by Mic Loves Books | Jun 18, 2021 | Round-ups
We are already halfway through the year and there have been an amazing array of crime novels released and our stats reflect that they are being discovered by readers and shared with all of us. I’m feeling quite introverted and have little to say today so...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Jun 16, 2021 | Round-ups
We are almost halfway through the year, and the number of young adult books read this month has been on trend with previous months -with twenty-one children’s books read, and thirteen reviews for young adult books were entered. Most of the books were different,...
by Tegan Edwards | Jun 14, 2021 | Round-ups
Hello Readers! A very quiet month in this corner of the challenge. I can sympathise having read a grand total of 2 books myself for the last two months. And one of them was a re-read (and if I’m being really honest the other was mostly illustrations)… ...
by whisperinggums | Jun 9, 2021 | Round-ups
May 2021 is quite a different month to May last year. The pandemic had started but we had no idea how long it would last. We still don’t know, but we know more about it now, and have some strategies for managing it. That’s a good thing. Bookselling stats...
by Jess Fitzpatrick | Jun 7, 2021 | Round-ups
With the weather cooling down rapidly, it’s the perfect time to curl up with an amazing book written by some of our fantastic Australian women writers. It seems we all had the same idea last month in May, with a whooping fifty-five (55) reviewes submitted across...
by Jenny Mustey | Jun 4, 2021 | Round-ups
Hello everyone and welcome to the May 2021 round up of General Fiction. During this month there have been 78 reviews contributed and undoubtedly the most popular title was Rachael John’s latest How to mend a broken heart which I leave to be included in the...
by Claire Holderness | Jun 2, 2021 | Round-ups
Nearly halfway through the year already, and May was a big month for speculative fiction with 28 books reviewed which is just fabulous. This is a longer round-up this month and I still haven’t been able to cover them all. Mic Loves Books and I, Claire’s...
by Rebecca Bowyer | May 28, 2021 | Round-ups
Welcome to the Australian Women Writers Challenge diversity round up for April and May 2021. In the past two months we’ve had a whopping 120 reviews of 74 books featuring themes of diversity and/or by Australian women writers from a diverse background. Thank you...
by Janine Rizzetti | May 26, 2021 | Round-ups
I always indulge in a little smile of satisfaction when all three aspects of the ‘History Memoir and Biography’ category are covered during a month. April 2021 was such a month, with 15 reviews of 14 books. Reviews of books already featured in previous...
by Tracey Gregory | May 25, 2021 | Round-ups
Let’s dive straight in to this Short Story Round up for February, March and April 2021. The most reviewed title over this period was The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood. Published by Allen and Unwin, this contains seventeen stories...
