Nigel Bartlett
On The Road ..... With Kids by John Ahern
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
The Saddler Boys by Fiona Palmer
The Wrong Girl by Laura Wilson
Lily And The Octopus By Steven Rowley
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Cooking For Picasso by Camille Aubray
Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern
Ordinary Grace by William K Kruger

Something a bit more:

My top 3 romance book reviews for Valentines Day 2014
My top 5 romance books for Valentines Day 2015
A Book Lovers Christmas Party 2016
My interview with author Megan Cyrulewski about her memoir Who Am I?
Q & A With Australian Author - Loretta Hill

If you would like to me to review a book or have any must read recommendations I'd love to hear from you, please leave me a comment or send me an email.

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