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What! Why? HOW?!: October 2010
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A walk in the world of a homeschool family. Mama Bear's Reading List. Monday, October 11, 2010. Teaching Farm Boy to Read. I am not really into the whole "teach your baby to read" thing. If that's what boils your potato, go ahead, but it isn't me. I would rather just read them lots and lots of books than mess around with flash cards! I was quite content to leave it until my children were at least seven before starting to teach then how to read. My children, however, had other ideas. The kicker with Farm ...
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Oz Reading Matters: The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
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The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton. Like her other novel I recently read Kate Morton's The Shifting Fog. Keeps the reader spellbound til the end. The delicious descripions of each character and their setting of the early 1900s drips with enough reality as to draw them clearly before you. Next on the list is her more recently published book The Distant Hours. 2014 Australian Women Writers. Australian Children's Choice Awards. Children's Book Council of Australia. Fremantle Children's Literature Centre. Andre...
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Oz Reading Matters: 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge + Forgotten Rebels of Eureka review
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2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge Forgotten Rebels of Eureka review. I've certainly set myself a decent challenge with this one, proposing to devour 20 books before years end and review them all. I've had a good start this year with Dr. Clare Wright's latest offing The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka - go buy it! How much has the Eureka Rebellion been twisted for various individuals and purposes other than it was first intended? That is up to the reader to conclude after the book is finished and we're f...
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Oz Reading Matters: Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries by Carola Dunn
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Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries by Carola Dunn. So far, I've enjoyed two of the Daisy Dalrymple. Tales; The Winter Garden Mystery and Damsel in Distress, both which I've read completely independent of the first, not needing to (but wanting to! Find the introductory story of Daisy Dalrymple. They are similar to the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood. But sufficiently different to be an entity in their own right. The effects of the war and the deadly Spanish Influenza epidemic following is often remarked up...
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Oz Reading Matters: Rotten to The Core by Sheila Connolly
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Rotten to The Core by Sheila Connolly. Rotten to The Core. Was another good read, a decent mystery which kept me guessing until about 10 pages from the end of the book, while a romance featuring the main character subtly burbled away in the background, adding to the storyline without overwhelming it or distracting the reader away from the main plot. Check out The Orchard Mysteries by Sheila Connolly. Labels: Rotten To The Core. 2014 Australian Women Writers. Australian Children's Choice Awards. Our Great...
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Oz Reading Matters: Biggles and The Boundary Riders!
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Biggles and The Boundary Riders! I popped off to the local op shops with the other half this morning and got a couple of surprises. The first one was a Biggles book that is based in Australia. Titled Biggles Works It Out. And, no I shant hear any jokes about Biggles, a pencil and constipation) and another which is actually a game book called Biggles Adventure Game of The Secret Night Flyer. Based on Capt. WE Johns' book Biggles and The Dark Intruder. And now I have it in my hot little hand. State Library...
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Oz Reading Matters: Blood in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope
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Blood in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope. Blood in the Cotswolds. Is, apparently, the fifth in a series of books but I found it quite easy to pick up and get straight into the story without having known the characters or their previous storylines. Is a damn good writer; she combines intrigue with descriptions of a beautiful countryside to make you drool even while reading about a grisly discovery under a tree. Looking forward to reading more in this series and from Rebecca Tope! Robert G. Barrett. 25 Illus...
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Oz Reading Matters: Slick Sisters Motorcycle Club by Michael Joseph Stanton
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Slick Sisters Motorcycle Club by Michael Joseph Stanton. I borrowed this from the library and wanted to like it, I really did. Slick Sisters Motorcycle Club. Sounded like it had all the elements including reincarnation. I got as far as about 1/3 into the book before I gave it up. Did not finish, can not recommend. Labels: Michael Jospeh Stanton. Slick Sisters Motorcycle Club. 2014 Australian Women Writers. Australian Children's Choice Awards. Children's Book Council of Australia. Robert G. Barrett. Daisy...
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Oz Reading Matters: The Lighthorseman's Daughter by David Crookes
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The Lighthorseman's Daughter by David Crookes. Yes, there is a thread of romance running through The Lighthorseman's Daughter. But it covers politics and historical events both here in Australia and overseas through what could be seen as an ugly period of time. Yet, there is a great deal to recommend both this book and the period of time - people struggled and got through, friendships were forged while marriages broke down under the weight of greed. While it is described as a romantic novel the romance i...
