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The Perfect Lie – Starts off with a bang, but ends a fizzer

duffythewriterJune 14, 2021No Comment2021-06-12T13:52:47+10:00
TW: suicide He jumped to his death in front of witnesses. Now his wife is charged with murder. Five years ago, Erin Kennedy moved to New York following a family…
Author Interviews

Object Lessons – TV-The Hidden Lives Of Ordinary Things

duffythewriter June 9, 2021 No Comment2021-06-01T21:09:03+10:00
TV Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary ; Once upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and…
Australian Authors

Love In A Sunburnt Land – An anthology of Australian romance

duffythewriter June 4, 2021 1 Comment2021-05-29T15:37:06+10:00
Love In A Sunburnt Land was inspired by the poem by Dorothea MacKellar, My Country. Each author took a line (with permission) from the poem and based their story setting…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Book Blast! He Said, She S.A.I.D – What if your memoir turned into a horror story?

duffythewriter June 2, 2021 No Comment2021-05-29T14:55:57+10:00
He Said, She It is a parent’s worst nightmare. The police bursting into your suburban home, accosting you in bed, arresting you, and hauling you off to jail. All while…
Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs

Yearbook by Seth Rogen – Funny AF

duffythewriter May 31, 2021 No Comment2021-05-29T11:39:35+10:00
A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to…
Author Interviews

Book Blast! and Author Q&A – Ticket for One

duffythewriter May 26, 2021 No Comment2021-05-22T14:46:31+10:00
Ticket For One One woman’s transformative, inspirational and humorous trek through Greece, Turkey and Italy.  Sometimes you have to let go of everything to find what you really want. (more…)
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The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev

duffythewriter May 24, 2021 No Comment2021-05-25T19:12:04+10:00
A fiction so perfect I thought it was a music bio! A poignant fictional oral history of a rock 'n' roll duo who shot to fame in 1970s New York,…
Fiction

No One Is Talking About This – A disjointed, poetic look at our addiction to the internet

duffythewriter May 13, 2021 No Comment2021-04-27T11:33:48+10:00
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE FIRST NOVEL FROM PATRICIA LOCKWOOD 'I really admire and love this book. Patricia Lockwood is a completely singular talent and this is…
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The Music Of Bees

duffythewriter May 11, 2021 No Comment2021-05-08T18:06:52+10:00
When social pariah Alice Holtzman crashes her pick-up truck packed with 120,000 restless honeybees into a troubled, paraplegic teenager, it is the start of an unlikely friendship that will help…
Non-Fiction

Spooked – The Secret Rise Of Private Spies

duffythewriter May 8, 2021 1 Comment2021-05-08T17:24:44+10:00
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's revelatory look inside the sinister world of private spies. A spy story like no ; Private spies are the invisible force that shapes our modern world:…

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Object Lessons – TV-The Hidden Lives Of Ordinary Things

duffythewriterJune 9, 2021No Comment2021-06-01T21:09:03+10:00
TV Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary ; Once upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and…
Non-Fiction

Content Inc – How to grow a business and monetise your content

duffythewriter May 29, 2021 No Comment2021-05-29T11:40:26+10:00
Content ;is the go-to guide to building a business by establishing a loyal audience before you sell any products or services. In this bestseller, Joe Pulizzi provides a lower-risk, better…
Non-Fiction

Psycho-logical – Why mental health goes wrong

duffythewriter May 22, 2021 No Comment2021-05-22T13:01:32+10:00
An expertly written, extremely accessible primer on mental health from the bestselling author of The Idiot Brain. One in four people experience a mental health problem each year, with depression and…
Non-Fiction

Spooked – The Secret Rise Of Private Spies

duffythewriter May 8, 2021 1 Comment2021-05-08T17:24:44+10:00
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's revelatory look inside the sinister world of private spies. A spy story like no ; Private spies are the invisible force that shapes our modern world:…
New Releases and Bookworm News

The Way Of Integrity – A self-care book based on Dante’s Inferno?!

duffythewriter May 6, 2021 No Comment2021-05-06T12:27:11+10:00
The Way of Integrity is a guide to discovering your true self and the pure peace that is your birthright. 'This radiant book will not only change your life, but perhaps…
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Futureproof: 9 Rules for Machine-Age Humans

duffythewriter April 6, 2021 No Comment2021-04-03T15:41:50+11:00
A New York Times bestselling author and tech columnist's counter-intuitive guide to staying relevant - and employable - in the machine age by becoming irreplaceably ; 'Kevin Roose provides a clear, compelling…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! Inspire Your Marriage

duffythewriter April 2, 2021 No Comment2021-04-02T13:59:45+11:00
Inspire Your Marriage Book Lack of ; Little ; Mismatched ; Do any of these issues feel familiar to you?  Communication, connection and sex issues are easier marriage problems to…
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Book Blast! Meaningfull: 23 Life-changing stories of conquering dieting, weight, & body image issues

duffythewriter March 29, 2021 1 Comment2021-04-02T13:30:12+11:00
MEANINGFULL: 23 LIFE-CHANGING STORIES OF CONQUERING DIETING, WEIGHT, & BODY IMAGE ISSUES is a blend of motivational self-help, memoir, psychology, and health and wellness. Alli Spotts-De Lazzer is a Licensed Marriage…
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Book Blast! The Power of Pivoting – How to Embrace Change and Create a Life you Love

duffythewriter March 27, 2021 No Comment2021-03-27T13:26:47+11:00
The Power of Pivoting - How to Embrace Change and Create a Life you Love was a book that I never planned on writing. I always had it in the…
Book Blast!

Book Blast! Looking for a good business book?

duffythewriter February 27, 2021 Comments Off on Book Blast! Looking for a good business book?2021-02-27T12:55:17+11:00
Digital Marketing Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: The Internet has changed how we communicate, and that includes how we market. From corporate websites to social media platforms, search engines,…

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The Soldier's Wife
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The Soldier's Wife
by Pamela Hart
The Soldiers Wife is about a young war bride called Ruby who loses her Jimmy when he is called up and sent to fight in World War One. He leaves her in Sydney with two choices; Go back to the family homestead in Bourke, or stay in Sydney...
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by Ilka Tampke
Skin is a complete U-turn to my last few reads. Those that know me, know that I’m an ancient history geek, so when I threw my name in the ring to win a copy of Skin from The Reading Room, I was pretty pleased when it landed in my postbox...
Season of Shadow and Light
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Season of Shadow and Light
by Jenn J. McLeod
This is a story of Paige who has had a bloody rough time of it. Her husband has been a complete jerk, she suffered the loss of a child, post-partem depression and is recovering from a stroke. She decides to get away with the two people ...
Where They Found Her
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Where They Found Her
by Kimberly McCreight
A body is found in the woods of a small town on the outskirts of the University grounds. Molly, a rookie reporter who is rebuilding her life after losing a child, is assigned the case for the local newspaper. Many secrets are kept behind...
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Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms
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