Title: The Honeyman and the Hunter Author: Neil Grant Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 1st April 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Rudra is an Indian-Australian boy at a crossroads, poised to step into the world of adulthood and to discover his cultural heritage and how that might truly define… Continue reading The Honeyman and the Hunter by Neil Grant
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Book Bingo Week Two 2019
Comedy Square Welcome to week two of 2019's book bingo with Theresa, Amanda and I, and everyone else using our card as part of their own 2019 reading challenges and goals. I've only crossed one square off again this week - as many of the books to come are scheduled reviews, so my bonus squares… Continue reading Book Bingo Week Two 2019
Yet Another Reading Challenge: #Dymocks52Challenge
#Dymocks52Challenge Just to add to my challenges, I'm also taking part in the #Dymocks52 Challenge this year - which will also give some overlap with the other challenges I am doing. It will merely add to my goals to complete, and I will certainly bypass it within the first half of the year, but it… Continue reading Yet Another Reading Challenge: #Dymocks52Challenge
Jane Austen Reading Challenge
This year, I am adding another challenge to my list. This one will be more of a casual one, that I will disperse throughout the year. Inspired by a blog called Bunny's Girl, and her challenge to read six Jane Austen novels and six Jane Austen inspired novels between January and December of 2019, I… Continue reading Jane Austen Reading Challenge
2018 Reading Wrap Up Post
In 2018, I had the aim of reading 120 books throughout the year. This was my general reading goal from the first of January to the end of December, and included review books, books I had to read for work as a quiz writer with Scholastic Australia, and my other challenges - The Australian Women… Continue reading 2018 Reading Wrap Up Post
2018 Book Bingo Wrap up and 2019 Book Bingo Sign up
This year I participated in a book bingo challenge with Amanda and Theresa, and we also all participated in the Australian Women Writer's Challenge together, and many of the books I read filled both challenges. During 2018, I managed to complete two cards of twenty-five squares each, with some books working for separate categories in… Continue reading 2018 Book Bingo Wrap up and 2019 Book Bingo Sign up
Hogwarts: A Movie Scrapbook
Title: Hogwarts: A Movie Scrapbook Author: Judy Revenson Genre: Movie scrapbook, fantasy, popular culture Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published: 1st December 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 48 Price: $29.99 Synopsis:Every year, students clamber aboard the Hogwarts Express at Platform 9 3/4 and make their way back to Hogwarts for the start of another school year. In the… Continue reading Hogwarts: A Movie Scrapbook
The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters
Title: The Turn of Midnight Author: Minette Walters Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 24th October 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 472 Price: $32.99 Synopsis:For all those who love Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, and Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders comes the worldwide-bestselling Minette Walters' compelling and fascinating historical novel of the Plague years. As… Continue reading The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters
Gendered Reading: Why Do We Still Insist on Gendering Books?
Over the past few months and years, I have been following online discussions about the way people gender reading - not only the act of reading, as a pursuit that girls are said to prefer, but the books we give younger children and what we expect of them as they grow and how they develop… Continue reading Gendered Reading: Why Do We Still Insist on Gendering Books?
Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check-in One – books one to fifteen
All year I have been meaning to write progress posts for every month, or every ten books. Until now, I have woefully neglected this activity, and having read 61 books already, am breaking it up into posts of fifteen - and will continue to do this until the end of the year/early 2019, making the… Continue reading Australian Women Writer’s Challenge Check-in One – books one to fifteen
The Book Muse 