Prize winning book Well, this was an obvious selection! Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Winner of four ABIAs: Book of the Year, Literary Book of the Year, the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year and Audio Book of the Year (Wavesound, narrated by Stig Wemyss). It’s also on the 2019 Miles … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 19
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#BookBingo – Round 18
And for this fortnight we come to the dumbest of the bingo categories (I really don't know what I was thinking here when I created this square): Novella no more than 150 pages Short stories and novellas are of no interest to me at all. I've tried, over and over, I really have, but next … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 18
#BookBingo – Round 17
I have to take what I can get with this category as memoirs really aren't my cup of tea! Reading them puts the 'challenge' into reading challenge. Memoir about a non-famous person: Diving into Glass by Caro Llewellyn Fans of memoirs will think this is an incredible book; in many ways it is. Caro Llewellyn … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 17
#BookBingo – Round 16
As soon as I read this particular novel, I knew I was going to use it for bingo because I instantly wanted to be able to feature it more than once here on my blog. That's how much I loved it. Literary: The Fragments by Toni Jordan I adored this novel, a literary mystery, with … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 16
#BookBingo – Round 15
Now this one was a perfect match! This round also gives me a horizontal line filled, so bingo! A book with a place in the title: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester …this is my favourite novel by Natasha Lester. I’d go so far as to say that it is her best yet. There’s a … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 15
#BookBingo – Round 14
Now, this category is a lot harder than it might seem because I really don't read all that much fiction written by men, occupational hazard I suppose, given my focus and work for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. The last book by an Australian man I read filled the crime category, but I've finally read … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 14
#BookBingo hits YouTube
I was pretty chuffed on Friday to see this Tweet: Book vlogger My Reading Days documents her progress so far with our bingo card. Crossing mediums like this, and also seeing other reviewers, who I don't even know, using the bingo card was rather thrilling. So much time goes into choosing categories each year, theming … Continue reading #BookBingo hits YouTube
#BookBingo – Round 13
An easy category to fill this week as I read quite a few books that fit this particular bill. This round gives me a vertical line filled, right down the middle, so bingo! Fictional biography about a woman from history: The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer The Age of Light is a fictional biography … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 13
#BookBingo—Round 12
It's not always easy to fill those bingo categories that specify an author's age, but in this case, it was easy because the publisher put the year this author was born into her bio at the back of the book. Thank you! My author is Samantha Shannon, who is 27, and I think the reason … Continue reading #BookBingo—Round 12
#BookBingo – Round 11
A rather easy category to fill this round, given it's just based on cover and colour! Book with a Red Cover: Heroines – An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Sarah Nicholson and Caitlin White “This little anthology presented me with a welcome challenge. I never read poetry and rarely read short fiction, … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 11
