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Review: Juliet nearly a Vet by Rebecca Johnson
Juliet nearly a Vet is a fun new book series for young readers. Written by Australian author Rebecca Johnson, who has previously written best-selling non-fiction for kids with Steve Parish, these...
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Review: Things I didn’t expect when I was expecting by Monica Dux
It’s taken me awhile to review this book, which I received from the publisher over a month ago. It’s not one for speed reading; not a dip-in-and-out guide to pregnancy like the famous tome its title...
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Review: Yoo hoo Ladybird! by Mem Fox
Little ladybird loves to hide! Can you find her? Yoo hoo ladybird! Where are you? Welcome to the book that’s officially made it to Number 1 on the bedtime reading pile at Charming HQ this week....
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Review: Elven Jewel by Kasper Beaumont
This is going to be different from my usual book reviews for several reasons: It is a fantasy book and I really almost never ever read fantasy (I sound a bit like Lola, don’t I?) I know the author, so...
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Review: Chook Chook series by Wai Chim
One of the lovely things about having daughters is that I get to share in their joyous fantasy world, where ballet tutus and glittery wings are forever fashionable and the prospect of being a princess...
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Review: Tsunami and the Single Girl by Krissy Nicholson
I don’t usually start a review with a quote, but today I will… Suddenly I was in darkness, when a black smelly cloth bag was pulled over my head. I could hear my colleague next to me whimpering....
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Review: The Jade Widow by Deborah O’Brien
It’s just over a year since I reviewed the very charming debut novel from Deborah O’Brien – Mr Chen’s Emporium – in which we meet formidable heroine Amy Duncan, a naïve young woman trying to find a...
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Review and Q&A: Amazing Babes by Eliza Sarlos and Grace Lee
One of the most important tasks assigned to us as parents is to guide our kids towards useful role models. Amazing Babes started life as a one-off picture book written by Eliza Sarlos for her newborn...
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Review: The Kensington Reptilarium by N J Gemmell
Published by Random House. RRP $16.95. Recommended for children/young adults 10 years+ Highlights: strong female lead; magical, mysterious location; discussion of Anglo-Australian post WW2 relations....
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The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013 – done!
Reading is one of my great passions. And, like many of my favourite things, I never seem to do it as often as I’d like! One of my reasons for starting This Charming Mum was to get back into the swing...
View ArticleReview: Hope’s Road by Margareta Osborn
I have a real soft spot for author Margareta Osborn. Her debut novel Bella’s Run was amongst the first books I reviewed for This Charming Mum and remains my benchmark for the ubiquitous ‘rural...
View ArticleReview: Shallow Breath by Sara Foster
Shallow Breath is the hotly anticipated new novel by Western Australian suspense writer Sara Foster. It is a gripping tale of love and loss in the context of environmentalism. It is said to be...
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