Bottom Line: If you like novels about artists & creativity and/or books that help you think about what life is all about, The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose is probably right up your alley.
Australian writer
The wait is finally over: Force of Nature by Jane Harper (#AWW2018)
The wait is finally over for those who’ve been anxiously awaiting Jane Harper’s follow up to her international bestseller, The Dry. Force of Nature hit American bookstores last Tuesday, so if you’re looking for a good mystery to get lost… Read More ›
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (#AWW2016)
Resurrection Bay is Australian writer Emma Viskic’s first mystery novel and my first read for the Australian Woman Writer’s Challenge 2016. I purchased the paper copy through bookdepository.com and the Kindle version is available on Amazon. From the publisher:… Read More ›
Hope Street, Jerusalem by Irris Makler
I enjoyed both the writing style and content of this memoir. Irris Makler is an international freelance correspondent from Sydney, Australia who has been based in London, Moscow, and now Jerusalem. She’s chased stories all over the world and was… Read More ›
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French
This is one of those books that probably wouldn’t have crossed my path had I not participated in a reading challenge. Two challenges, actually: the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012 and the World War I reading challenge hosted by War… Read More ›
All That I Am by Anna Funder
This book tired me out. Not that it’s overly long or a slog to get through, but Funder’s telling of the fear, paranoia, and betrayal that infected people during Hitler’s earliest years in power and the reach of that early… Read More ›
Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading and Reviewing Challenge
The last 2012 reading challenge that I’m signing up for is the Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading and Reviewing Challenge. Earlier this year I read about the controversy surrounding the lack of women writers considered for major literary awards in… Read More ›
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Publisher: Borzoi/KnopfPublication: March 2006Source: Library copy. A very torn and tattered library copy that has been read so many times that the pages now have a cloth-like softness about them. And, thankfully, only one unidentified thing that looks like a… Read More ›