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Bring up the Bodies
(With apologies to Hilary Mantel). A crime novel from New Zealand and a stellar winner of the Miles Franklin Award which isn't a crime novel but one in which crimes certainly occur.
Mar 22
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Descending into the Dark Depths
Quite a bit about bottom feeders and spiders
Mar 6
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Jul 10, 2021
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Among Aliens in a Strange Land
A brilliant science fiction novel and a non-fiction history book both look at living among others with very different languages and culture.
Feb 19
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The Light of Other Days
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Deeply Buried Secrets
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2022: A Year of Reading
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Descending into the Dark Depths
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A Confusion of Tongues
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Gaiety in the Graveyard
Murky goings-on in 1926 London, and mysterious doings in a cemetery, among other good reads this time.
Feb 5
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A Confusion of Tongues
Some excellent reading, ranging from a fantasy about the power of words to the re-imagining of a legendary figure.
Jan 15
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2022: A Year of Reading
I read some really great books last year and so of course I'm going to tell you all about them.
Jan 1
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Extraordinary Courage
Two books dealing with crimes against women and their struggle to be believed.
Dec 5, 2022
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Singing Psalms Astride a Slow Horse
An intriguing first novel from an Australian screenwriter, and a review of an enjoyable spy/thriller novel in the form of a TV series.
Nov 23, 2022
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Deeply Buried Secrets
A truly excellent crime novel, a fascinating work of non-fiction, and much else.
Nov 6, 2022
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A Lad of the Limberlost Escapes the Rising Seas
I review a wonderful new novel by Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott, as well as a prescient and elegiac novel about climate change.
Oct 16, 2022
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In the Lap of the Gods
A strongly feminist re-telling of Greek myth, and an intriguing collection of short stories which invoke the fantastic in the modern world.
Oct 1, 2022
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2022: A Year of Reading
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A Confusion of Tongues
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