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Alexandra Almond

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Alexandra writes mostly cosy fantasy, with a bit of contemporary romance on the side. Her debut novel THOROUGHLY DISENCHANTED won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2024.

She lives and works on Bunurong land in Melbourne (Naarm) with her tennis-ball obsessed Labrador, Captain. Before turning her hand to writing, previous roles included stablehand, clown, HR assistant, flower buyer, procurement manager, cleaner and human-centred designer, which is her current day job. She might have included footballer on that list if the AFLW had arrived three decades earlier; and if she had any ability. She likes trains, books, dogs and cups of tea. Her favourite colour is green.

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Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
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This is GORGEOUS. I don't do horror, but someone described this as "cosy horror" and it's T Kingfisher so I thought it was worth a go and it totally was. Selena escapes a controlling relationship and finds herself in a remote desert town with her lab ...more
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It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
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This is a delight. I would never have imagined I'd like a book from the first person POV of a neurotic and awkward teenager in the throes of first love and friendship and family heartbreak, but I did. ...more
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Storylines by Carrie  Cox
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A lovely gentle read about Nessa and her insecurities centred around her facial disfigurement following an accident in her youth. A strong cast of supporting characters and a gorgeous setting in and around Perth. It did an excellent job of setting up ...more
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What I Was by Meg Rosoff
What I Was
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I picked this up from a little free library because I liked the cover and it had a map in the front (who doesn't love a map in the front of a book? And this is a lovely one, an old fashioned hand drawing of the English countryside, right out of Milly ...more
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All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
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I couldn't finish this, it was just too depressing. The problem is Trent Daltan is such a beautiful writer that I was absolutely immersed in Molly's story and couldn't bear all the awful things that were happening to her. It's basically horror surrou ...more
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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
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Update: still good on a re-read. It's terrifically character driven which is good for me but also weird in such a plot-heavy book. Maybe could have done with an edit?

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Jackdaw by K.J. Charles
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I have read this many times including recently, so I have no idea why there isn't already a review here. The story takes a minor ruffian from Flight of Magpies and spins out his story in unexpected ways. Flighty Jonah and stolid Ben make a gorgeous c ...more
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Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Twice in a Blue Moon
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DNF, I really struggled to get into it and gave up.
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Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
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