Despite the fact that I am still working through 2011's challenge (20 classics) I am going to add books by Australian women (for reasons laid out in the Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading & Reviewing Challenge page, here) to my 'challenges' for 2012. 2012 also happens to be the National Year of Reading in Australia. I've … Continue reading 2012: National Year of Reading & my reading challenges
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Show me your spines (some books in the 'tower of hope')
Books I've been sent or given in the past few weeks: And then I still haven't gotten to: or: (the Roald Dahl books I plan to re-read). And these are really only the fairly recent additions to the 'tower of hope'. Currently reading: ...and a couple of others on my bedside table. You can see how hard … Continue reading Show me your spines (some books in the 'tower of hope')
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Number of items on to-do list: Nine. Not too bad. The next five books I'm planning to read in no particular order: Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey), Siren (Tara Moss), Parrot & Olivier in America (Peter Carey), The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (J Randy Taraborrelli), The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood). Time I got … Continue reading Snapshot