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Category: Book Reviews

Review of ‘Into That Forest’ – and giveaway!

October 3, 2012 Book Reviews / Young Adult7 Comments

Vital stats: Author: Louis Nowra Publisher: Allen and Unwin Format: Paperback RRP: $19.99 (AUD) *This book was provided by the publisher for review. This has not affected my opinion of it.* Giveaway: Leave a comment to WIN one of 3 free …

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Review of ‘Bring up the Bodies’

October 2, 2012 Book Reviews / Historical FictionLeave a comment

Vital stats: Author: Hilary Mantel Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Format: Paperback RRP: $32.99 (AUD) My rating The story: Bring up the Bodies is the sequel to Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall. It follows the continued rise of the career of Thomas Cromwell, …

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Review of ‘The Virgin Suicides’

June 12, 2012 Book Reviews / General Fiction2 Comments

The Virgin Suicides Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Publisher: Bloomsbury Format: Paperback RRP: $19.95 (AUD) My rating The story In a sleepy suburb in 1970s Detroit, a group of teenage boys watch with an obsessive awe the five Lisbon daughters who live …

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Review of ‘Bitter Greens’

June 3, 2012 Australian Fiction / Book Reviews / Historical Fiction8 Comments

Vital stats: Author: Kate Forsyth Publisher: Random House Australia Format: Paperback RRP: $32.95 (AUD) My rating The story: Born with a good name, a plain face and an empty purse, Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force dreams of a life …

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What we think of…Life & Times of Michael K

November 10, 2010 Book Reviews / General FictionLeave a comment

Vital stats… Author: J.M. Coetzee Publisher: Random House Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $24.95 My rating What it’s about… Born with a simple nature that repulses the world and a harelip that repulses even his own mother, Michael K is an outsider …

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What we think of… The Book Thief

November 3, 2010 Australian Fiction / Book Reviews / General Fiction2 Comments

Vital stats… Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $19.95 My rating What it’s about… January 1939. The world hovers on the brink of the Second World War. Germany crouches for the pounce. Death flexes his knuckles for the slog ahead. …

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