Category Archives: mini review

A Shamini Flint love fest

Posted on December 17, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

I don’t remember the last time I read two books by the same author in immediate succession. It’s been at least 11 years (that’s when I started keeping a detailed record of my reading) but I have a sense it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in China, India, mini review, Shamini Flint | 6 Comments

Not a Review: THE HUSBAND’S SECRET by Liane Moriarty

Posted on June 24, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

I don’t normally read two of any author’s book’s in quick succession but my book club is going to discuss this one and BIG LITTLE LIES tomorrow. I wonder if my fellow club members will be as hard pressed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Liane Moriarty (Aus), mini review | 9 Comments

A.C.E. Mini Reviews

Posted on March 21, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

The title of this most means nothing. Or almost nothing. Other than that I have finished books by authors whose surnames begin with A, C and E in the past few weeks and I’m never going to get around to … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Edmondson, Ellery Adams, mini review | 2 Comments

Out of step on THE BIRD TRIBUNAL by Agnes Ravatn

Posted on December 4, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

I’m quite used to having a dissenting opinion about a popular or much-praised book but in the case of THE BIRD TRIBUNAL by Agnes Ravatn I seem to be a completely lonesome voice. Whether on Good Reads or Amazon or blogs … Continue reading →

Posted in Agnes Ravatn, mini review, Norway | 10 Comments

Palate Cleansers x 2

Posted on October 6, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

Whenever I have read a particularly harrowing or thought-provoking book I find myself looking for the literary equivalent of a palate cleanser. I still want quality storytelling but am happy to just go along for whatever ride the author has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellery Adams, Michael Woods, mini review | 3 Comments

Catching Up (the reviews that will never be #2)

Posted on November 14, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

For the second time this year I’ve been reading more than reviewing and have decided not to attempt to turn my rambling half-remembrances into fully fledged reviews. The recommendations that come my way via Clothes in Books are generally good … Continue reading →

Posted in Emily Schultz, Frankie Bow, mini review | Tagged | 8 Comments

Catching up (the reviews that will never be)

Posted on June 13, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

Lately I’ve read a few books that haven’t, for one reason or another, made it to a review post of their very own and I’ve decided to give up pretending they ever will. I have enough impossible backlogs in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Alan Bradley, Arnaldur Indriðason, Hans Olav Lahlum, June Wright, Leif G.W. Persson, mini review | 13 Comments

February didn’t make me shiver

Posted on February 27, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

One of my goals when starting this blog was to prompt me to write something about every book I read in the hope that I would remember them more clearly (I choose to believe my failing memory is due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles Todd, Christos Tsiolkas (Aus), Dick Francis, Helene Tursten, M.J. McGrath, mini review | 19 Comments

Aussie Authors Update #4

Posted on November 14, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

My reviews of Aussie crime fiction are published exclusively at my other blog, Fair Dinkum Crime, which I co-host with fellow Australian blogger and crime fiction fan Kerrie of Mysteries in Paradise. But I like to do an occasional wrap-up … Continue reading →

Posted in Christopher Currie (Aus), Geoffrey McGeachin (Aus), Helen Fitzgerald (Aus), J D Cregan (Aus), Kel Robertson (Aus), mini review | 3 Comments

Losing your mind

Posted on October 31, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

The final two books I have read during my most recent binge that will remain forever half-reviewed are Alice LaPlante’s Turn of Mind and S.J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep. The reason for not reviewing these properly is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice LaPlante, mini review, S J Watson | 12 Comments