Tweet I was reading a review the other day, when I saw them say “being a satire, I expected it to be funny” which, at the time, really annoyed me: I wanted to become that guy who replies with “I don’t think you get it”. The truth of the matter is I was someone that Continue reading →

Tweet I picked up the book House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski as part of the Literary Exploration book club (check out my review) and while it is a weird postmodern novel, I think it is art more than literature. So I wanted to talk about my thoughts on this book as art. First Continue reading →

Tweet At the beginning of the month I launched my book blog. This wasn’t an easy decision but I found that I had so much I wanted to say about literature and I didn’t want to fill up this blog with just literary topics. Rest assured, there will still be some topics about literature on Continue reading →

Tweet While most people know my story, I wasn’t much of a reader until a few years ago when something clicked and I started reading and wanting to read almost everything in sight. I’ve been playing catch up with everyone else for the past few years. While I claim to be a bibliophile, I’ve still Continue reading →

Tweet Today I would like to congratulate Paul D. Carter, winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2012. The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is one of Australia’s top literary awards and recognises writers under the age of 35 with unpublished manuscripts. This award is a great way for Australian authors to break into the Australian literary field. Continue reading →

Tweet Recently my mother complained about my taste in books, calling them difficult or weird books to read. This led to her saying that she wouldn’t trust me to recommend her a book because she wants light and frivolous books. I’ve recommended her two books in the past; one was The Shadow of the Wind Continue reading →

Tweet Normally I would stand by a simple truth; “The book is always better than the movie” but that is not always true. In the case of The Hunger Games, I’m not going to say the book is better than the movie.   I think they were both great but I can’t pick one over the Continue reading →

Tweet Past the Shallows tells the story of Miles and Harry, growing up in a remote Tasmanian fishing village with their father. While the book tries to deal with overcoming personal fears, loss of their mother and, more recently, their grandfather and trying to survive their bitter alcoholic father, this book tends to be far Continue reading →

Tweet As many people may have heard, the 2012 Pulitzer awards were announced on Monday and for the first time since 1977 there is no award for Fiction. This has been a shock since many people would say that 2011 was a decent year for fiction. This is the 11th time since the Pulitzer began; Continue reading →

Tweet Steampunk and literature is an odd combination and I’ve often found it hard to find decent examples of this genre. It has gotten to the point where it is easier to look for the genre Alternate History instead of trying to find good Steampunk that isn’t the generic mass produced Young Adult novels. I’m Continue reading →