What I’m Reading Lately, or What Happened to the Australian Women Writers Challenge?

May 12, 2012
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Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture, By Shannon Hayes

It’s true, I’m not doing very well on my commitment to review Australian women writers this year. It’s May, and so far I’ve done one review towards my commitment, of One Magic Square, which I published over at Sustainable Suburbia. And by the way, I’m giving a copy of the book away, so if you’d like a copy, go read the review and enter the draw before the end of May. I...

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Book Review: Dougal’s Diary by David Greagg

May 1, 2012
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Dougal's Diary, David Greagg

Dougal’s Diary by David Greagg, 2010. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 189 pages rrp $19.95. Can you imagine what it would be like to be a kitten? To have...

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Book Review: The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, Book 1)

April 2, 2012
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Deltora Quest: The Forests of Silence, Emily Rodda, Scholastic

Do you want to fight the powers of the evil shadow and follow the quest of Deltora? Read this review and then read The Forests...

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Kerry Greenwood Books in Order (From Phryne Fisher to Ancient Egypt, to YA and Children’s Books)

March 16, 2012
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Phryne Fisher Mystery Dead Man's Chest; Kerry Greenwood

With the introduction of Phryne Fisher to the television screens, of course my interest in re-reading the books has...

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How to Write a Book Review For Kids

February 28, 2012
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Spilling Ink, A Young Writer's Handbook, By Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer, Matt Phelan

Lots of people have been finding my book review template article when they are actually searching on how to write a book review – or report –...

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What I Have Been Reading Lately (or Coming Book Reviews)

February 28, 2012
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I am Jack by Susanne Gervey illustrated by Cathy Wilcox

I’ve committed myself to participating in the Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading and Reviewing Challenge, at the Miles level, as a Dabbler. Meaning, I need...

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Write Better Reviews with a Book Review Template

February 9, 2012
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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards

Note: Lots of people are coming to this page wanting to know how to write a book review for kids. So I wrote an article especially for...

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Kathy Reichs Books in Order

January 27, 2012
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Kathy Riechs deja dead book cover

Kathy Reichs, like the lead character of her popular Temperance Brennan novel series, is a forensic anthropologist. Clearly, she is also a very successful novelist. As well as the Temperance...

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Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson: I’m Still Awake, Still (Picture Book and CD)

November 25, 2011
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I'm still awake, still by Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson

Elizabeth Honey and Sue Johnson are a formidable team. They have worked together before on the song ‘All the Wild Wonders’, for...

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