by Ashleigh Meikle | Nov 17, 2021 | Reviews, Round-ups
October saw the Australians in lockdown emerge for the most part. We had eight young adult reviews and ten for younger readers – perhaps a reflection of slower reading, easing of restrictions and a desire to get out into the weather as it warms up and heads towards...
by Ashleigh Meikle | Aug 18, 2021 | 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 | Jul 21, 2021 | Round-ups
We’re halfway through the year, and a brief look at the stats shows that Children’s and Younger readers up to middle grade has had the most entries – though some middle grade books have been classed as Young Adult – the argument could be made that some a borderline....
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 Ashleigh Meikle | Nov 18, 2020 | Round-ups
We’re coming to the end of a very hard year. COVID restrictions are still part of our lives in various ways across the world, and as we head into summer, it is still quite cold – good reading weather. As I write this, not far from the beach, I have jeans on, and a...
