Day Seventeen: A book turned movie and completely desecrated. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. Note – also called ‘Northern Lights’ outside of the US. There are so many books out there that when turned into a movie are considerably crap. In fact, the only films I have ever seen that I liked better thanContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Seventeen”
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fifteen
Day Fifteen: Your favourite book dealing with foreign culture Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I’m Australian. I really could have picked any book that deals with a non-Australian culture. I could have picked an English boarding school book or an American finishing school book. They’re both foreign cultures to me. But the firstContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fifteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Thirteen
Day Thirteen: Your favourite childhood book. On The Way Home by Jill Murphy. Contrary to what my family believes, I did NOT memorise this book when I read it out loud. I read it. I just read it so often, they thought I did. But at age 5 I really wasn’t smart enough to learnContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Thirteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve
Day Twelve: A book so emotionally draining you couldn’t complete it or had to set aside for a bit. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. After watching the film adaptation on my long-haul flight from Australia to England in 2010, I told my partner that I thought the movie was great in concept but kindContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eleven
Day Eleven: The book that made you fall in love with reading Brer Rabbit series by Enid Blyton (The Brer Rabbit Book, Brer Rabbit Again, and Brer Rabbit’s a Rascal) Brer Rabbit is an American folktale character (the contraction Br’oth’er Rabbit). He’s a typical trickster, able to use wit and wile to get what heContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Eleven”
Lissa Bilyk 