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Teaser Tuesday (29th of January, 2013)
Today we close off REREAD with a book worth re-reading over and over again, if only to catch all the tiny asides, in-jokes and references that pepper it. Tonight, pull out a favourite book of your own...
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Teaser Tuesday (5th of February, 2013)
One of my favourite novelists in the world is Nick Hornby. When I saw our new theme "Heartreads" coming up, I knew the first book we were going to have to showcase would be one of his, probably High...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (12th of February, 2013)
Valentine's Day is coming up this Thursday, have you anything special planned? (Actually, we do!) For this holiday, I knew I needed a truly passionate love story for our Teaser Tuesday, and this is one...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (19th of February, 2013)
Hey, booklovers! Come down to the City Campus today for Play Day! We have zombies! And now, a completely unrelated Teaser Tuesday!"And then, from a mixture of motives — a practical need to change the...
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Teaser Tuesday (26th of February, 2013)
So, who stayed up late last night watching The Oscars? Yeah, me too. In 1980, the Best Picture award went to Ordinary People, Robert Redford's directorial debut. It, in turn, was based on the novel of...
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Teaser Tuesday (5th of March, 2013)
With a new month, a new theme. This month, the theme is ECOREAD. Now, there's many ways we could kick off an environmental/ecological theme like that. Books that speak to the beauty of nature? Or...
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Teaser Tuesday (12th of March, 2013)
And another Tuesday rolls around. This time, it's a children's classic that everyone knows but not everybody has read. And if you've only seen the film, the book may just be able to shock you..."She...
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Teaser Tuesday (26th of March, 2013)
Sorry about missing last week gang! But we are back for one last Eco-Read!"What was once a mighty river. Now a ghost."- The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyAbout the book:Ex-Green Beret George...
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Teaser Tuesday (2nd of April, 2013)
Hope you had a great easter. With April comes a new theme: Crime Reads. Let's start with an Australian classic."A few solid citizens shook their heads disapprovingly as I passed them and two bikies...
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Teaser Tuesday (9th of April, 2013)
"At the time not a soul in sleeping Holcomb heard them—four shotgun blasts that, all told, ended six human lives. But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to...
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Teaser Tuesday (16th of April, 2013)
Sometimes crime reads are somewhat less serious."The next day the stolen goods reappeared and the thefts stopped, leaving everyone believing that, having been caught, Stanley had given up his life of...
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Teaser Tuesday (23rd of April, 2013)
Sometimes crime reads are very, very serious indeed. (Personal note: One of my top three non-fiction books ever.)"'Don't know 'bout no gun.' It is a God-given truth: Everyone lies."- Homicide by David...
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Teaser Tuesday (30th of April, 2013)
And finally, to end Crime Reads month, a book about ... well, the sensationalist side of the genre. Frankly, the trashy side."Catherine Deshayes Monvoison is known by several names and a nickname, but...
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Teaser Tuesday (7th of May, 2013)
Welcome back to a new month and a new theme: Indigireads!"The buildings, like stern priests, gaze down. The moon runs in naked freedom across the her field, while the stars, clustered like daisies,...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (14th of May, 2013)
Welcome back to a new month and a new theme: Indigireads!"Aboriginality and all its facets — identity, history, family, culture — are all a basis for Aboriginal women's writing. Whether it takes a...
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Teaser Tuesday (21st of May, 2013)
"These days I make art on the run, under pressure, as a reflex to the itinerant life I lead between Canberra and the Kimberly . . . Part of this process involves being in the thick of it, which has its...
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Teaser Tuesday (28th of May, 2013)
Well, on one hand, we've used this book before. On the other hand, it's really terrifically on theme and has some great quotes. So with that in mind, let's make a double-dip into the Teaser Tuesday...
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Teaser Tuesday (4th of June, 2013)
Faraway, and yet so close, science fiction does the amazing job of showing us how mutable and alien our very own homes can be. This month's theme is FARAWAY."Every orphan was an explorer, sent to map...
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Teaser Tuesday (11th of June, 2013)
Today's book crosses the FARAWAY theme twice: It is about running, and it's about a country faraway from our own."They are always surging ahead, only to slow down suddenly, or sprinting off at a crazy...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (25th of June, 2013)
Apologies for missing last week! Today, we look at the way books can take you to places that literally never existed, and no better genre better exemplifies this than fantasy."That night Tiaan dreamed...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (2nd of July, 2013)
A new month, a new theme! Today we're looking at one of the most famous (some might argue notorious) artists of the 20th century."The group of canvases formed the artist's first one-man exhibition,...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (9th of July, 2013)
I do not believe an ARTREAD must contain actual art. The words themselves, not even their meaning but the actual words upon the page, are inherently graphical and therefore can also be art. Few books...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (17th of July, 2013)
So, we have books that are about art. We've had a book that is art. And next week we have a book that uses art as its medium. (Spoilers!) So this week, we have a book premised upon art. The famous and...
View ArticleTeaser Tuesday (23rd of July, 2013)
Hey all! Well, we have one last week of ARTREAD, and no graphic novels yet. Huh. Time to fix that!"My name is Matthew Patel... and I'm Ramona's first evil ex-boyfriend." "You're fighting me because of...
View ArticleWiggleroom Wednesday: A Teaser Tuesday Response
It has been brought to our attention that yes, our last Teaser Tuesday was perhaps a little too long to even adhere to the spirit of the rules. We've always endorsed our right to cheat on those rules,...
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