I think the Tates have #GroundsForDivorce #RedRoseSeptember

The 5 Caper Court series features more than one #BizarreLoveTriangle. The main storyline of this one involves a bisexual married man making a play for a man who is far more interested in the first man's wife. Then there's the subplot of the wife's rejected lover who is still in love with both her and her husband (see the previous book Judicial Whispers). And this is before the series descended completely into soap opera! #RedRoseSeptember

I liked @KarenUK and @Cinfhen 's #covercrush summaries so I thought I'd do the same. It's been a fun challenge and great to see everyone else's choices. #7days7covers

#7days7covers #covercrush #day7

Over to you @Centique 7 covers you love for 7 days, no explanations

That was fun, thanks again @BarbaraBB

#7days7covers #covercrush #day6

@SaturnDoo would you like to join in? Covers you love for 7 days, no explanations.

I don't believe in numerology, but given it's Joan Didion writing, this (from 1967) is spooky

#7covers7days #covercrush #day5

This book doesn't appear to be in the database.

@Amiable would you like to play along? 7 covers you love for 7 days, no explanations.

#MoneysTooTightToMention for these peasant farmers #RedRoseSeptember

#7covers7days #covercrush #day4

@Ruthiella will you post a cover you love each day for 7 days with no explanations?

I came across a review of one of Catherine Fox's other books written by another author I like very much which made me want to reread this - probably my favourite book. It's not perfect, and I recognised the truth of some of the criticism it has received, but I still love it. I relate to it strongly and find a lot to think about in it's examination of faith lost and found.

#7days#7covers #covercrush #day3

@Cathythoughts will you join the fun? 7 covers you love, no explanations.

#BBRC #A2Z
More - a fun way to explain that sometimes more is too much
The New Small Person - the trials and tribulations, but also the joys, of becoming a big sibling
One True Bear - how a teddy bear won over a difficult child
The Popcorn Book - combining a history of popcorn and a look at it's place in many cultures with a guide to storing and cooking it

#WithMyLittleStickOfBlackpoolRock #RedRoseSeptember

Am I being too obvious Arlene?

#7days7covers #covercrush #day2

Would you like to play @Lizpixie ? Covers you like for 7 days - no explanations

#NeverForget #RedRoseSeptember

Purely Australian reference, probably won't mean much to the rest of the world. Sorry.

Thanks for the tag @BarbaraBB

#7covers7days #covercrush #day1

Are you up for joining in @JennyM ?

I Love You More - a father who cannot always be there for his child expresses his love for the child. Nicely done and suitable whatever the reason for the absence.
Jam for Nana - Nana says the apricot jam doesn't taste like it did in the old country so the grandchildren make her some special jam.
Kiss Good Night Sam - sweet going to bed book.
Lullaby and Goodnight - beautiful illustrations of Australian animals and their young.

#BBRC #A2Z

A few #History books #RedRoseSeptember

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#Mathematics or only arithmetic? #RedRoseSeptember

Delightful short memoir of the author's family in Sydney's bohemian Kings Cross in the early 20th century up to and including WWII. I loved it. #oznonfiction

1. I got really angry with the author because of the way she used a character from a previous book in this one before I finally accepted that, although I didn't like their behaviour in this book, it was, in fact consistent with who they were in the original book
2. Frasier, especially the episodes written by Joe Keenan
3. Coffee
4. Australian Eastern
5. The White Aunts

#Friyayintro

#ChippyTea #RedRoseSeptember

1. The Magic Pudding - it's so funny.
2. Blue Heaven
3. Night Train to Memphis (also makes me laugh)
4. Eggs Benedict
5. Tagging LMPBC GroupZ @LapReader @Freespirit @Sarz

Thanks for the tag @Cathythoughts 😘
#wondrouswednesday

So this was how I spent yesterday, reading the final book in the Arden St Ives trilogy on its release day. I laughed, I cried, I achieved closure with this saga that kept me waiting more than a year for its final instalment. Maybe I'll be a more productive adult today. #romantsy

The books I think I might read this month #ReadingGoals #SelfImprovementSeptember

Written in the swinging sixties this comic novel follows #ADayInTheLife of a young catholic post-graduate student (tormented by the possibility that his wife is pregnant with their 4th child) by means of pastiches of various famous novels. #RedRoseSeptember

Entertaining read, doesn't require too much thinking about. Thanks @Andrew65 and fellow buddy readers, I look forward to the final discussion.

