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Hamlet is Not Ok by R. A. Spratt | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 12 March 2024 (print)/4 July 2023 (audio) Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia/Penguin Random House Australia Audio Pages: 240/3 hrs and 19 mins Narrator: R. A. Spratt Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Contemporary ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV – anything to escape the tedium of school, her…
Happy Trans Day of Visibility | Lost in a Good Book
Instead of posting a review, I thought I’d provide a list of books and authors you can read to help celebrate Trans Day of Visibility. There are a lot of trans authors, a lot of books about being trans and the trans experience, but also great fiction works that are written by trans authors in…
Fairest (#3.5) by Marissa Meyer | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 27 January 2015 (print)/8 May 2017 (audio) Publisher: Feiwel & Friends/Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Pages: 272/5 hrs and 33 mins Narrator: Rebecca Soler Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told. Mirror, mirror on…
How to Be a Giraffe by Thea Baker | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 7th September 2021 Publisher: Little Genius Books Illustrator: Thea Baker Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Joffrey might have horns, a tail and a long neck, but his stripy fur is causing quite the stir. Everyone knows that giraffes have spots! But if Joffrey isn't a giraffe, what could he be?…
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 9 September 2005 (print)/11 October 2005 (audio) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)/Listening Library Pages: 275/7 hrs and 3 mins Narrator: Cassandra Morris Format: Audiobook Genre: Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvellous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get…
Long Lost Review: Night Swimming by Steph Bowe | Lost in a Good Book
Long Lost Reviews is a monthly meme created by Ally over at Ally's Appraisals which is posted on the second Thursday of every month. The aim is to start tackling your review backlog. Whether it’s an in-depth analysis of how it affected your life, one sentence stating that you only remember the ending, or that you have…
Whose Poo? by Daisy Bird | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 07 Apr 2022 Publisher: Andersen Press Illustrator: Marianna Coppo Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars One day, Daddy Rat announces to his baby rats that he'll be taking them to the zoo . . . but only if they're good, which means no talking about poo! And yet, before the family…
The Radiant King – David Dalglish – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: The Radiant King Series: Astral Kingdoms (#1) Author: David Dalglish Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215755502-the-radiant-king Release Date: 3/4/25 Star Rating: ★★★★★ Holy cow! What did I just read! Six immortal siblings. Five sworn to peace. One demands a throne. Radiance, the mysterious power of life and creation, is theirs to command. Death cannot claim them. For hundreds of years, the ever-living…
Hemlock & Silver – T. Kingfisher – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: Hemlock & Silver Series: Author: T. Kingfisher Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217388302-hemlock-silver Release Date: 8/19/25 Star Rating: ★★★★★ From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind. Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons.…
Beneath the Sugar Sky (#3) by Seanan McGuire | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 9 January 2018 (print)/9 January 2018 (audio) Publisher: tor.com/Macmillan Audio Pages: 174/4 hrs and 11 mins Narrator: Michelle Dockrey Format: Audiobook Genre: Fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars When Rini lands with a literal splash in the pond behind Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, the last thing she expects to find is…
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 24 March 2015 (print)/ 13 June 2017 (audio) Publisher: Macmillan Australia/Macmillan Audio Pages: 187/4 hrs and 4 mins Narrator: Seanan McGuire Format: Audiobook Genre: Fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for…
Blogiversary Winner Announcement | Lost in a Good Book
The time has come to announce the winner of my blogiversary giveaway! As always, thank you to everyone who entered, I am amazed at the response every year. I'm glad that I can still reach so many of you year after year and I love to reward you all for it. The winner was…
Jacob’s School Play: Starring She, He, and They by Sarah and Ian Hoffman | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1 January 2021 Publisher: Albert Whitman Company Illustrator: Chris Case Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars This new book is a clever way to introduce young readers to non-binary and gender-fluid people. As Ms. Reeves' class produces a play about a farm, the entire class comes to understand about being…
