Reading Pile for Aussie Author Month 2013

During Aussie Author Month I am planning on only reading books by Australian Authors. Because I spent all my 'fun' budget on concerts in the last two months I will not be buying books, so these will be books I already own and love. I may also borrow one or two novels from others if I get a hankering to explore. There are so many amazing authors from Australia but sadly they fly under the radar. I love that Aussie Author Month highlights this homegrown talent. Below is a list of the books I have read so far this month, and the books I am considering reading during the rest of Aussie Author Month.

Read:

• Gift Of the Goddess by Denise Rossetti
• Tail Spin by Denise Rossetti
• Strongman by Denise Rossetti

Reading:

• Guilty As Sin by Denise Rossetti

Possible(*) Planned Reads:

• Thyla by Kate Gordon
• Penumbra by Keri Arthur 
• Dragonfly by Erica Hayes
• Genesis by Lara Morgan
• Equinox by Lara Morgan
• Dark Star by Lara Morgan
• Checkers by John Marsden
• So Much To Tell You by John Marsden
• Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
• The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
• Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
• Quest by Shannah Jay
• Lands of Nowhere by Shannah Jay
• Shadow of the Serpent by Shannah Jay
• The Price of Wisdom by Shannah Jay
• Envoy by Shannah Jay
• Drylands by Thea Astley
• The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea by Randolph Stow
• Visitants by Randolph Stow
• Strange Objects by Gary Crew
• The Hunting of Shadroth by Victor Kelleher
• Parkland by Victor Kelleher
• Guitar Highway Rose by Brigid Lowry
• Thunderwith by Liby Hathorn
• Chrysalis by Liby Hathorn
• Walking The Boundaries by Jackie French
• My Place by Sally Morgan
• Scatterlings by Isobelle Carmody

*I choose my reading material depending on my mood and how busy I am in my day job. If I am busy and wrapped up in the mundane I usually choose to read something light, either in content or writing style.

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Aussie Author Month is a terrific initiative shining a light on Australian authors whilst raising funds for the Indigenous Literacy Project.

You can win a copy of Sandra Antonelli's new novel A Basic Renovation (here}.

You can find out more {here} about guest posting during Aussie Author Month. Let's share the love for our fabulous Australian authors!

Teaser Tuesday: Thyla by Kate Gordon

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

I didn’t want to shower.
I didn’t want anyone to see my scars.
I didn’t want them to think I was strange.

Page 74 of Thyla by Kate Gordon

I will be reviewing Thyla for Book Thingo in the near future.

Teaser Tuesday: Thyla by Kate Gordon

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

As I lay in my new bed on the first night in my new school, the scars came alive.

Page 10 of Thyla by Kate Gordon

I will be reviewing Thyla for Book Thingo in the near future.

Teaser Tuesday: Thyla by Kate Gordon

I am taking part in Aussie Author Month during April. Daily links tweeted using the #ausbooks hash will be collated {here}. Aussie Author Month is also supporting donations to the Indigenous Literacy Project. You can donate through the Aussie Author Month ILP page on on GoFundraise.

My posts for Aussie Author Month can be found using the Aussie Author Month or #ausbooks tags. If you don't have a blog, I am looking for guest bloggers for Book Bites during April. If you are interested, please email me on book bites oz at gmail dot com.

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser: 

I just let Connolly talk as I watched the buildings whoosh by, feeling as if I was in a dreamland, partway between memory and the present.

Page 10 of Thyla by Kate Gordon
^It is a bit late - life got in the way. I was going to post it when I got home from work on Tuesday, but my internet died. Yesterday I was home sick with no internet, and I am sneaking this in at morning tea today. Don't hate me. I feel Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme, so some days it may be late.
I will be reviewing Thyla for Book Thingo in the near future.

Teaser Tuesday: Thyla by Kate Gordon

I am taking part in Aussie Author Month during April. Daily links tweeted using the #ausbooks hash will be collated {here}. Aussie Author Month is also supporting donations to the Indigenous Literacy Project. You can donate through the Aussie Author Month ILP page on on GoFundraise.

My posts for Aussie Author Month can be found using the Aussie Author Month or #ausbooks tags. If you don't have a blog, I am looking for guest bloggers for Book Bites during April. If you are interested, please email me on book bites oz at gmail dot com.

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser: 

I was warm. Too warm. I could feel something bearing down on me – at once soft and horribly heavy – and another word joined Tessa in my mind, as if the words were small creatures meeting together.
Blankets.
And then, I don’t like blankets.
And so now I knew four things.
But the rest was deafening emptiness.

Page 2 of Thyla by Kate Gordon
^It is a bit late - life got in the way.
I will be reviewing Thyla for Book Thingo in the near future.