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Shaun Tan in Conversation MWF #4

Lisa Hill wrote 3 months ago: Cross-posted on my LisaHillSchoolStuff blog.  Click here. … more →

Tags: Author events and Festivals, Australian Literature, Melbourne Writers Festival 2009

June 2009

mizb17 wrote 5 months ago: 40. “Gods Behaving Badly” by Marie Phillips [B-] 41. “The Last Lecture” by R … more →

Tags: Authors - G, Authors - K, Authors - M, Authors - P, 2009

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin9 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: A slim, deceptively simple novel that I could not put down.  And although it’s a long, long ti … more →

Tags: Reviews, Irish literature, title b, Source: Personal library, Brooklyn, Colm Toibin

May 2009

mizb17 wrote 6 months ago:   32. “Enough Already!” by Peter Walsh [B+] 33. “ Naturally Thin” by Bethenn … more →

Tags: Authors - B, Authors - F, Authors - M, Authors - S, Authors - W, Authors - R

The Slap wins Commonwealth Writers Prize2 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 6 months ago: It’s on page 7  – not the front page - but it’s a whole half-page article in the S … more →

Tags: Awards and Prizes, Book News, Australian Literature, commonwealth writers prize, Authors - H, title c, title s, A CASE OF EXPLODING MANGOES, The Slap

The Slap, by Christos Tsiolkas21 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: This is a deliberately provocative book.  Laced with filthy language and carnal appetites, it takes … more →

Tags: Awards and Prizes, Australian Literature, Miles Franklin Award, title s, Source: Personal library, The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas

Fugitive Blue, by Claire Thomas 2 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: Fugitive Blue is an interesting story beautifully written and there is much to like about it, but I … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Miles Franklin Award, Opinion, Title - E & F, Source: Personal library, Fugitive Blue, Claire Thomas

March 2009

mizb17 wrote 8 months ago:   15. “The Courage to Start” by John Bingham [A-] 16. “Sacred Obsession” by … more →

Tags: Authors - B, Authors - G, Authors - M, Authors - Q, Authors - W, Authors - R

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 9 months ago: This isn’t going to be a review – what would be the point?  This wonderful book has been … more →

Tags: 1001 books you must read before you die, Classics, title w, Source: Personal library, War and Peace, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Leo Tolstoy, russian literature

February 2009

mizb17 wrote 9 months ago: 8. “This Side of Heaven” by Karen Kingsbury [B+] 9. “Gingham Mountain” by Ma … more →

Tags: Authors - C, Authors - F, Authors - K, Authors - L

BBRLM October 2008 (Sally)

sallycripps wrote 1 year ago: * Small World by David Lodge – 7/10 I was expecting a campus novel and got a sex romp. Yes, ha … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Authors - H, Authors - L, Reviews, title a, title o, title s, almost french, David Lodge

October 2008

mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 56. “Jenny’s In the Hospital” by Seymour Reit [A+] 57. “Same Kind of Differe … more →

Tags: 2008, Authors - A, Authors - H, Authors - J, Authors - P, Authors - S, Authors - Y, Authors - R

A Fraction of the Whole, by Steve Toltz2 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 year ago: Is this supposed to be a spoof of the family saga genre? A Fraction of the Whole is the story of a p … more →

Tags: Reviews, Booker Prize, Australian Literature, Title - E & F, Source: Personal library, Booker prize shortlist, steve toltz, A fraction of the whole

April 2008

mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 24. Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas [B-] 25. The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre [B+] 26. Trespassed H … more →

Tags: 2008, Authors - C, Authors - E, Current Year

March 2008

mizb17 wrote 1 year ago: 17. Psalm 23 by David Roper [B+] 18. Diet Fads by Barbara A. Zahensky [B] 19. The Beautiful Fight by … more →

Tags: 2008, Authors - C, Authors - G, Authors - W, Authors - Z, Current Year, Authors - R

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 →

Tags: 2008, Authors - A, Authors - C, Authors - H, Authors - K, Authors - O, Authors - P, Authors - S, Authors - Z


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