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Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great! by Susan Boynton | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 4th April 2023 Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Illustrator: Susan Boynton Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Whether you are learning to skate, baking a cake, or even making a mistake, this hilarious and heartfelt rhyming book reminds us that trying our best is reason to…
Somewhere in the Crowd by Katrina Logan | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 20 April 2023 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 304 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction ★ – 1.5 Stars Four friends. Twelve years. One Eurovision . . . Eurovision is always the highlight of Millie's year. So when she and her best friend James get the chance to see the final live in Oslo, it's a dream come…
My Shadow is Purple (#3) by Scott Stuart | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 15 June 2022 Publisher: Larrikan House US Illustrator: Scott Stuart Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars My Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mom's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different,…
Don’t Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1st June 2019 Publisher: Walker Books Illustrator: Chris Haughton Pages: 43 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Little Crab and Very Big Crab live in a tiny rock pool near the sea. Today they’re going for a dip in the big ocean. “This is going to be so great,” says Little Crab,…
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (#1) | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 10 September 2019(print)/ 10 September 2019 (audio) Publisher: Tor/Recorded Books Pages: 448/16 hrs and 50 mins Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Audiobook Genre: Fantasy ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a…
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 6 September 2022 (print)/6 September 2022 (audio) Publisher: Scholastic Press/Scholastic Pages: 258/5 hrs and 19 mins Narrator: Pete Cross, Gretchen Bender, Amy Sarig King, and Jane Yolen Format: Audiobook Genre: Junior Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds…
The Littlest Turtle by Lysa Mullady | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 15th August 2023 Publisher: Magination Press Illustrator: Erica Salcedo Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars For years, the little turtles climbed on top of the big turtles to eat the freshest fruit from the top of the bushes. The big turtles ate the fallen berries--sour and rotten. Littlest Turtle follows…
Long Long Review: The Light Fantastic (#2) by Terry Pratchett | 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…
The Fat Girl by Marilyn Sachs | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1 January 1984 (print)/20 April 2021 (audio) Publisher: Flux/Everand Publications Pages: 226/4 hrs and 15 mins Narrator: Trever Goble Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Jeff Lyons can't stand Ellen de Luca, the fat girl in his ceramics class. She's huge, clumsy, can't throw a pot to save her life,…
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 5 July 2022 (print)/12 October 2022 (audio) Publisher: Random House /Vintage Digital Pages: 397/13 hrs and 52 mins Narrator: Jennifer Kim and Julian Cihi Format: Audiobook Genre: Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car…
Repeat by Neal Pollack | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 24 March 2015 (print)/24 March 2015 (audio) Publisher: Amazon Lake Union Publishing/Brilliance Audio Pages: 229/7 hrs and 06 mins Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Audiobook Genre: Fiction ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Back on my time loop stories and this is a curious one. So many time loops are single days, usually the worst days…
Cozy Cover Reveal (almost) – Lost In A Good Book
A couple of months ago I won a copy of Witch in the Lighthouse by Azalea Forrest and it was absolutely lovely. Witchy, Ghibli , cozy vibes. Very much like Kiki’s delivery service. I really loved it. I was excited to find out that there is a second book coming out in September 2024! I…
Odder by Katherine Applegate | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 20 September 2022 Publisher: Feiwel Friends Pages: 272 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, she dive-bombs. She doesn't just somersault, she triple-doughnuts. She doesn't just ride the waves, she makes them. Odder spends…
Books I Can’t Stop Thinking About | Lost in a Good Book
This might be better than my top five lists because there is a huge difference between books that have a lasting impact and those that I gave five stars. No, I can’t explain why. Having reviewed so many books, and read so many books, it’s always fascinating to see which ones won’t leave me. While…
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank – Megan Bannen – Lost In A Good Book
Book Title: The Undermining of Twyla and Frank Series: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (#2?) Author: Megan Bannen Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201893407-the-undermining-of-twyla-and-frank Release Date: 7/2/24 Star Rating: ★★★★★ This is the one to bring me out of hibernation and recover that's for sure! The entire town of Eternity was shocked when widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker partnered up with her…
The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 27th October 2015 Publisher: Clarion Books Illustrator: Melita Tirado Pages: 26 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ – 2 Stars They, she, he . . . all together, us! Join along in this vibrant board book's joyful celebration of people and their pronouns. How do you know what someone wants to be called? Ask! This lively…
Long Lost Review: Act Cool by Tobly McSmith | 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…
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 20th September 2022 Publisher: Random House Graphic Pages: 240 Format: Graphic Novel Genre: Fairy Tale ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, feminist, queer fairy-tale collection, you’ll find the princesses, mermaids, knights, barmaids, children, and wise…
The Sour Grape (#6) by Jory John | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1 November 2022 Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrator: Pete Oswald Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape…
