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Tag Archives: 21st Century
A book doing justice to a complex place: Darwin by Tess Lea
Darwin by Tess Lea is an intriguing, beautifully written exploration of the unique history, geography, beauties, tensions and contradictions of Australia’s smallest and remotest capital city. It’s been on my bookshelf for awhile, read, recommended and bequeathed by my father … Continue reading
Posted in Australian, Contemporary, General adult audience, Nonfiction, Travel and Geography Non-Fiction
Tagged 21st Century, Aboriginal history, Australian, Australian Armed Forces, Australian history, colonialism, crocodiles, Cyclone Tracy, Darwin, geography, history, insects, modern Australia, Northern Territory, social policy, Top End, White Australia Policy, WWII
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Take themes of bureaucracy and greed, add non-stop word-wit and shellfish-references, throw in the waning of magic and a very old dragon and you have The Last Dragonslayer: teen fantasy Jasper Fforde-style
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde is a story about magic, dragons and red tape. After reading it I concluded that my ideal pet would be a quarkbeast (no fur, funny-looking, loyal and affectionate, not exactly huggable but still better … Continue reading
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion follows on where The Rosie Project left off. Don and Rosie are now married and living and working in New York. They’ve adjusted to many of the challenges of married life and abandoned the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian, Comedy, Contemporary, General adult audience, Romance
Tagged 21st Century, Australian, autism, comedy of errors, disability, Don and Rosie book, fiction, friendship, Graeme Simsion, having children, humour, lighthearted read, marriage, New York, non-neurotypical, pregnancy, relationships, romance, romantic comedy, social skills
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Hooray! A Christian book on singleness that I can recommend without caveats: Single-Minded by Kate Wharton
Single-Minded by Kate Wharton is a biblical, readable and well-rounded book on singleness. As a general book on singleness, it is definitely my top recommendation, replacing Al Hsu’s The Single Issue, which is excellent but has become quite dated. It … Continue reading
The best book I’ve read on the church and singleness: The Plausibility Problem by Ed Shaw
The Plausibility Problem: The Church and Same-Sex Attraction by Ed Shaw answers the uncertainty and embarrassment Christians can feel about the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality. In our sex- and relationship-obsessed world it can seem unreasonable to expect Christians with same-sex … Continue reading
A book on marriage that’s helpful for singles too: Married for God by Christopher Ash
Married for God by Christopher Ash is a book on marriage from a Christian perspective that is essential to read whether you are married or single. Rather than focussing on how to improve marriage or what marriage actually is, this … Continue reading
An insightful Christian analysis of modern sexual ethics: Sex and the iWorld by Dale S. Kuehne
Sex and the iWorld by Dale S. Kuehne is an insightful and helpful book for understanding the rapid changes in how western society thinks about sex and sexuality since the sexual revolution in the 1970s. Tracing these changes back to … Continue reading
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion features an unusual hero on a mission to find a wife. To increase the efficiency of the process, Don Tillman develops a lengthy questionnaire that will allow him to quickly eliminate women who would … Continue reading
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks is my favourite vampire book, spoofing the idea of the handsome, strong, good vampire. Nina and the others in the RVSG struggle with nose bleeds, unconsciousness during daylight hours, being forced to … Continue reading
Posted in 13 years and up, Australian, Contemporary YA, Fantasy, Young Adult
Tagged 21st Century, action, adventure, Australian, fantasy, fiction, humour, parody, supernatural, vampires, young adult
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Is it possible to have a high powered job and a functioning family? It’s a lot easier if you have a ‘Wife’, according to discussion-provoking book, The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb is an intriguing look at work, home, family balance and gender in modern Australia. Why do men, on average, work an extra four hours a week after the birth of their first child? Why … Continue reading →