My IRL book group is having a "read anything by Joan Didion" month. I've started with this one and I think it was a good choice. She takes meta fiction to a new level by making herself,as the writer, the narrator of the novel and comments not only on the action as it takes place but also the decisions she makes in presenting it. The story itself is fairly slight, but the background of domestic and international politics is fascinating.

Thank you so much for sending me these, Jessie, I'm so grateful for your friendship and your thoughtfulness. This was the first chance I've had to get to the post office this week, according to the card your parcel arrived on Monday. I'm looking forward to reading these.

1. So many! First one that comes to mind is Terra Nullius by Clare Coleman
2. There are a lot of these too, but the one I read over and over again is Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
3. Too many to count
4. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
5. @hjreviews
Thanks for the tag @Lcsmcat
#wondrouswednesday

Dropped in to this lovely second hand bookshop on my walk this morning. #Bookhaul is mostly for my husband, but the Angela Thirkell (first Australian edition) is all mine!

The problem with loving an author's work is you can't help comparing their new books to ones you've read before. That's even more of a problem here because, like Patchett's last novel, Commonwealth, this is a story about fractured families and their memories. It is fascinating story, beautifully written, most of the characters and relationships superbly drawn, and yet somehow I found it less satisfying than Commonwealth. It may just be me, but 👇

This was a light and entertaining read that managed to avoid most of the usual cliches and in fact turned some of them on their heads. Much more mature and genuinely humorous than I was expecting. I enjoyed it very much.

Four more picture books for #BBRC

Extra Yarn - a bit odd, I think the message was about generosity and not coveting things others have
Fancy That - for very little ones, lots of squawking, eggs and finally chicks
Goodnight Everyone - very sweet, lots of animals saying goodnight to their little ones
Hello from Nowhere - delightful story about the joys of living in the middle of nowhere, especially when special people visit from somewhere!

M/M romance on the beautiful Isle of Capri which is off #Naples. It might be #TaintedLove, but I haven't read it so I don't know. #LetsTravelAugust #ayupaugust

I'm feeling in the mood for some light reading on this very Spring like day and enjoying my magnolia tree in full bloom🙂

If that was the last book in the Mirabelle Bevan series, and it certainly read that way at the end, it has finished on a high note. A very satisfying mystery and the personal loose ends tidied away. In spite of the fact that I was still enjoying the series, I'd rather it ended before it ran out of steam as so many series seem to.

Thank you so much, Trish, for the wonderful parcel. My daughter's eyes lit up when she saw all that mint cake! It should last us a good while. I haven't read the book, and I very much want to. The bookmarks and sticky notes are lovely too. I feel very lucky to have such a generous friend.

#Reasonstobecheerful
1. I scored this at book group last night from my reviewer friend
2. There are jonquils out in my front lawn - it's almost spring

Sweet YA with a nice message. The way you see yourself is not necessarily the way others see you and the way you see them is not necessarily the way they see themselves. #ozfiction

#bookhaulchallenge I've read the top 3. I'll get to the others eventually🙄
Love this idea! Thanks @Lcsmcat

When you realize that you are significantly older than the parents of the heroine in your book😳😱😩

Whenever I hear #Tequila I think of that drugged out party sequence in Dogs In Space and Michael Hutchence dancing around and singing the word. #ayupaugust

#PutYourRecordsOn could be the subtitle for this memoir from a freelance journalist with a passion for music even though he can't play. #ayupaugust

Very #unpopularopinion - I did not like this at all. I found it more adolescent than most of the YA I have read. None of the characters (except maybe the coma patient) were sympathetic. The misogyny in the developing world is terrible but I didn't think this story offered any particular insights into it. There were some interesting glimpses of Nigerian life, but that's the best I could say for it.

I went into this book knowing nothing about it and was pleasantly surprised. Inspired by the true story of Margaret Mead and her work in New Guinea with her 2nd husband and the man who became her 3rd husband, I found the anthropological details and discussions as interesting as the love triangle. The relationships and characters (even the truly awful Australian husband - based on a Kiwi I might add) all felt authentic.
#LPMBC #GroupZ

This was the first Cather I read and I loved it immediately. Her writing is incredibly evocative - she conjures people and places so vividly with small, telling details that make me feel like I know them and remember the times she is writing about. I loved the book just as much on this reread and thoroughly enjoyed the discussion. Thank you @Graywacke and all the buddy readers.

A queer steampunk fantasy Sherlock Holmes pastiche featuring flirtatious necromancer bankers, lascivious vampires, powerful unbeings existing in all timelines at once, underwater cities and flying vehicles powered by vast mechanical butterflies. This is So not my thing, but Alexis Hall writes with so much wit and verve I was happy to go along with him on this bonkers journey.

One to remember😂