169-Storey Treehouse (#13) by Andy Griffiths | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 5 September 2023 (print)/5 September 2023 (audio) Publisher: Macmillan Australia/Macmillan Australia Audio Pages: 272/1 hr and 37 mins Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Audiobook Genre: Junior Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Now, Andy and Terry have built their biggest and most astonishing treehouse yet! It has everything they - and you -…
Anxiety Attack by Nick Seluk | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 2019 Publisher: Self-Published Pages: 60 Format: Paperback Genre: Non-Fiction ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Created as part of The Awkward Yeti Anxiety Attack Kickstarter, this short comic collection features comics from Lars The Awkward Yeti himself, as well as Heart and Brain and Anomaly Town. I have been a fan of Nick Seluk’s…
A Fox Called Herbert by Margaret Sturton | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 3rd April 2020 Publisher: Anderson Illustrator: Margaret Sturton Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Meet Herbert, the rabbit who knows he was born to be a fox. When his mommy isn't looking, he puts on pointy fox ears, makes himself a bushy tail, and asks his sister to paint him…
Aussie YA Challenge Update #1 | Lost in a Good Book
My reading challenge is off to a great start in that I have read four books so far in my twelve book plan for reading more Aussie YA books. Now, it’s early in the year so there is still time for the progress to fall dramatically off a cliff. It’s a problem I have seen…
Long Lost Review: Scarlet (#2) 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…
The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 4th April 2017 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Illustrator: Adam Rex Pages: 48 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars From acclaimed, bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture…
As Happy As Here by Jane Godwin | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 23 July 2019 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 273 Format: Paperback Genre: Young Adult ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find themselves sharing a hospital ward, for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Fiona Wood Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds…
The 156-Storey Treehouse (#12) by Andy Griffiths | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 6 September 2022 (print)/6 September 2022 (audio) Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia /Macmillan Australia Audio Pages: 300/ 1 hr and 25 mins Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Audiobook Genre: Junior Fiction ★ ★ ★ – 3.5 Stars Andy and Terry are celebrating Christmas in their 156-storey treehouse which now has 13 new storeys, including an aquarium wonderland, a…
Sleepy Sheepy Lucy Ruth Cummins | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 31st January 2023 Publisher: Flamingo Books Illustrator: Pete Oswald Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – 5 Stars Sleepy Sheepy was not sleepy But it was time for bed (At least, that's what the clock said.) But Sleepy Sheepy would not sleepy. He was wired. And absolutely not tired! In fact,…
As Good As Dead (#3) by Holly Jackson | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 05 August 2021 (print)/05 August 2021 (audio) Publisher: Electric Monkey/HarperCollins UK Audio Pages: 565/16 hours, 55 minutes Narrator: Clare Corbett, Maryam Grace, Kristin Atherton, Jot Davies Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Thriller ★ – 1.5 Stars Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation…
The Smart Cookie (#5) by Jory John | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 02 November 2021 Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrator: Pete Oswald Pages: 40 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a…
Good Girl, Bad Blood (#2) by Holly Jackson | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 30th April 2020 (print)/9th September 2021 (audio) Publisher: Electric Monkey/Harper Collins Pages: 417/11 hrs and 45 mins Narrator: Jot Davies, Clare Corbett, Kristin Atherton, Luke Poli, Maryam Grace, Richard Hughes Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4.75 Stars Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective any more. With the help of…
Kill Joy (#0.5) by Holly Jackson | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 18 February 2021 (print)/04 March 2021 (audio) Publisher: Electric Monkey/Electric Monkey Pages: 160/2 hrs and 59 mins Narrator: Kristin Atherton, Richard Hughes Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult Mystery ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy…
Snuffy by Andrew Dittmer | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 4th July 2022 Publisher: New Holland Publishers Illustrator: Jenni Goodman Pages: 32 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Snuffy is a little dog who just has to sniff EVERYTHING! Sometimes Snuffy's sniffer gets her into trouble, but can her nose save a day at the beach from an unhappy ending? This is a…
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (#1) by Holly Jackson | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 2 May 2019 (print)/5th Aug 2021 (audio) Publisher: Farshore/Electric Monkey Pages: 432/12 hrs and 56 mins Narrator: Jot Davies, Clare Corbett, Kristin Atherton, Olivia Forrest, Luke Poli Format: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The…
Long Lost Review: The 143-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths | 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…
Holiday Haunts by Imogen Markwell-Tweed and Wendy Dalrymple | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 21 November 2021 (print)/21 November 2021 (audio) Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing/Bryant Street Publishing Pages: 226/4 hrs and 21 mins Narrator: Jessica Craig, Biff Summers and Faith Connor Format: Audiobook Genre: Paranormal Romance ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars Christmas is the perfect time of year to fall in love; especially if you're a specter or…
Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 1st September 2015 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Illustrator: Aaron Blabey Pages: 24 Format: Picture Book ★ ★ ★ ★ – 4 Stars Everyone knows that piranhas don't eat bananas -- except for Brian. This little fish loves to munch not only on bananas, but on fruit of all kinds Brian's piranha friends think he's crazy. Piranhas…
Love, Just In by Natalie Murray | Lost in a Good Book
Published: 24 March 2015 (print)/3 Jan 2024 (audio) Publisher: Allen & Unwin/Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd Pages: 464/10 hours, 16 minutes Narrator: Maddy Withington and Matthew Predny Format: Audiobook Genre: Romance ★ ★ ★ – 3 Stars In the vein of Emily Henry's You and Me On Vacation, Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance…