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23.5.25
The Invocations
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I'm not a fan of horror. I can't watch horror movies and I steer clear of horror in my reading, too. But I make an exception for Kry...
22.5.25
Unsettled
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Kate Grenville's non-fiction meditation, Unsettled , is one of the best books I've read this year. Grenville is well-known for her n...
20.5.25
American Wife
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I'm such a dill, I borrowed Curtis Sittenfeld's most acclaimed novel, American Wife , from the Ath, completely forgetting that I...
15.5.25
The Dragonfly Pool
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One of Eva Ibbotson's children's books -- yes, I am on an Ibbotson splurge -- The Dragonfly Pool came from the local library and ha...
13.5.25
Weevils in the Flour
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The Great Depression was almost a hundred years ago. My mother was born during it, and I remember my grandmother saying that their family ma...
12.5.25
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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I know I read Margaret Craven's 1967 novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name , for school, though I can't remember what year it was. My...
8.5.25
Into the Mouth of the Wolf
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Erin Gough's third YA adult made it from the CBCA Notables list onto the shortlist, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it took out...
6.5.25
Woman of Substances
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I read Jenny Valentish's Woman of Substances as research for my current work in progress (very much in the early stages). Part memoir, ...
2.5.25
A Song For Summer
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Another lovely Eva Ibbotson novel, this one from 1997 (she kept writing almost up until her death in 2010). A Song For Summer is set at an ...
1.5.25
Always Was, Always Will Be
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I was lucky enough to see Thomas Mayo speak at the recent Sorrento Writers Festival. In person, he is a calm, strong, gentle presence, the v...
28.4.25
She Said
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I didn't realise, when I borrowed She Said , by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, that my reading it would coincide with Harvey Weinstein...
24.4.25
The Cryptic Clue
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I really enjoyed Amanda Hampson's first Tea Ladies mystery, so I was thrilled to spot this second novel, The Cryptic Clue , in a local ...
23.4.25
As Fast As I Can
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Full disclosure: I made friends with Penny Tangey years ago when we both attended a literary festival at a school in Queensland. She was a b...
22.4.25
House of Many Ways
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I'm supposed to be not buying books this year (I have a pile of books TBR a mile high as well as my multiple library memberships), but I...
21.4.25
There It is Again
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I picked up this 2018 collection of Don Watson's writing, There It Is Again , from an op shop about a year ago and finally got around to...
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