by Janine Rizzetti | Jan 22, 2020 | Round-ups
December 2019 brought 12 reviews of 11 books to the Challenge, and what a diverse bunch they are this time! There were reviews of books that have been mentioned in the Round-Ups earlier, some new books published during 2019 and some old books stretching back decades....
by ladyredjess | Jan 21, 2020 | Round-ups
The ‘diversity’ check box was included when the AWW Challenge began in 2012 with the aim (which mirrors that of the challenge as a whole) of drawing attention to writers whose work might be overlooked in reading communities. As editor, I have tended to focus upon...
by Mic Loves Books | Jan 17, 2020 | Yearly wrap-up
Here I sit with bickering children as a backdrop, counting down the days, and I realised it’s Friday; on an even month that would mean that it’s Crime Fiction round-up day so it makes for perfect timing to slide in my Yearly Wrap Up. 2019 was a great year...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jan 15, 2020 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
December Round Up 2019 Welcome to the December Round Up for Children’s and Young Adult books. We had ten reviews for Young Adult, and – reviews for Children’s books. We had a few different reviewers in the YA section, and one book I want to highlight amongst others...
by Brona68 | Jan 13, 2020 | Yearly wrap-up
Finding a reflective frame of mind at the moment, has been hard to do. As an eastern sea-boarder feeling rather overwhelmed by the fire crisis of the past three months, I’m not sure that taking stock is something I can do until the fires are out. Or maybe I just...
by whisperinggums | Jan 8, 2020 | Yearly wrap-up
So, it is January and time for our various 2019 round-ups, which, of course, have already started coming. But, oh dear, what a terrible time for us to be writing our enthusiastic round-up posts, when so many Australians (including some of us?) are in such trouble....
by Mrs B's Book Reviews | Jan 6, 2020 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Welcome and a happy new year to you all. It is with great pleasure that I present to you the 2019 yearly wrap up of Romance, Erotica and Romantic Suspense incorporated genres. I feel like an old hat now with this role, as this year marks my third year supporting the...
by Claire Holderness | Jan 1, 2020 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Happy New Year!!!!! December gave spec fiction another great month of reading with 33 books linked this month, keep up the good work, this is just fabulous. This months post I’ll feature a few of these book and then some stats wrapping up 2019. First up and...
by TheresaSmithWrites | Dec 29, 2019 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
December Round Up:Numbers were pretty light on for December in the historical fiction area, with just 29 reviews on 22 books written by 21 authors. In saying this though, there was a lot of variety in terms of the books reviewed with many older titles popping up....
by ladyredjess | Dec 27, 2019 | Round-ups
Happy holidays all! I hope this finds you in a cool spot with a book. If you need any more reading recommendations, the following roundup might help. As with the previous roundup, there were 80 reviews tagged with ‘diversity’ from September to December, so there are...
