Tag: NZ author
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Charlotte Lobb’s Hannah and Huia – A Novel of Utter Heartache
A book hasn’t made as much of an impact on me as this in such a long time. I mean it with my whole heart and soul when I say Charlotte Lobb’s Hannah and Huia is something words cannot describe. It is a story of such deep emotional investment and love, such endless love that…
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India Holton’s The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a Treat
India Hilton returns with her beloved characters and witty plotting, bringing forth a novel so genius and tantalising that you’ll be just like the agents fawning over Alice and Bixby. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a delight to read and a perfect way to spend an afternoon in bed. I appreciate the…
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My February 2024 Reading Summary
Overall mood this month: eager but distracted. This month, I have been working on something that has taken precedence over reading, as you’ll see in my reads for the month. It’s a shame because this month was the Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon which has been a wonderful opportunity for readers, authors and literary agents to…
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Andrea Hotere’s The Vanishing Point is an Art Historian’s Dream
As part of my NZ reading goal, I added The Vanishing Point by Andrea Hotere to my library requests. Coincidentally, a New Zealand reading initiative started setting itself up for February, the Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon. Perfect timing! So, as my first NZ read for the NZ Readathon and #FebruaryinNZ I read The Vanishing Point…
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The Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon Part Two
Aotearoa NZ Readathon is still alive and kicking and with ten days left in February, I have a few more books to add to my list. Above, we have Cousins by Patricia Grace but I’ll actually be reading her new short story collection Bird Child and other stories which I am very excited to get…
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My February NZ Reading Plans
February is the month to support NZ authors and NZ stories with this year’s Aotearoa New Zealand Readathon! I’m so happy that this is the time to celebrate NZ authors as it is a reading goal I have for 2024 to read more NZ stories and this month gives me the opportunity to do so…
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The Girl From London and the Tale of the Rangitane
Olivia Spooner, debut Historical Fiction New Zealand Author and owner of The Booklover Bookstore in Milford, released The Girl From London in November 2023, and I have been holding onto this library book since mid-December, waiting for the right time to read it. With the hot, humid weather that hung over the country in December,…
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The League of Gentlewomen Witches – Wonderful and Witty
India Holton does it again in The League of Gentlewomen Witches, the follow-up to The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Not only are we given some new characters to laugh over, a female main character similar to the beloved Cecelia in both wit and predicament, but we also are welcoming the faces from the Wisteria…
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Howl’s Moving Castle and The Princess Diaries Collide in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
This novel had me grinning from ear to ear and I haven’t felt this way about a book in a long time. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton is an absolute gem of a find and I am so glad I picked it up because it is hilarious. Flying houses captained by…
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Foul Heart Huntsman Hits Different
I finished Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong yesterday and have been mellowing in my thoughts to make sure that I understand how I feel about this book. It sounds a little ominous when I say it like that, but there’s just something about this book that hits differently to her previous ones. Foul Heart…