August
Books
Chime: Franny Billingsley
Another great YA novel from this author, I
was so glad to find more from her as The Folk Keeper is a favourite of mine.
Here again we have fairies or Folk but they are a part of the landscape and
just want their stories to be told.
find it here
Raven
Flight: Juliet Marillier
Book 2. I am really enjoying this series. Love the
interactions with the Folk.
Dancing
on Knives: Kate Forsyth
A good yarn, with some Little Mermaid
references, I enjoyed it but found it did not have the same resonance and depth
as Bitter Greens or The Wild Girl. But still well worth the read.
Finding
Serendipity: Angelica Banks ( Heather Rose and
Danielle Wood)
A wonderful older children’s book about the
magical nature of writing a novel in which you have to travel to the place in
which that novel occurs. There were some truly delightful ideas here.
Heather Rose wrote one of my favourite books The River Wife here
The
Winter Sea: Di Morrisey
Not a bad yarn, set on the coast south of
Sydney, about leaving a marriage and finding yourself.
The
Wish List: Jane Costello
Emma is about to turn 30 when she finds a
wish list written at 15. I nice fun read.
Lighthouse
Bay: Kimberley Freeman
Another novel set by the Australian Beach,
this has a nice contrast between 1901 and 2011.
Non
Fiction
Personal
Geographies: Jill K Berry
How to make maps of any idea. I
particularly liked the heart map of Islands.
I am currently in the midst of several non-fiction books that I will list as I finish them.
Disclaimer:
Some of the links go to the Book Depository with whom I have an Affiliated Link
and so get 10% of the price you pay if
you purchase through that link. Where the book is currently no longer available there the links go to booko.com.au
which is a favourite site that will show you where books are available and at
what price. I do not get anything from here.
All
the books I read this month were library books
