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Reading Roundup: The 35 books read in 2024 + my top Christmas gift recommendations
A reading bonanza in 2024! Here are my top picks to inspire your next visit to the library or bookshop.
Winton’s new novel throws down gauntlet to WA’s biggest companies
West Australian author Tim Winton has used his new novel to throw a lit match into the gas-rich environment that is West Australian politics.
I hit the epilogue and felt confused. Then I figured out what was going on
I kept expecting more. Right up until it said “Epilogue”. Then I realised what was going on.
Em’s 2023 Reading Roundup: The 32 books read + one-line reviews of my top reads
A definite reading recovery in 2023! Here are my top picks and some Christmas gift recommendations too.
Review: Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte Wood
This latest novel from Stella Prize-winning Charlotte Wood keeps her work firmly in that most elusive of categories: literary page-turners.
Review: Storylines, Carrie Cox
A timely and vital novel from one of Australia’s best-kept secrets.
Review: The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall, Karen Herbert
Karen Herbert is Perth’s new mystery-writing machine and her second novel is polished to a shine.
Review: So Many Beats of the Heart, Carrie Cox
West Australian journalist and author Carrie Cox breaks new and fertile ground in this wise, funny and compassionate new novel.
