August 2010
16 posts
Review: The Moth Diaries →
At an exclusive girls’s boarding school, a sixteen year old girl records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her obsession is her room mate, Lucy Blake, and Lucy’s friendship with…
Fun Fridays: A-Z →
I nicked this one from Jacq at BookBites For this meme, you list a favourite book that starts with each letter of the alphabet. If you don’t have a book for a letter (such as Z or X) than you … …
My Library: Fiction – Read U-Z →
Previous P-T Unmentionable! – Paul Jennings Untamed – P.C. Cast Valiant – Holly Black Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead Vampire Armand, The – Anne Rice Vampire Lestat, The – Anne Rice Violin – Anne…
My Library: Non Fiction – Read →
101 Salivations: For the Love of Dogs – Rachael Hale 13 Original Clan Mothers, The – Jamie Sams A to Z of Dreams, The – Michael Johnstone An Open Heart – The Dalai Lama Art of War, The – Sun … …
My Library: Fiction – Read P-T →
Previous K-O Paddy Pork To The Rescue – John Goodall Painted Man, The – Peter. Brett Pandora – Anne Rice Penguin Book of Sick Verse, The – Various Pet Semetary – Stephen King Pilgrim – Sara Douglass…
My Library: Fiction – Read F-J →
Previous A-E Fade Out – Rachel Caine Fairy Tales of The World – M. Novak Fallen Hearts – V.C. Andrews Feast of All Saints, The – Anne Rice Feast of Fools – Rachel Caine Firebrand, The – Marion Zimmer…
My Library: Fiction – Read K-O →
Previous F-J Kallocain – Karin Boye Kiss of Death – Rachel Caine Lace Reader, The – Barry Brunonia Lady of The Trillium – Marion Zimmer Bradley Lair of The White Worm, The - Bram Stoker Lasher – Anne…
In My Mailbox and Peter V. Brett Signing →
Peter V. Brett is one of my favourite authors and he is coming to Australia. During his visit in Oz he’ll be signing books so I decided to buy a book just for him to sign. I was hoping against … …
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter →
I think I may have to read this if not out of a need for enjoyment, then out of pure curiosity. Here’s a book trailer for it. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is already available, I just hadn’t heard…
Twitter Stories and Books →
It seems to be a new phenomenon (new yet old with how quickly everything takes shape these days) taking place, turning your web activities into a book, or using social online platforms as…
1001 Penguins To Read Before You Die: 1800s →
This is carrying on from the last post with Penguin’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die where I posted the list for pre-1700s and 1700s. Following is the list for 1800s and the next in line…
Review: Kallocain →
This classic Swedish novel envisioned a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain’s depiction of a totalitarian world state is a montage of what…
Do You Love Your Library? →
Do you love your local library? What’s not to love? There’s free books to read, that lovely old book smell, it’s quiet (that makes me so happy), they even have e-reads in some libraries now, comic…
Review: Tomorrow When The War Began →
I read this as part of the Aussie Author Challenge, I’m only reading three books in the challenge and this is my second one. Ellie and her friends leave home one quiet morning, wave goodbye to their…
Review: On The Road →
Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment…
Sutherland Shire Book Club →
I thought it was about time I posted about my book club especially seeing as we had our first meeting during the weekend and I have a book blog. I may as well take advantage of having a book blog… …