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what.karli.reads, Townsville (2026)

07/06/2026

✧ 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✧

Book 41 for 2026 - time for a little interlude and read a thriller that’s been circulating for a couple of years but better late than never right?!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗔? 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: psychological thriller, suspense, crime fiction ]

Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family’s cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes home.

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙉𝙄𝙉𝘼?

Nobody knows. Simon’s explanation about what happened in their last hours together doesn’t add up. Nina’s parents push the police for answers, and Simon’s parents rush to protect him. They hire expensive lawyers and a PR firm that quickly ramps up a vicious, nothing-is-off-limits media campaign.

𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙁𝘼𝙍 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙁𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙔 𝙂𝙊 𝙏𝙊 𝙆𝙀𝙀𝙋 𝙃𝙄𝙈 𝙎𝘼𝙁𝙀?

Soon, facts are lost in a swirl of accusation and counter-accusation. Everyone chooses a side, and the story goes viral, fuelled by armchair investigators and wild conspiracy theories and illustrated with pretty pictures taken from Nina’s social media accounts. Journalists descend on their small Vermont town, followed by a few obsessive ‘fans.’

𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙁𝘼𝙍 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙔 𝙂𝙊 𝙏𝙊 𝙂𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙏𝙃?

Nina’s family is under siege, but they never lose sight of the only thing that really matters - finding their daughter. Out-gunned by Simon’s wealthy, powerful family, Nina’s parents recognize that if playing by the rules won’t get them anywhere, it’s time to break them.
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(BOOK 41)

07/06/2026

🌟 mini REVIEW ‘spoiler free thoughts’ 🌟

〰️ 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟’𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗢 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: litRPG, science fantasy, apocalyptic comedy ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5 stars

𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙾𝙼𝙶 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍!!!

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚟 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚈𝙺𝚈𝙺!

𝚂𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝙸 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚝!!

(BOOK 40)

01/06/2026

👾 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 👾

Book 40 for 2026 - first day of June and I’ve officially hit the halfway mark of my Goodreads challenge!!! SO OBSESSED with this book series after just reading the first one 🫣 book two lesssss go Carl and Princess Donut!!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟’𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗢 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: litRPG, science fantasy, apocalyptic comedy ]

Now on the third floor, Carl and Donut have to fight harder than ever. They’ve already proven that a Coast Guard vet and once-and-forever feline royalty are an almost unstoppable team.

Their ratings are off the chart. The watchers can’t get enough. But the dungeon gets more dangerous each day, and now there’s a whole new problem to deal with. Quests. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned.

An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered women rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose. Can Carl and Donut solve the mystery in time? And can Carl finally find some pants?
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(BOOK 40)

01/06/2026

⭐️ 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏-𝐔𝐏 ⭐️

6 books for the month of May and all fabbbbbulous!

(In order of read)

• 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5

• 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫 4.5/5

• 𝗗𝗢𝗩𝗘
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

• 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5

• 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5

• 𝗗𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

01/06/2026

🌟 REVIEW ‘spoiler free thoughts’ 🌟

〰️ 𝗗𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: litRPG, science fantasy, apocalyptic comedy ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐙𝐙 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜!!! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛!

𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 ’𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢’ 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝙱𝚄𝚄𝚄𝚄𝚃 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞!

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚟 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝/𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎; 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜/𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢.

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎!

𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝙸𝚈𝙺𝚈𝙺!!

𝙾𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂𝚂𝚂 𝙶𝙾!

(BOOK 39)

24/05/2026

👾 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 👾

Book 39 for 2026 - going waaaaayyy out of my comfort zone with this genre but I’ve been seeing it literally EVERYWHERE and reviews that rave that this book is the most fun you’ll ever have to the point it’ll become your entire personality and tbh I got complete FOMO I’m either gonna have big ragrets or you’ll hear and see me telling everyone who’ll listen how amazing it is!! Ps there are like 8 books in the series and they all be thiccc AF! Wish me me luck!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗗𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: litRPG, science fantasy, apocalyptic comedy ]

You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic, intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard veteran Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world-or just get to the next level-in a video game-like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy.

Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.
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(BOOK 39)

24/05/2026

🌟 mini mini REVIEW ‘my thoughts’ 🌟

〰️ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: humorous fiction, contemporary women’s fiction, modern & contemporary fiction ]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5

𝙰 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜!

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚏&$𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢.

𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚊𝚕!

𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐈 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 ’𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭)

(BOOK 38)

20/05/2026

✰ 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✰

Book 38 for 2026 - time for a palate cleanse and it’s a debut Aussie book! The best kind!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: humorous fiction, contemporary women’s fiction, modern & contemporary fiction ]

𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 ‘𝐟*𝐜𝐤-𝐢𝐭’ 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬.

Forty-nine-year-old Grace Miller is the ultimate good girl. Good wife, good mother, good role model. She has to be, she’s been married to a notable evangelical Christian pastor for nearly thirty years.

But when Grace’s marriage implodes, she realises she’s spent her entire life putting other people’s needs first – and she’s had enough. Determined to shake things up, Grace writes a ‘f*ck-it’ list of fifty bad decisions to complete before she turns fifty. But just as she starts to reclaim herself, her family throws her some unexpected curve balls that threaten to derail the plan.

With the emotional heart and complex family dynamics of Marian Keyes and Monica McInerney, combined with the sharp humour of Kathy Lette and Caitlin Moran, Disgraceful tramples the idea that women should grow old gracefully, and posits that sometimes bad decisions are the best ones you can make.
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(BOOK 38)

20/05/2026

🌟 mini mini REVIEW ‘spoiler free thoughts’ 🌟

〰️ 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: crime thriller, suspense, Australian noir, crime fiction]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5

𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛.

𝙵𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎.

𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚈𝙴𝚂𝚂𝚂𝚂𝚂𝚂 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚒!

(BOOK 37)

13/05/2026

✧ 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✧

Book 37 for 2026 - an Aussie crime thriller with a lot of rave reviews!?! Say less! Keen as a bean to read this!

[ PLEASE NOTE: book synopsis only & NOT my review ]
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〰️ 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 〰️

[ 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: crime thriller, suspense, Australian noir, crime fiction]

𝙃𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝙈𝙚𝙡𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨.

Luke Harris has worked hard to bury his violent past. Now he’s back in Melbourne, chasing a quiet life, a normal job, his own house and a dog.

But Luke’s old life isn’t done with him. When he crosses paths with Gus Alberici, the ruthless crime boss he once served as a teenager, he’s pulled back into the dark world of his past. Luke’s father has vanished, along with a bag of Gus’s cash, and his new girlfriend’s father is acting strangely.

As secrets surface and danger closes in, Luke must outsmart a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
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(BOOK 37)

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