The Complete List

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No new reviews today, but I have managed to hammer out the complete list of 2,108 books and it is available for your perusal. It is very much a work in progress, so if you’re browsing through it and you feel I’ve missed an important book–or conversely, if you see something that makes you think “what the hell is that doing there?”–let me know in the comments!

My Brilliant Career

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My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin, 1901

  • Australia, #5
  • Borrowed from Camden Library, London
  • Read May, 2014
  • Rating: 4/5
  • Opening Line: “Boo, hoo! Ow, ow; Oh! oh! Me’ll die. Boo, hoo. The pain, the pain! Boo, hoo!”
  • Recommended for: People who find “Happily ever after” a little bit suspect (especially those who have a sneaking suspicion that it’s the princess who’s getting the raw end of the marriage deal)

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The Man from Snowy River and While the Billy Boils

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The Man from Snowy River, Banjo Paterson, 1890

  • Australia, #2
  • Kindle, free from amazon
  • Read September 2014
  • Rating: 3/5
  • Recommended for: cowboys, children, and lovers of folksy humor

While the Billy Boils, Henry Lawson, 1896

  • Australia, #4
  • Kindle, free from amazon
  • Read September 2014
  • Rating: 4.5/5
  • Recommended for: Lovers of literature who don’t mind too much whether their stories come with a plot

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Reading, not traveling

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Last year, when we began the process of applying for my husband’s green card and I realized that, after eight years of living abroad, I would finally be moving back to America, I was surprisingly (to me) anxious about it. It’s not the prospect of America that concerns me (though this may change if Jeb Bush manages to get elected president), but rather the prospect of settling down.

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