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Ihimaera, Witi "The Whale Rider" - 1987 We discussed this in our  international online book club  in September 2025. This was a we...

  Joyce, Rachel "Miss Benson's Beetle" - 2020 After reading " The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ", I decided I d...

Brooks, Geraldine "Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over" - 1997 Geraldine Brooks describes...

Martin, Catherine "The Incredible Journey" - 1923 This has been on my wish list for ages and then on my TBR pile for a while. But ...

Zusak, Markus "The Messenger" (US: I am the Messenger) - 2002 A couple of years ago, I read " The Book Thief " with my b...

McCullough, Colleen "The Ladies of Missalonghi" - 1987 I already mentioned in my review of " Fly Away Peter " by David M...

Malouf, David "Fly Away Peter" - 1979 I belong to those people who think that the internet is fantastic. Granted, there are some d...

Word cloud made with WordItOut I have read Mary Scott 's novels since I was a teenager. She has been my favourite author for quit...

McKinley, Tamara "Lands Beyond the Sea" - 2007 I would file this novel under "Catherine Cookson with a little Australian...

Carey, Peter "A Long Way From Home" - 2017 This is my third book by Peter Carey. While I really liked " True Story of th...

Scott, Mary; West, Joyce "Who Put It There?" - 1965 (Inspector Wright #5) This was a sad book to read because I know it will...

Hunt, Ken; Taylor, Mike "Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies" - 1995 I found this book on an airport. And since my son has l...

Scott, Mary; West, Joyce "No Red Herrings" - 1964 (Inspector Wright #4) Another lovely book by my favourite New Zealand auth...

Scott, Mary, West; Joyce "Fatal Lady" (Inspector Wright #1) - 1960 Another charming novel by Mary Scott , one of my favourit...

Scott, Mary; West, Joyce "Such Nice People" (Inspector Wright #2) - 1962 The second time I come across Inspector Wright and ...

Scott, Mary; West, Joyce "The Mangrove Murder" (Inspector Wright #3) - 1964  I found this book by my favourite author from my ...

Scott, Mary "Days that have been" - 1966 A reread of Mary Scott 's auto-biography. She has written many funny stories a...

Scott, Mary "Away From It All" - 1977 My last novel written by Mary Scott (see my list here ). I have one more, an autobiogra...

Herbert, Xavier "Capricornia"  - 1938 This book was suggested to me by my Australian friends as a classic from their country....

Scott, Mary "It Was Meant" - 1974 Another reread of the pleasurable books by Mary Scott . Since I read her novels as a teena...