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Joanne’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Joanne’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Joanne van Os
Goodreads Author
Born
in Sydney, Australia
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
January 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomjovo
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Ronan's Echo
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2014
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3 editions
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Outback Heart
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2005
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14 editions
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The Secret of the Lonely Isles
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2011
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5 editions
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Brumby Plains (Brumby Plains adventure, #1)
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2006
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5 editions
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Castaway (Brumby Plains adventure, #2)
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2007
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5 editions
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Heart of Country Australia True Stories of the Land Vol 1 Fifteen Hundred down the Murranji, Pieces of Blue, Vol 2 Outback Heart, The River
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Reader's Digest Encounters: "World Beyond Tears", "Outback Heart", "A Random Act", "The Big Twitch"
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The Third Stroke
If you’re under forty, the numbers 1194 probably mean nothing to you at all.
At midnight on September 30, 2019, an old friend will fall silent. He won’t have died, or joined a strict monastic order, or simply become tired of waiting for me to call him. No, it’s worse than that.… Read more »
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"Loved the book and the unravelling of the mystery surrounding the family. Families appear to have secrets that often don't get discovered till years later. I thought it was a great book"
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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree: A Novel of the Limehouse Murders:
"The novel opens with Elizabeth Cree being escorted to a shed where the gallows stood. Perhaps because I read a lot of mysteries (or maybe not), I thought she might have been wrongly accused and convicted. What follows is the story of how she came to "
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"I am not a review-writer, until today.
I was floored by the amount of 1-star ratings this book had received. Sheesh. It is extremely well written, with beautifully developed characters and the thickest plot you could possibly expect. Not to mention i" Read more of this review » |
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| Love JKR's writing, and especially her characters. My only beef with this one is that it was longer than it needed to be, and the technical detail was a bit too intense for me - and I went cross-eyed reading/trying to read the scrolling on-line chats ...more | |
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I read Dune about 40 years ago and loved it. Started the 2nd book, but never got more than a few chapters in. I would reread Dune, but don't want to f
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“The untried recruits learned about fear. It wasn't some occasional leap of terror, a startled response; it was the unbearable tension of being forced to remain in a terrifying place, your mind the only thing preventing you from throwing down your rifle and running, anywhere, a flight of atavistic self-preservation.”
― Ronan's Echo
― Ronan's Echo
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| Aussie Readers: **Aussie Author Challenge** | 504 | 381 | Dec 31, 2011 07:48PM | |
| Aussie Readers: **Summer Reading Challenge** | 267 | 262 | Mar 03, 2012 02:30AM |
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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Thank you to everyone who has posted a review on Goodreads about my new book,
. It's very much appreciated! I've started a Facebook Author page, where I'll post about books, interesting stuff, the odd photo, and connect to my blog. Please drop by and say hello! Just search for Joanne van Os Australian Author, and you'll find me.
The Giveaway for Ronan's Echo starts today - 10 copies are offered. Ends on 31 March so put your name in the draw!
