by whisperinggums | Aug 12, 2020 | Round-ups
Woo hoo, we are now officially two-thirds through winter. I don’t know about you, but after such a horrible year, I really hope summer will bring us some joy, which means warm days and not fires. What do you reckon? However we still have some winter to get...
by TheresaSmithWrites | Aug 10, 2020 | Round-ups
In times of uncertainty and isolation, we are all still turning to books for comfort. I am grateful to all of you who are still reading and reviewing and contributing to our challenge. Historical fiction has had a quiet but steady July with 29 reviews on 18 books...
by Jenny Mustey | Aug 7, 2020 | Round-ups
Welcome to another general fiction round up as we head into the second part of the year. Thanks to everyone who has submitted such interesting reviews over the past month, well done to everyone for continuing to read and focus on our Australian Women Writers. We had...
by Claire Holderness | Aug 5, 2020 | Round-ups
Wow, August already, considering we’ve spent a great deal of this year amidst the COVID epidemic, it certainly seems to have gone fast. I have to admit, my own reading has dropped off over the last 4 months, but luckily there are still plenty of people out there...
by Mrs B's Book Reviews | Aug 3, 2020 | Round-ups
It was a fairly quiet July according to our monthly stats intake, but there is still a great selection of romance reads to consider adding to your reading lists. My thanks to all those lovely readers that linked a romance entry to the challenge over the month, it is...
by Rebecca Bowyer | Jul 24, 2020 | Round-ups
This month’s round up of reviews of books by diverse Australian women writers, or books featuring themes of diversity, is a double header for June and July 2020. Our lovely reviewers have been busy again, linking up 82 reviews of 59 books over the 2 months. It...
by Janine Rizzetti | Jul 22, 2020 | Round-ups
There were ten books read during June in the History, Memoir and Biography genre, many of which have been reviewed previously. Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s I Choose Elena was read by Jennifer Cameron-Smith and Jackie (a new reviewer who has been very busy reading...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jul 15, 2020 | Round-ups
June saw an increase in the number of children’s books read – 23 reviews entered, and roughly the same stats for young adult – 9 reviews entered. A cursory glance shows these reviews are diverse in genre, form, plot and themes. With so many to choose from, I’ll start...
by whisperinggums | Jul 8, 2020 | Round-ups
And so we reach the end of the first half of what has been the weirdest year in a long time (not to mention the worst year for me in a long time.) Nonetheless, we are still reading and so I have a monthly round-up for you. (Not so) Jolly June It seems that most of us,...
by Mrs B's Book Reviews | Jul 6, 2020 | Round-ups
A warm welcome and it is my pleasure to provide you with an overview of the June 2020 results for the category of romance from our talented set of Australian women writers. My sincere thanks to everyone who linked across reviews to the romance genre to keep this...
