Category Archives: William Deverell

I’ve (virtually) climbed Mount Logan

Posted on May 26, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I’m prepared to accept that reading 13 books is not quite as rigorous a challenge as climbing the highest mountain in Canada, and I’m sure it was a lot more fun but the stages of the Canadian Book Challenge #4 … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Catherine Hunter, Dick Francis, Gail Bowen, Giles Blunt, Inger Ash Wolfe, list, Louise Penny, Margaret Atwood, Mary Jane Maffini, memes and challenges, Michael Van Rooy, Robin Spano, Stef Penney, Vicki Delany, William Deverell | 6 Comments

Crime Fiction Alphabet: E is for Environment

Posted on February 8, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I’m probably more sympathetic to environmental themes than the average reader (I’ve voted Green more than once in my life) but even so I hate being lectured to or preached at. However there are some crime fiction gems among all … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Hiaasen, Clare Francis, Crime Fiction Alphabet, G M Ford, list, Randy Wayne White, Ruth Rendell, William Deverell | 6 Comments

Extreme Reading

Posted on November 15, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I have officially completed the extreme level of the 2010 Global Reading Challenge. This required me to read 3 books set in different countries of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America plus two books set in Antarctica and … Continue reading →

Posted in Charlotte Jay, Claudia Pineiro, Glen Peters, Global Reading Challenge 2010, Kwei Quartey, Lindy Kelly, list, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, Margie Orford, Mario Vargas Llosa, Matt Dickinson, Mehmet Murat Somer, Michael Stanley, Michele Giuttari, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Rob Kitchin, Robin Bowles (Aus), Sarah Andrews, Shuichi Yoshida, Teresa Solana, William Deverell | 10 Comments

Review: April Fool by William Deverell

Posted on August 7, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I’m counting this as the last book on the North American leg of my Global Reading challenge as well as the first stop on my Canadian Book Challenge which measures progress in terms of mountain peaks climbed so I have reached … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Canada, Canadian Book Challenge #4, 2010-11, Global Reading Challenge 2010, William Deverell | 9 Comments