The Pause by John Larkin | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1 April 2015 Publisher: Random House Australia Pages: 319 Format: Paperback Genre: Contemporary Young Adult ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Declan seems to have it all: a family that loves him, friends he’s known for years, a beautiful girlfriend he would go to the ends of the earth for. But there’s something…
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 16 April 2024 (print)/16 April 2024 (audio) Publisher: Feiwel & Friends/Books on Tape Pages: 368/9 hrs and 28 mins Narrator: Nicky Enders, Angel Pean, Natalie Naudus, Tara Sands, Ann Zhao, Daisy Guevara, Elaine Wang, Rebecca Wang Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Contemporary ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Sophie Chi is in her first…
Long Lost Review: Cress (#3) by Marissa Meyer | Lost in a Good Book
Long Lost Reviews is a monthly meme created by Ally over at Ally's Appraisals which is posted on the second Thursday of every month. The aim is to start tackling your review backlog. Whether it’s an in-depth analysis of how it affected your life, one sentence stating that you only remember the ending, or that you have…
Hooray, Hooray, It’s Library Day by Julie Ann Grasso | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1st July 2024 Publisher: Scholastic Australia Illustrator: Heath McKenzie Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ – 2 Stars Initially I thought this book was about going to visit a library and borrowing books, and it is, but it is told from the perspective of a single book. It’s a first person narration too which is…
Cone Dog by Sarah Howden | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1 November 2023 Publisher: Owlkid Books Illustrator: Carmen Mok Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ –3 Stars One day, Emma the dog leaves the vet with a giant plastic lampshade on her head. It cuts off her corners, dulls her digging, and makes Garson the greyhound gawk. One thing is clear-the cone is not…
12th Blogiversary (and Int Giveaway)! | Lost in a Good Book
Two half dozens, the square root of 144, the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one, and a dirty dozen. Here we are again, twelve years deep when I still vividly recall being astounded at another blog doing ten years and being amazed they’d been at it that long. It was an…
Book Bingo 2025 | Lost in a Good Book
Looking back, I think the idea of my Aussie YA Challenge took hold right when I was supposed to be making my book bingo and the fear and uncertainty about trying something new was what I focused on and forgot to create my card. But now we’re a year on, and the regular New Year…
Time of My Life by Mary Frame | Lost in a Good Book
Long Lost Reviews is a monthly meme created by Ally over at Ally's Appraisals which is posted on the second Thursday of every month. The aim is to start tackling your review backlog. Whether it’s an in-depth analysis of how it affected your life, one sentence stating that you only remember the ending, or that…
Peep! by Meg McLaren | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 23nd June 2022 Publisher: Anderson Press Illustrator: Meg McLaren Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Dot isn't like the other dogs: she doesn't like going out for walks, and she doesn't like going to the park. Her favorite thing is staying at home with her favorite toy and best…
#AussieYAChallenge 2025 | Lost in a Good Book
The Aussie YA Challenge is a challenge created by Amy at Lost in a Good Book as an attempt to read more Australian young adult novels. As part of my goals I am putting some determination (and public guilt and accountability) into my challenge and I am hoping to be a little better this year.…
Vale Kaz Delaney | Lost in a Good Book
The news broke a few days ago that Australian author Kaz Delaney had passed away. It’s taken a while for me to gather my thoughts because while I knew it was coming, it was still a shock. Kaz was a powerhouse in the Australian writing scene, she was an enthusiastic supporter of writers and readers,…
2025 Goals | Lost in a Good Book
January always bring a rush of things to do. Suddenly everything is happening and it’s a mixture of wrapping up the previous year and setting the wheels in motion for the one that’s just begun. I have all the usual posts planned for January but I am starting off with my goals this time. I…
#AussieYAChallenge 2024 Wrap Up | Lost in a Good Book
Well. I don’t know who lets me have these grand ideas but as we tick down the final hours or 2024 I managed to pull off some kind of miracle. The past few days I frantically tried to meet my (personally chosen and completely voluntary) goal of reading 12 #LoveOzYA books this year and I…
Book Bingo 2024 | Lost in a Good Book
