This year my goal was to read 20 books, and I read 22, so I'm pretty rapt that I achieved my goal.
Aussie authors read 6: The Mother by Jane Caro (crime, trad., audiobook) The Crimson Thread by Kate Forsyth (historical literary, trad, audiobook) Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor (crime, audiobook, trad.) Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse by CJ Archer (crime, audiobook, indie author) Emma After by Anthony O'Connor (young adult, horror, paperback, indie author) Till death do us part by Philippa Nefri Clarke (cozy crime, ebook, indie author) PhD books about Srebrenica Father of One by Jan Anttola (literary, indie, paperback) The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan (crime, trad, paperback) Braco by Lesleyanne Ryan (literary, trad., paperback) Books I read with my daughter: The Secret History by Donna Tart (literary, trad., paperback) A good girl's guide to murder by Holly Jackson (YA crime, trad, paperback) Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (YA crime, trad, paperback) As good as Dead by Holly Jackson (YA crime, trad, paperback) Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Reid Jenkins (literary, trad. paperback) Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (literary, trad., audiobook) Other Inheritance by Nora Roberts (women's fiction, trad,. paperback) Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (literary, trad., paperback) City of Men by David Parker-Ross (Fantasy, audiobook, indie) Walking in her Shadow by David Parker-Ross (Sci Fi, audiobook, indie) Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson (memoir, trad., paperback) After Dark with Roxy Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (YA crime, trad., audiobook) Death by Rocky Road by London Lovett (cozy murder, indie, audiobook,) Definitions: Indie author-independently published Trad.-traditionally published Other statistics: Book format 9 audiobooks 12 paperbacks 1 ebook Genres: 10 crime 1 memoir 1 sci fi 1 fantasy 1 women's fiction 8 literary Authors: 15 trad published 7 indie Overall thoughts:
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I'm undertaking research for my PhD exegesis and finding my theoretical approach by looking at Bosnian Studies and how I am contributing to it. While reading a chapter by Hariz Halilovich called Writing Home where he examines A literary cartography of Bosnian diaspora and I'm mentioned in his chapter. Wow, just wow.
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AuthorAmra Pajalić is an award-winning author, an editor and teacher who draws on her Bosnian cultural heritage to write own voices stories for young people, who like her, are searching to mediate their identity and take pride in their diverse culture. She writes memoir, young adult and romance under the pen name Mae Archer. newsletterSign up and receive free books.
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