by Ashleigh Meikle | Sep 15, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
With much of the country in various lockdowns, in particular in NSW and Victoria, I was again interested in seeing what our trends were – did readers lean more to books for younger readers or young adult, did they lean towards a certain genre or is there less...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Aug 18, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
July saw three states plunged back into lockdowns, making up half the population. Greater Sydney and several of its surrounding regions are still in lockdown, and I had wondered how this might alter our reading habits. In books for those under about thirteen – for the...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Apr 21, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
A quarter of the way through the year, and we’re back with the round up! This month we had 23 reviews for books aimed at children and younger readers, and 9 for young adult readers. Each category had quite a variety that it was hard to choose which ones to highlight....
by Jess Fitzpatrick | Apr 5, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
Happy Easter everyone. I hope you’ve all had a lovely long weekend and indulged in way too much chocolate, amazing books and great company. In the Romance, Erotic or Romantic Suspense category for March 2021, we had a total of twenty-eight (28) reviews...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Feb 17, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
Welcome to 2021, and the return of the monthly roundups. What a year it has been, with fires, floods and COVID. With 2021 starting with much uncertainty, I wasn’t sure what the numbers would bring. So it is a slow start to the year, perhaps due to fatigue with...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Aug 21, 2019 | Reviews, Round-ups
Welcome to the July Round Up for the Young Adult reads of the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge. Right on trend, we have twelve reviews this month – a few under what we usually have for Young Adult, but the stream of reviews has remained steady over the...