A few days ago as I went to write my book bingo wrap up I realised, despite announcing it to the world in January, I never actually ended up making it. Which is a shame because it is one of my favourite challenges, not only to do but to create. Who knows what happened to…
On John Marsden | Lost in a Good Book
I am not an expert on John Marsden. I don't even have any authority to speak about his career or his books beyond a reader and fly by observer, there are plenty of articles and commentary coming out that are more knowledgeable than I. But I knew he was a staple in Australian YA and…
On John Marsden | Lost in a Good Book
I am not an expert on John Marsden. I don't even have any authority to speak about his career or his books beyond a reader and fly by observer, there are plenty of articles and commentary coming out that are more knowledgeable than I. But I knew he was a staple in Australian YA and…
Grave Empire – Richard Swan – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: Grave Empire Series: The Great Silence (#1) Author: Richard Swan Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214229274-grave-empire Release Date: 2/2/25 Star Rating: ★★★★★ From critically acclaimed author Richard Swan, Grave Empire begins the epic tale of an empire on the verge of industrial revolution, where sorcery and arcane practices are outlawed – and where an ancient prophecy threatens the coming end of days.…
The Orb of Cairado – Katherine Addison – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: The Orb of Cairado Series: The Chronicles of Osreth (0.5 ?) Author: Katherine Addison Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221288099-the-orb-of-cairado Release Date: 1/31/25 Star Rating: ★★★★★ When I get a new book in this series I just want to lie in bed and marinate in it. Set in the world of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominee The Goblin…
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door – H. G. Parry – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door Series: Author: H. G. Parry Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207567816-the-scholar-and-the-last-faerie-door Release Date: 10/22/24 Star Rating: ★★★★★ From the author of The Magician's Daughter comes The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, a mythic, magical tale full of secret scholarship, faerie curses, and the deadliest spells of all—the ones that friends cast on each other. All…
The Black Hunger – Nicholas Pullen – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: The Black Hunger Series: I wish! Author: Nicholas Pullen Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207567755-the-black-hunger Release Date: 10/8/24 Star Rating: ★★★★★ Is this really a debut book? Amazing! John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore.…
Something’s Fishy by Jean Gourounas | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 16th October 2017 Publisher: Phaidon Press Illustrator: Jean Gourounas Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Penguin is ice fishing, but the fish aren't biting. What could possibly be the problem? Join the cumulative cast of polar characters as they gather, chatter, wager guesses, and aggravate Penguin until...they hear something…
The Big Cheese by Jory John (#7) | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 7th November 2023 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Illustrator: Pete Oswald Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet…
The Way I Used to Be (#1) by Amber Smith | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 22 March 2016 (print)/23 May 2023 (audio) Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books/Spotify Books Pages: 385/9 hrs and 36 mins Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult ★ ★ – 2.5 Stars Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend…
If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 04 June 2019 (print)/2021 (audio) Publisher: Swoon Reads/Spotify Audio Pages: 352/9 hrs and 48 mins Narrator: Caroline Sorunke Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Contemporary ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland--her Granny's diner, Goldeen's,…
Henry the Flying Emu by Niraj Lal | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1st June 2021 Publisher: Woodslane Press Illustrator: Adam Carruthers Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Henry the emu wanted to FLY! But flying fish, eagles, and launchers cant seem to help. Its only after meeting Wallagoot Jean that Henry learns about the science of orbit, and the importance of flying first…
Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 23 October 2014 (print)/22 September 2015 (audio) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc/Harper Audio Pages: 72/1 hrs and 5 mins Narrator: Jane Collingwood, Clare Corbett, Allan Corduner, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, Michael Maloney, Sean Baker Format: Audiobook Genre: Fairytale ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars…