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Saw VI (2009)

horrormadness wrote 2 days ago: Saw VI -2009 Reviewer: Indy McDaniel Rating: 7 Director: Kevin Greutert Writer: Marcus Dunstan, Patr … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, director: g, genre: slasher, Genre: Thriller, Rating: 7, Saw VI, year: 2000's

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway17 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago: The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingway’s first serious success – published in 1926, onl … more →

Tags: 1001 books you must read before you die, Classics, American Literature, Nobel Prize, Authors - H, Source: Personal library, Challenges, 2009 1% Well-Read Challenge, 2009 Book Awards Challenge III

Opening Lines: The Slow Natives by Thea Astley (1965)

Lisa Hill wrote 1 month ago:  Thea Astley won her first Miles Franklin Award in 1962 with The Well Dressed Explorer , but she had … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Miles Franklin Award, opening lines, Authors - A, Source: Personal library, Thea Astley, The Slow Natives

Shutter (2008)

horrormadness wrote 1 month ago: Shutter Shutter -2008 Reviewer: Indy McDaniel Rating: 2 Director: Masayuki Ochiai Writer: Luke Dawso … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, director: o, genre: ghost, Rating 2, Shutter, year: 2000's

Swords and Crowns and Rings, by Ruth Park10 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 2 months ago: Swords and Crowns and Rings, by Ruth Park, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1977.  It seems to be out … more →

Tags: Reviews, Australian Literature, Miles Franklin Award, Classics, Authors - P & Q, Source: gift, 2009 Book Awards Challenge III, 2009 75 Books in a Year, Swords and Crowns and Rings

Swimming, by Enza Gandolfo13 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 3 months ago: Some time ago, I heard a story much enjoyed by ex-wives, about a woman greatly aggrieved  – wh … more →

Tags: Reviews, Australian Literature, Authors - G, Source: Publisher, 2009 75 Books in a Year, Swimming, Enza Gandolfo

BOOK REVIEW: Something Might Happen by Julie Myerson

georgieg wrote 4 months ago: BOOK REVIEW: Something Might Happen by Julie Myerson, fiction, Vintage, paperback, 2004, 328 pages. … more →

Tags: Fiction, Book Review, lite, Author M

The Stepford Wives, by Ira Levin5 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 4 months ago: The Stepford Wives (1972) is a remarkably silly book, poor even for its own silly genre, but mercifu … more →

Tags: Reviews, American Literature, Authors - L, Source: Library (Kingston), 2009 75 Books in a Year

The Solid Mandala by Patrick White21 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 4 months ago: As regular readers of this blog know, I’m a fan of Patrick White – so this morning (just … more →

Tags: Australian Literature, Authors - W, Source: Personal library, Modernism, Patrick White, The Solid Mandala

Spadework, by Timothy Findley6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 4 months ago: No, I wasn’t imagining it.  The repeated references to a certain brand of a rather ordinary Au … more →

Tags: Reviews, Canadian Literature, Authors - F, Source: Library (Casey-Cardinia), 2009 75 Books in a Year, Spadework, Timothy Findley, Product Placement in novels

Summer Crossing, by Truman Capote, read by Lorelei King.6 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: Summer Crossing is breathtakingly good – even if you didn’t know that Capote (1924 … more →

Tags: American Literature, audio books, Authors - C, Reviews, Source: Library (Kingston)

Specials3 comments

Christina wrote 5 months ago: Title: Specials Series: Uglies Author: Scott Westerfeld Pages: 384 Published: “Special Circums … more →

Tags: Fiction, Book reports, Library Books, Balance of Opinion, Author W, Rating 1, Jacket Copy, verbatim, Young-Adult

Stella Miles Franklin, A Biography by Jill Roe4 comments

Lisa Hill wrote 5 months ago: I’m not in the habit of writing fan letters, but I am very tempted to write to Jill Roe to tha … more →

Tags: Reviews, Australian Literature, Memoir/Biography, Miles Franklin Award, Authors - R, Source: Personal library, 2009 75 Books in a Year, Stella Miles Franklin A Biography, Jill Roe

Sleeping Arrangements

Christina wrote 6 months ago: Title: Sleeping Arrangements Author: Madeleine Wickham Pages: 204 Published: 2008 “Chloe needs … more →

Tags: Fiction, Book reports, Library Books, Author W, Rating 1, Jacket Copy, 2009

Sky Burial1 comment

Christina wrote 6 months ago: Title: Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet Author: Xinran Translator {from Chinese}: Julia Lovel … more →

Tags: Rating 3, Fiction, Book reports, Library Books, Balance of Opinion, Jacket Copy, biblical sense, Historical Fiction, 2009

BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry2 comments

georgieg wrote 6 months ago: BOOK REVIEW: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, fiction – paperback, Faber and Faber, 20 … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literary, Book Review, best books so far 2009, Author B

Stoner3 comments

Christina wrote 6 months ago: Title: Stoner Author: John Williams Pages: 278 Published: 1988 “William Stoner is born at the … more →

Tags: cover copy, Rating 3, Fiction, Book reports, Author W, verbatim, Paperback Swap Book, 2009

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes

Christina wrote 7 months ago: Title: The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes Author: Diane Chamberlain Pages: 460 Published: 2006 “ … more →

Tags: Fiction, Book reports, Library Books, Author C, Rating 1, Jacket Copy, 2009

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Christina wrote 7 months ago: Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Author: Ann Brashares Pages: 294 Published: 2003 … more →

Tags: cover copy, Rating 3, Fiction, Book reports, Library Books, Balance of Opinion, book to movie, Author B, Young-Adult


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