Category Archives: musings

Topics I don’t want to read about. Evah.

Posted on October 9, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

I’ve been musing about this subject for a while but seeing someone else articulate their own version of it has prompted me to put my own rambling thoughts down on screen. Partly this is because I have oodles of free … Continue reading →

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Confession time: I don’t like second hand books

Posted on September 11, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

A really thoughtful post about the joys of secondhand books by Prashant over at Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema has prompted me to make this confession. Partly because I feel the need to explain my guilt and partly because … Continue reading →

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Musings on 2017’s Australian crime writing awards

Posted on August 26, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

It’s crime fiction awards season again here in Australia (and elsewhere) and while I am not participating as a judge in any way this year I can’t help but ponder the shortlists. I’ve tried not to be too obvious about … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian McKinty, Ann Turner (Aus), Candice Fox (Aus), Cath Ferla (Aus), Emily Maguire (Aus), Holly Throsby (Aus), Jane Harper (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Melina Marchetta (Aus), musings, Wendy James (Aus) | 6 Comments

In My Secret Life

Posted on November 13, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

But I know what is wrong, And I know what is right. And I’d die for the truth In My Secret Life. Leonard Cohen, In My Secret Life When they hear I have a blog most people who know me … Continue reading →

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The TBR Book Tag

Posted on November 5, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

All year I’ve been struggling with a personal goal to get my TBR below 100 books. I haven’t gotten there and I now know it’s not going to happen with less than two months to go. But I still want to … Continue reading →

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The Book Club defence…and a poll

Posted on October 15, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

For the past couple of years I’ve been pretty restrained with my book buying. Partly due to my commitment to only buy from Australian stores (books are darned expensive here so I am selective). Partly due to my desire for … Continue reading →

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Musings on the 2016 Petrona Award

Posted on May 19, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

The Petrona Award for the best Scandinavian crime novel published in English during the eligible period which in this instance is the 2015 calendar year. The Award is in memory of one of the first crime fiction bloggers, Maxine Clarke, … Continue reading →

Posted in Antti Tuomainen, Hans Olav Lahlum, Jorn Lier Horst, Karin Fossum, Kati Hiekkapelto, musings | 7 Comments

A shortlist and a dilemma

Posted on April 22, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

The shortlist for the 2016 Petrona Award has been announced. I have a soft spot for the award because it is given in honour of a much-missed reading friend and covers a category of books I’m very partial to (Scandinavian … Continue reading →

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Can I expect more from undemanding books?

Posted on October 3, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

I have recently finished two books about which the most polite thing I can think of to say is that they were undemanding. I baulked for a while at putting this in writing because it sounds like the very definition … Continue reading →

Posted in Jussi Adler-Olsen, musings, Sue Grafton | 23 Comments

So Long, and Thanks for All the Books

Posted on August 17, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

I undoubtedly fell in love with books when my mother read them to me in those few years before I could do it for myself but my first actual memory of the happiness brought on by the presence of books … Continue reading →

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