The Stats Book: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Published: Picador, 2013 Genre: Historical Fiction Of interest: Winner, 2011 Writing Australia Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript | Shortlisted, 2014 Indies Fiction Award, 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2013 Guardian First Book …
The Stats Book: Chasing Odysseus by S.D. Gentill Published: Pantera Press, 2011 Genre: YA Adventure The Plot The Ancient Greeks have vanquished the city of Troy, and they’re blaming the peace-loving Herdsmen of Mount Ida for helping them. The Herdsman …
The Stats Book: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Published: Bloomsbury, 2011 Of interest: Winner, 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction The Plot A retelling of Homer’s Iliad (the Trojan War) from the point of view of Achilles’ childhood friend …
The Stats Book: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Published: Granta Books, 2013 Of interest: Winner, 2013 Man Booker Prize The Plot Set in 19th Century New Zealand, The Luminaries opens with the arrival of Scot Walter Moody in the thriving …
Happy New Year – here’s to a year full of books and reviews! I love new years and I love making new year’s resolutions. One of my most important resolutions for 2014 is not to bother pursuing a book I’m …
Whew! What an absence! It’s been a couple of months since my last post, but I’d like to think I’ve got a darn good excuse. I gave birth to my first baby in June – a little boy named Flynn, …
