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Thursday, May 31, 2012

In My Letterbox

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Last night I came home from work to find a parcel of books, sent to me by Sisters In Crime for reviewing on their web site( I will, of cours...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

My Book Boyfriend - Faramir

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Faramir is a boyfriend for a grown woman. In our world - and let's take him out of his medieval context for a while - he'd be unlik...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hey, it's my world...Research for fantasy

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The other day I wandered into a Twitter conversation about world building and just what is important in it. Should you worry about accuracy...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

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Here's a blog I have just discovered and begun to follow, known as The History Girls . It's a blog by a bunch of women writers of h...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Of Heroes And Secret Identities

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Recently, I read The Curse Of Capistrano , the serialised novel on which every Zorro movie ever made was based. It was going free on one ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Period 2 In The Library

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This morning, all my literacy students were over at our Senior Campus for a careers expo, so I assisted in the library, where students come...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Presenting M.J.Hearle!

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Welcoming yet another great Aussie writer to this blog, I would like to introduce (roll of drums!) M.J. Hearle, author of the two Winter...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Review Policy Update - Again!

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This time I hope it's crystal clear and not open to interpretation; every time I think I have got it right,easy to understand, someone e...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mother's Day Reading

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Have you noticed that when Mother's Day is coming up, there are piles of ads about buying your Mum the latest romance novel or chick lit...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Maurice Sendak Is No More!

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Alas, he's gone! I woke this morning to a world in which the magical author/ illustrator of Where The Wild Things Are,  In The Nigh...

A Night At The Opera And Not A Marx Brother In Sight

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I had to exchange an opera ticket for Saturday matinee to fix a clash with the MTC, so tonight I went to see The Barber Of Seville . It...
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Monday, May 07, 2012

Downloaded to my iBook shelves

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My shelves look nicely full and it's such good fun to open up a book here, a book there, on my cyber-shelves and graze among them. Now ...
Sunday, May 06, 2012

If You Want To be On This Blog...

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Hi guys! I've already put together a review policy, which you can read separately. This is aimed at people who sometimes email me wit...

A Wonderful Evening with Kerry Greenwood By Bruce Gillespie

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Bruce Gillespie is a well-known Australian SF fan who has been publishing fanzines since 1968. His fanzines Steam Engine Time and SF Comm...
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Saturday, May 05, 2012

WHISPER By Alyson Noel. Riley Bloom Book 4. London, Macmillan, 2012.

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This is the fourth volume of the Riley Bloom series of children’s books, which is in itself a spinoff of the Immortals series. I have...

Another book with my name in it

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This week I received my contributor's copy of Trust Me Too , a Ford Street title which will be released in early June. It's alway...
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EVERY OTHER DAY By Jennifer Lynn Barnes. London: Quercus, 2012.

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Kali D’Angelo, half-Indian, half-Italian and - something else - is a normal teenage girl. Well, every other day, anyhow. Actually, sh...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

In Bed With Books

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Last night I came home with a sore throat - just what I need when we're taking Year 8 to the State Library tomorrow! We've been plan...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

FATED: Book 1 of The Soul Seekers By Alyson Noel. Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2012

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Daire Santos has been living a life of travel, without a home, accompanying her make-up artist mother to film sets around...
Friday, April 20, 2012

On My Tottering Pile Of Books

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Actually, some of it is finished. I finished my review copy of Winter's Light , sequel to Winter's Shadow, a couple of days ago; t...