The Book of Joan… About the Book: In the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet’s now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
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Bingo! Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A Book with Themes of Culture As soon as I read Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig, I knew this was going to be my next bingo title. This novel follows one prominent Burmese family struggling to … Continue reading Bingo! Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
New Release Book Review: Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
Miss Burma… About the Book: Set against the vibrant backdrop of Burma from the 1940s to the 1960s, Miss Burma is a powerful and epic novel that follows one prominent Burmese family struggling to overcome war and political repression while trying to build a meaningful life. Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
Book Review: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah – Bingo!
Winter Garden... About: Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colours comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Meredith and Nina Whitson are … Continue reading Book Review: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah – Bingo!
New Release Book Review: Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
Love and Other Consolation Prizes... About: A powerful novel about an orphan boy who is raffled off at Seattle’s 1909 World Fair, and the friends who teach him what it really means to have a family, from the author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Inspired by a true story, this is … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
My Reading Life: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women is a novel that repeatedly shows up as a favourite for so many readers and writers. In fact, in my own interview series, Behind the Pen, many interviewees have cited Little Women as a childhood favourite. Likewise, in the Australian Women Writers historical fiction Sunday Spotlight interviews, a standard question I ask is … Continue reading My Reading Life: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
My Reading Life: The Morganville Vampires Series
Like many readers, I went through a vampire phase. I’m happy to admit it and some of these books, if truth be told, remain as firm favourites. I was originally going to frame this article as a look at my top three favourite vampire series, but then I kept remembering another one and another one, … Continue reading My Reading Life: The Morganville Vampires Series
My Reading Life: The Wilderness Series by Sara Donati
Today on My Reading Life, I'm going to highlight a series that captured me from the very first book, each instalment joining the others in their permanent home on my shelves. The Wilderness Series by Sara Donati. Epic in scope, each book weighing in at around 900 pages, this series weaves a tapestry of fact … Continue reading My Reading Life: The Wilderness Series by Sara Donati
My Reading Life: Danielle Steel
No jigsaw picture of my reading life would be complete without the Danielle Steel piece. I may not read her novels now, but for a good ten years, they were my auto-buys, the novels I inhaled without drawing breath. When I turned sixteen, one of my aunts wanted to buy me a book for my … Continue reading My Reading Life: Danielle Steel
My Reading Life: Jodi Picoult
Welcome to My Reading Life, a series where I revisit the authors and novels that have shaped me into the reader I am today. It’s hard to believe now, but there was period of time that stretched into several years when I didn’t read at all. Or at least, I didn’t read for pleasure, … Continue reading My Reading Life: Jodi Picoult
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