Image Description: the book-cover of Black by Fleur Ferris. The cover focuses on a side-profile image of a young lady with dark-hair running through a fog-filled forest of skeletal trees (presumably in winter-time as the trees are without leaves). Title: Black Author: Fleur Ferris Social Media: Goodreads and Twitter Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Format … Continue reading Book Review: Black by Fleur Ferris
Image Description: the audiobook cover of Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke. The audiobook cover has a black background, with multi-coloured circles/clumps decorating the cover the cover in a sporadic pattern. The circles/clumps are all different shapes and sizes. Title: Foreign Soil Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke Social Media: Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter Publisher: Hachette Australia … Continue reading Book Review: Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Image Description: an illustrated picture, the background of the picture is a peacock-blue, while the foreground is dominated by the image of an archery target-stand with three arrows lodged within a series of aiming-circles printed on the target stand. I've decided I would try something new with my Yearly Goals, I've decided to take Jenna … Continue reading Quarterly Goals: January – March 2018
Contemporary Fiction: Contemporary literature is literature with its setting generally after World War II. So, everything post WWII is counted, except for non-fiction. This is the monthly forecast for August, which includes three reading challenges I probably won’t complete, I doubt I’ll get through all the books listed here but I'm going to make an … Continue reading Monthly Forecast: August 2017
Image Description: an image of a bookshelf filled to over-full from an unknown library. The books displayed on the shelves are a mixture of reference books in paperback and hardback formats of various sizes, colours and languages. This is the monthly forecast for June, which includes three reading challenges I probably won't complete, I doubt … Continue reading Monthly Forcast: June 2017
Title: The Natural Way of Things Author: Charlotte Wood Social Media: Goodreads, Facebook and Twitter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Format and Price: E-Book at $17.79 About The Author: The Australian newspaper has described Charlotte Wood as "one of our most original and provocative writers.” She is the author of … Continue reading Book Review: The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Title: Game Day Author: Miriam Sved Social Media: Goodreads and Twitter Publisher: Picador Australia, imprint of Pan Macmillan Australia Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Format and Price: E-Book at $9.99 About The Author: Miriam Sved is a Melbourne-based writer who grew up in Sydney, where she was largely oblivious to football or sport of … Continue reading Book Review: Game Day by Miriam Sved
Contemporary kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i adjective 1. Living or occurring at the same time. "the event was recorded by a contemporary historian" 2. Belonging to or occurring in the present. "the tension and complexities of our contemporary society" noun 1. A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another. "he was a contemporary of … Continue reading Monthly Forecast: August 2016
Title: Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia Editors: Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren Publisher: Allen and Unwin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Format and Price: E-Book at $12.36 About The Editors: Amra Pajalic: Amra Pajalic is an author and teacher, she was born and raised in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs and where she … Continue reading Book Review: Coming of Age – Growing up Muslim in Australia by Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren
Title: Graffiti Moon Author: Cath Crowley Social Media: Facebook, Goodreads, Tumblr and Twitter Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Format and Price: Paperback at $16.99 About The Author: Cath Crowley is an award-winning author of young adult novels, The Gracie Faltrain series, Chasing Charlie Duskin and Graffiti Moon. She lives, writes, … Continue reading Book Review: Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
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