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Review: A Lifetime of Impossible Days, by Tabitha Bird

August 10, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird

“Wow. Just wow.” These were my first thoughts on reading the final page of Tabitha Bird’s incredible novel. A Lifetime of Impossible Days is, at its core, a heartbreaking love letter to therapy after childhood trauma. I adored the writing, I miss the characters already and I wholeheartedly endorse the argument that you can’t change […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: australian fiction, Australian Women Writers Challenge, book reviews, contemporary fiction, literary fiction, magical realism, speculative fiction

Review: A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, by Jane Rawson

August 7, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer 1 Comment

A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists by Jane Rawson

I watched an interview with Jane Rawson on ABC’s The Mix recently and was struck by her comment that she tries to insert humour into climate fiction, which is not an easy thing to do. After reading her novel, A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists I can happily attest that she absolutely succeeded. […]

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Review: Gulliver’s Wife, by Lauren Chater

May 10, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Gullivers Wife by Lauren Chater

I really enjoyed this story. I love Lauren Chater’s writing and was a huge fan of her first book, The Lace Weaver, set during World War II. Gulliver’s Wife takes us further back in history – to 1702 in London – to imagine what life might have been like for the fictional wife of Jonathan […]

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Review: Blackbirds Sing, by Aiki Flinthart

March 23, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Blackbirds Sing by Aiki Flinthart

In an effort to distract myself from the anxiety-inducing news cycle, I’ve decided to catch up on my book reviews instead. I’m starting with Blackbirds Sing, by Aiki Flinthart, because it’s a 5-star read that’s immersive, fascinating and ultimately hopeful. Blackbirds Sing is the story of the attempted assassination of King Henry VII of England. […]

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Review: The Old Lie, by Claire G. Coleman

January 9, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer 5 Comments

The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman

The Old Lie, by Claire G. Coleman is one of those brilliant but infuriating novels that you really want to tell other people to read, but is really hard to describe properly without including at least a couple of almost-spoilers. I can tell you that it’s a wonderfully imaginative, dark novel set in the future (mostly in […]

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14 of the best novels of 2019 that I plan to read in 2020

January 1, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer 3 Comments

14 of the best novels of 2019 that I plan to read in 2020

I read nearly 70 books in 2019 and still I feel like I missed out on so many great novels that kept shooting past my feed! Luckily I’ve saved them all to my Goodreads ‘Want to Read’ list. There are currently 269 books on that list so, unless I win the lottery and withdraw from […]

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