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Redsultana is the personal blog of a working mum in Perth. Cellobella works in the mainstream media but amazingly has a life outside of it which she shares on her blog.
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Discomfort books
Jennifer Byrne from the First Tuesday Book Club on ABC1 says her comfort book is Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk. She read it when she was a teenager and it resonated. It’s the story of a Jewish teenager in the 1930s, living in New York...
Justine and the fairy of last minute ideas
Last weekend I spent a quite a bit of time at the Perth Writers Festival. I got to host a couple of children’s/young adult sessions which are my faves because a) the books are short and I can read them quickly - especially the picture books and...
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Here’s the massive coincidence. The last two books I’ve read have been The Islands by Di Morrissey and Careless in Red by Elizabeth George. (I know I’m supposed to have been reading The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - the Booker Priz...
The Islands by Di Morrissey
When you pick up a Di Morrissey book you are not expecting high literature, or even medium-high. You are expecting a rollocking saga with beautiful women and unreachable men set in an exotic location with a nod to the local culture. In this novel tha...
The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer’s series is written for teenagers and is essentially about fitting in and peer groups but it’s so much more. Touted as the new JK Rowling and with the first movie coming out on November 21st, this series mixes high-school ...
Great Australian Bushfire Stories by Ian Mannix
I’m guest reviewing Great Australian Bushfire Stories over at Aussie Bloggers today. Find out why I will never move to the Perth Hills. Never. Nah ah. And why I reckon this book is worth a read....
Breath by Tim Winton
I think this is Tim Winton’s best novel. He has lost his earlier pretentiousness. His writing is spare, evocative and compelling. The tale is told by a paramedic in his 50s who attends an accidental hanging. He knows it’s accid...
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
I had no interest in picking up Helen Garner’s latest novel The Spare Room. Helen has always seemed a little worthy, a little hard core for me. I based this assessment on what I’d seen of her in the media and some vague memory of her w...
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
I like Val McDermid’s writing. I always have. From Wire in the Blood to her lighter novels, they never fail to entertain. Highly descriptive, great character profiles, a page-turning plot. In The Grave Tattoo the action centres around the d...
