10 posts published by Jennifer during December 2024| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
I managed to read more than 240 books during 2024, and have identified (through a long, arduous process) my favourite fifteen novels: Murder You Wrote by LJM Owen (Ed) No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann The Birds by Daphne du Maurier The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins Half of a … Continue reading The end of 2024| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
This novel, set in the Australian Riverina in 1974, will bring back memories for those of us old enough to remember the Whitlam era. And in the small (fictional) town of Gunnawah, Ms Salt touches on many of the issues important at the time. Nineteen-year-old Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette. … Continue reading Gunnawah by Ronni Salt| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
‘The missing Tuesday jocks bugged me.’ This was the second of two books I received from the new Crime Waves imprint of Clan Destine Press in October, and I devoured it during November. I am a big fan of Ms Ross’s novel ‘Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie’ and was keen to check out these fifteen … Continue reading Tuesday Jocks and Other Stories by Fin J Ross| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
‘A frenzy of polarization and misgovernance has engulfed American politics. Actors and institutions—on both sides of the political divide—are silencing disfavoured speech.’ As an Australian, I watch US politics with interest and have done so for over fifty years. More recently and especially during the last two presidential campaigns, I was never quite sure whether … Continue reading How America Works… and Why it Doesn’t: A Brief Guide to the US Political System by William Cooper| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
I have borrowed this idea from a few other bloggers as an opportunity to highlight a past review of a book that has stayed with me, and it is reviews of those books I am looking to share. This week, I have chosen Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte I first read this novel over 50 … Continue reading Flashback Friday| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
If you enjoy fast-paced stories and can totally suspend disbelief, this novel (the first in a series of three) may appeal to you. If not, read no further. If you are still with me, here’s the blurb that captured my attention: ‘Carl Logan was the perfect agent. A loner, with no real friends or family, … Continue reading Dance with the Enemy (The Enemy #1) by Rob Sinclair| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words, where bloggers share the books that they’ve recently finished, what they are currently reading and what books they are planning to read next. Essentially you have to answer three questions (the Three Ws): What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish … Continue reading WWW Wednesday| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
Merry Christmas, Molly! I loved the first two books in this series and jumped at the chance to read this novella when it was released. If you have read the first two novels, you will recognise some of the characters and you will appreciate just how special Molly is. And, like me, you will be … Continue reading The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid #2.5) by Nita Prose| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
1885, UK. A young woman is on the run from police, knowing that if she is caught, she will be hanged for murder. She collides with a stranger, falls and breaks her ankle. The stranger, Marcus Greybourne, convinces the police officer in pursuit of the woman that she is his reclusive wife, Luna. The young … Continue reading The Ravenswood Witch by Jenni Keer| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
The duality of the Australian coast is at the centre of this novel. A place of beauty, which can also be a place of terror. I’ve been inspired by the coastline (particularly in Tasmania) and have a…| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
'Inside a book is a different world...'| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
10 posts published by Jennifer during May 2024| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large
‘She does not want to remember but she is here and memory is gathering bones.’ The novel opens with a prologue, set in 1974. Hirut has travelled from rural Ethiopia to Addis Ababa, to return letter…| Tasmanian Bibliophile @Large