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September 20, 2023

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#AusReadingMonth23 Sign-up Post

by NancyElin

Green Island Reef, Carins Australia

 

  1. Oh, Brona…my Australian TBR is out of control!
  2. Every year I participate in your #AusReadingMonth Challenge 
  3. …but there are always books that I don’t get around to reading.
  4. Now, I’m going to read Aussie from 21 September – 31 December (14 weeks).
  5. Yes, I’m starting a little early but I MUST make a dent in the  Aussie TBR!
  6. Reviews that I upload this month
  7. …I’ll link to your master post on 01 October 2023.

 

  1. I had a wonderful summer (no blogposts) for 3 months
  2. …but is time to get back to reading.
  3. I’ve made a list for
  4. ….my literary trip Down Under
  5. reading some great Australian authors.
  6. More information about #AusReadingMonth
  7. … can be found by This Reading Life (aka)
  8. Bronasbooks 

 

My  Australian TBR ( …as reference for myself)

  1. The Timeless Land – Eleanor Dark 
  2. The Commandant – Jessica Anderson 
  3. Danger Music – Eddie Ayres 
  4. The Kindness of Birds – M. Bobis
  5. Lake Malibu – Su-May Tan
  6. Lies, Damned Lies – C. Coleman
  7. If You’re Happy – F. Robertson
  8. This I Know To Be True – A. Bovell (play)
  9. The Secret River – A. Bovell (play)
  10. The Element of Need – J. Badley
  11. Blue Fin – C. Thiele
  12. The Turning – T. Winton
  13. When the Rain Stops Falling – A. Bovell (play)
  14. Under the Cold Bright Lights – G. Disher
  15. Unreliable Memoirs – C. James
  16. Hell West and Crooked  – T. Cole
  17. Bodies of Men – N. Featherstone
  18. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida – S. Karunatilaka
  19. West Block – S. Dowse
  20. Salt Creek  – Lucy Treloar
  21. See What I Have Done – S. Schmidt
  22. The Timeless Land – E. Dark
  23. Honor – J. Murray-Smith (play)
  24. Remembered Presences – A. Croggon
  25. Coal Creek – A. Miller
  26. Accidental Feminists – J. Caro
  27. Buckley’s Chance – G. Linnell
  28. The Stranger Artist – Q. Sprague
  29. The Hilton Bombing – I. Salusinszky
  30. Noho Wisdom Tree 5 – N. Earls
  31. Comfort Food – E. van Neerven
  32. Another Love Another Life – G. Hetherington
  33. Murmurations – C. Lefevre
  34. A Life Underwater – C. Veron
  35. Waiting For Elijah – K. Wild
  36. Offshore – M. Gleeson
  37. My Name Is Revenge – A. K. Blunt
  38. Revolutinary Spring – Christopher Clark
  39. Fishing for Lightning – S. Holland-Batt
  40. See What I Have Done – S. Schmidt
  41. Killing for Country – David Marr

 

READ:

  1. The Man on the Headland – Kylie Tennant 
  2. Ghosts of the Orphanage – Christine Kenneally
  3. The Dead Still Cry Out: Story of a Combat Cameraman – Helen Lewis 
  4. The Burnished Sun – M. Riwoe
  5. The Winter Road – K. Holden
  6. Where the Water Ends – Z. Holman
  7. Witness – L. Milligan
  8. Flesh Made New – J. Risk/C. Power
  9. Toxic – R. Flanagan
  10. Kultitja – L. Wells
  11. Island Home – T. Winton
  12. The Biggest Estate of Earth – B. Gammage
  13. Bearing Witness – Peter  Rees
  14. Silent Invasion – C. Hamilton
  15. The Palestine Laboratory – Antony Loewenstein
  16. Bedlam at Botany Bay – J. Dunk
  17. Flawed Hero: Truth Lies and War Crimes – Chris Masters
  18. Currowan – B. Adcock
  19. The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow (1996)
  20. Bulldozed – Niki Savva
  21. Crossing the Line  – Nick McKenzie
  22. The Passion of Private White – Don Watson 
  23. Australia’s China Odyssey  – James Curran
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15 Comments Post a comment
  1. Sep 20 2023

    You are always so ambitious!! My dad would have been proud to have you as a “daughter” with your thirst for knowledge!

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    • Sep 20 2023

      Kath, I read a lot….you cook a lot…together we can conquer the world and enjoy a great meal at the end of the day! XO Nancy

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  2. Sep 20 2023

    You can call me anything but “late for supper”!! With you around it always took the pressure off of “quiz night”!

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    • Sep 20 2023

      I remember….I’ll always be your ‘firewall’!

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    • Sep 20 2023

      Pressure? I always felt pressure on Sunday night 05:30 PM ….sitting between my father and sister…watching College Bowl. I knew NOTHING! Ha!

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      • Sep 20 2023

        I find that hard to believe but I guess it’s a bit like watching Jeopardy!

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  3. Sep 20 2023

    I think you have made up for it since!

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  4. Sep 20 2023

    Thank you for joining in again Nancy and in your usual enthusaistic way :-)
    I read The Commandant a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I’m keen to read more books by Tennant after reading The Battlers earlier this year.
    Lots of interesting non-fiction in there too.

    I currently have one Aust fiction and two non-fiction books on the go atm, so hopefully I will hit the ground running on the 1st Oct for my own reading event!!

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    • Sep 21 2023

      Brona, good to be back “Down Under”! I took a prolonged vacation from reading/blogging this summer. It was the best thing I could do after a reading slump. September was a month with a few short reviews on Goodreads to get me going again. Now I firing on all 4 cylinders! I’ve a long list to read…it will take me months…but I’m determined to reduce my TBR on Kindle. All this Aussie reading started way back in 2015 when you recommended Ruth Park’s “The Harp in the South”. Thanks for hosting all these years through ups and downs!

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      • Sep 21 2023

        It is your enthusiasm and support that has helped me through the down times for sure – so thank you Nancy xoxo

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  5. Sep 21 2023

    Brona, now the hard part….which book to being this journey?

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  6. Sep 21 2023

    Brona, I’m just going to pick a number out of a hat!

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  7. Oct 2 2023

    I love your enthusiasm and, I think I’ve said this before but, the structure of your blog posts with the line numbering system makes me SO happy, and I have no idea why. No one else reviews books in such a way!

    My AusReadingMonth list is tiny, but even one book is a success, right?

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    • Oct 2 2023

      So glad to see your sign-up post! There are so many great Australian books that stay under the radar in America. One of my first books was the classic “On the Beach” by N. Shute. The Kindle version costs less than a Hershey Bar…0,99 cents. It is a subtle slow-burner…but you feel the doom approaching! Ther is also a great list of Australian writers on the right-side of blog page….you can check out any review to see if there is a book you may like. Reading Australian non-fiction…got #NonFicNov23. See post with images of the Walkley Awards ans Australian Political Book Awards…or check out the book awards website. Short stories…quick and easy…check out Tony Bitch’s “Dark As Last Night”….amazing. My layout? I write the posts the in the way that people can quick-scan my thoughts. I cannot tell you how many book blogpost I never end up reading b/c they are too long…too many long quotes and my eyes just glaze over it all. Write concise…to the point and make yor reviews personal. That’s the interesting part b/c we all can read a book blurb. Thanks for stopping by!

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