Category Archives: Malla Nunn (Aus)

2015: The good, the bad and the dog walkers

Posted on January 2, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

As seems to be almost mandatory among book bloggers I’m wrapping up last year’s reading by reflecting on what the year threw at me, book wise. I should tell you this list is a bit haphazard because my memory for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ausma Zehanat Khan, Bernard Keane (Aus), books of the year, Cath Staincliffe, Derek B. Miller, J.M. Peace (Aus), Jorn Lier Horst, K.T. Medina, Malla Nunn (Aus), Patricia Carlon (Aus), Paula Hawkins, Philippe Georget, Sulari Gentill (Aus) | 19 Comments

2015: A year in reading Australian Women Writers

Posted on December 30, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

For reasons I shan’t bore you with the last half of this year has been…difficult. So much so that I have read little, blogged less and almost entirely let down my fellow Australian Women Writers challenge co-hosts by dropping that … Continue reading →

Posted in Anna Jaquiery, books of the year, Felicity Young (Aus), J.M. Peace (Aus), Lizzy Chandler, Malla Nunn (Aus), Patricia Carlon (Aus), Sulari Gentill (Aus), Tracy Ryan | Tagged | 3 Comments

Books of the month: February 2015

Posted on March 1, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month Although I’ve had another month full of great reading experiences I can’t go past the first book I finished as my pick for the month. PRESENT DARKNESS is Malla Nunn’s best book to date (and I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Agnete Friis, Alan Hunter, books of the month, Cath Staincliffe, Ellery Adams, Elly Griffiths, Gabrielle Lord (Aus), K.T. Medina, Leighton Gage, Lene Kaaberbol, Lizzy Chandler, Malla Nunn (Aus), Robert Gott (Aus), Tracy Ryan | 9 Comments

Aussie Authors Aced

Posted on July 16, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I know the title doesn’t mean much but I had a yen for alliteration. What it means is that I have finished the highest possible level of the Aussie Author Challenge (8 books by Aussie Authors during 2010). And it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian Hyland (Aus), Aussie Authors Challenge 2010, Brian Kavanagh (Aus), Colleen McCullough (Aus), Kathryn Fox (Aus), Leah Giarratano (Aus), list, Malla Nunn (Aus), memes and challenges, Michael Robotham (Aus), P D Martin (Aus) | 4 Comments

Review: Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn

Posted on May 31, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

Malla Nunn’s first novel, A Beautiful Place to Die, was one of my favourite books of last year so I was keen to get my hands on this second, follow-up novel. I’m also counting it towards my Aussie Authors challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Aussie Authors Challenge 2010, book review, Malla Nunn (Aus), South Africa | 6 Comments

Books of the month – April 2010

Posted on May 1, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

In an effort to make my end of year selection of best reads a little easier I have decided to sum up each month’s bookishness here at the blog. Most people would have started in January but I’ve never been … Continue reading →

Posted in Arnaldur Indriðason, books of the month, Deon Meyer, Leif Davidsen, Luis Miguel Rocha, Malla Nunn (Aus), Margot Kinberg, Matt Beynon Rees, Michele Giuttari, Shona MacLean, Simon Lelic | 3 Comments

2009 – The Favourites

Posted on January 2, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I don’t rely entirely on my ratings for including a book into my favourite reads of the year. There’s also an indefinable ‘something-about-it-stuck-in-my-head-long-after-finishing’ quality that comes into play and that element is unknown when I give my rating (which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian Hyland (Aus), books of the year, Colin Cotterill, Denise Mina, Johan Theorin, Karin Alvtegen, list, Malla Nunn (Aus), Matt Beynon Rees, Reginald Hill, Stieg Larsson, Tom Rob Smith | 7 Comments

Review: A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn

Posted on November 15, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

Title: A Beautiful Place to Die Author: Malla Nunn Publisher: Pan MacMillan [2008] ISBN: 978-1-405-03877-5 Length: 397 pages Genre: Historical crime fiction / police procedural ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ My rating: 5/5 One-liner: A stunningly confronting yet beautiful book. … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Malla Nunn (Aus), South Africa | 6 Comments