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I'm tired of cancer eating my friends and family. I'm not a scientist, but I'm stubborn and I love books - so I'll be fundraising the sad and powerless right outta my hair.

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Trent Dalton’s Latest is Not What I Expected

Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton

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I think it was about page 42 of Trent Dalton’s latest when I messaged my sister: “This is not what I expected, but if he can land it, I’ll be impressed.” He landed it, and again, I’m impressed with Dalton.  Which I am sure means so, so much to him. All of Dalton’s books are different enough that I wouldn’t even say he has a consistent genre, beyond “Australian fiction.”  All Our Shimmering Skies was a fable, Lola In The Mirror was akin to an […]

In the year 2025, I’m Team Cozy Murders

Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief by Benjamin Stevenson

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

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I’ll be frank: this year hasn’t been easy.  I’m one of the first people to admit I’m sitting in a super-privileged position, and there are loads of people worse off than Mr Wen and I.  And yet.  It’s a world that’s demanded a certain, self-medicating level of whimsy (and, in some cases, Wimsey) (I’m sorry) in the novels I’m escaping into.  I’ve reread Dorothy Sayers, Margaret Maron, and Penny Reid.  I’ve joined The Best Niece in Australia on the Keeper of the Lost Cities train, […]

My Year of Reading Carelessly

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For more years than I care to remember, I’ve kept track of how many novels I’ve read.  Back in the long, long ago, this was just a tally.  More recently, it’s been a series of journals, with books read dated, numbered, and thumbnails captured on the way through so I could easily write a review at a more convenient moment. This year, in a state of burnout I didn’t even realise I was in until it ended, I wrote one thumbnail – for The Book […]

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Some Actually Recommended Romances

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

Enemies With Benefits by Roxie Noir

Dear Grumpy Boss by Julia Wolf

Bananapants by Penny Reid

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I’m still reading romance novels on my kindle, and when people ask me what I recommend, it’s always Paul Murray or Ted Chiang or “Oh, I’ve just reread Siri Hustvedt’s What I Loved.”  I have got to stop being ashamed of reading them, though, because some of the most fun I’ve had this year has been reading romances. This is by no means a comprehensive list of the top 4 romance novels I’ve read this year – it’s just the top 4 most recently read […]

2024 Was The Year Of The Hockey Novel

Slap Shot by Kat Mizera

Ice Breaker by Hanna Grace

The Boyfriend Goal by Lauren Blakely

Thoroughly Pucked by Lauren Blakely

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There are SO MANY hockey romances around, you guys!!  I read a random sampling of them over the course of the year.  Please, allow my sacrifice to guide you, as you choose more wisely than I did. Slap Shot was a fun if forgettable romance.  First in the series, but the subsequent novels were, according to my notes, “too expensive to be worth it.”  My thumbnails are occasionally rude like that. Juliet heads to a hockey match, and gets hit in the head by a […]

Are you reading Ben Stevenson yet?

Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Fool Me Twice: Two Twisty Mysteries by Benjamin Stevenson

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I’ve reviewed a couple of Ben Stevenson’s books in the past, and I remain a shameless devotee of his writing.  These two represent the highs and the lows of it, but both remain part of my top twenty books for the year. Fool Me Twice took me back to my childhood.  It can be read from either side – flip the book and start a new story – and is comprised of two novella-length stories. The first story, Find Us, is a pretty creepy kidnapping […]



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