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Opening lines: To the Islands (1958)
I’ve been blogging the opening lines of my Miles Frankin winners collection – but somehow had placed To The Islands by Randolph Stow in the wrong position on the shelf. To keep these post… more →
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Opening lines: To the Islands (1958)
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Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been blogging the opening lines of my Miles Frankin winners collection – but someho … more →
August 2009
mizb17 wrote 3 months ago: 58. “Flirting With Boys” by Hailey Abbott [B-] 59. “Breaking the Barriers” b … more →
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
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Lisa Hill wrote 4 months ago: I read The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society back in May, but felt hesitant about expr … more →
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone, by Sasa Stanisic
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Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: I didn’t enjoy this. Not that I expected to ‘enjoy’ any story about the 1992-5 … more →
The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman, read by Stephen Greif
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Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: I did not realise when I borrowed this audio-book from the library that it was the book on which the … more →
Margaret Olley, Far From a Still Life by Meg Stewart
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Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: My generation grew up knowing the name of the artist Margaret Olley. As Bill Hansen and his photos … more →
May 2009
mizb17 wrote 6 months ago: 32. “Enough Already!” by Peter Walsh [B+] 33. “ Naturally Thin” by Bethenn … more →
The Homecoming by Bernard Schlink
Lisa Hill wrote 6 months ago: I didn’t really enjoy this book. It had a strange falsity about it, as if the story were bein … more →
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: Jonathon Swift (1667-1745) I knew from the first instalment from Daily Lit that this was not going t … more →
The Little Hotel by Christina Stead
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Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: I discovered this interesting little book because I was searching for a book with a building in the … more →
Perfume, by Patrick Suskind
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Lisa Hill wrote 9 months ago: I did not like this grotesque little book. It seems to me to be drenched in gratuitous unpleasantne … more →
Radical Melbourne, a Secret History by Jeff Sparrow and Jill Sparrow
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Lisa Hill wrote 11 months ago: This is one of the books I’m reading for the State Library Summer Read Shortlist, and it … more →
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See, read by Janet Song
Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: This is a mesmerising tale. It is narrated by Lily, Lady Lu, mulling over her regrets. Now in her … more →
November 2008
mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 65. “Never Say Diet” by Chantel Hobbs [B+] 66. “Evernight” by Claudia Gray [ … more →
The Painted Veil by W Somerset Maugham
Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: The Painted Veil by W Somerset Maugham (8) – I read this after seeing the film, and kept seein … more →
October 2008
mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 56. “Jenny’s In the Hospital” by Seymour Reit [A+] 57. “Same Kind of Differe … more →
August 2008
mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 43. “Just Who Will You Be?” by Maria Shriver [B+] 44. “Getting the Girl” by Susan Juby [B+] 45. “Twi … more →
June 2008
mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 31. This Year I Will… by M. J. Ryan [A-] 32. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield [B+] 33. … more →
February 2008
mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 9. Body For Life by Bill Phillips [B] 10. Fat Girl: One Woman’s Way Out by Irene O’Garde … more →
