by Marisa Wikramanayake | Sep 25, 2016 | Round-ups
Here, in Perth, I am surrounded by books I wish to read, food and the company of cats as I wait for this year’s Australian winter to stop masquerading as spring and go away. There have been one too many hot cups of tea and hot chocolate made to warm up my fingers as I struggle to turn the pages of books. Each year I am always keen to see how many books kept us company during the winter months. Each year, this is usually when I fail to post about those books you have read and reviewed.
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Apr 29, 2016 | Round-ups
We are now four months into the year and turning the corner into winter we are snuggling up with seven books by ten authors. As the rain beats down in staccato and calypso beats on our roofs, eleven reviews by ten of you lovely readers brought to our attention books...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Mar 26, 2016 | Round-ups
So far to kickstart our year off, we have 13 reviews of 11 books by 11 authors within the first two months alone. Now this is great because it means, we (and by we, I mean you because I haven’t even begun my challenge reading yet this year), we are reading more...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Feb 25, 2016 | Round-ups
We have eased into the year this year, these first two months of 2016 with six titles reviewed so far in the non fiction category with reader and reviewer Jennifer Cameron-Smith submitting three reviews in her bid to be the first person this year to complete the...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | Jan 25, 2016 | Yearly wrap-up
Let’s start with the numbers. In 2015, for poetry specifically there were 26 reviews of 23 books by 20 authors. What this means is that we have a huge diversity in what you read and reviewed in 2015 which is actually quite a great thing because instead of more...