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By: Bookie Mee | Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

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By: Mark David

Mark David — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:36:43 +0000

yeah, availability is the main issue. .-= [Mark David´s last blog: The New Yorker Fiction Podcast] =-.

By: mee

mee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:43:55 +0000

Well I haven’t read Carey yet but I have pretty low expectation right now (no matter he’s a double Booker winner :P) so we’ll see how it goes. Actually you’re the second person now referring to his work as “weird”…

I’m enjoying your posts on Aussie Authors. Lots I’d never heard about before. It’s probably because I don’t generally go for YAs, but I’m also not exactly in touch with the literary world in the country! Good on you! ;)

By: mee

mee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:19:15 +0000

Actually I’m kinda thinking of South East Asian “Challenge”. I get reluctant to call it a challenge. How about experience? :) But there are limited selections for SEA for sure, so I don’t think my thought is gonna turn up into something concrete.

By: Booklover Book Reviews

Booklover Book Reviews — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:31:41 +0000

Thanks for joining me in this challenge! Looking forward to sharing reviews…

Although this may be controversial given he’s a Booker Prize winning author, I was not that impressed with his novel ‘Bliss’ when I read it a few years back (just found it weird I’m afraid) and I haven’t gone back for more Carey since. Maybe I will have to give him another go…

Watch out for some more of my Aussie Author in Focus posts – plan to do three more over the next week in honour of Australia Day holiday on 26th January!

By: Mark David

Mark David — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:36:57 +0000

Is there an Indonesian challenge? :) .-= [Mark David´s last blog: The New Yorker Fiction Podcast] =-.

By: mee

mee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:40:18 +0000

Michelle–I read The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia last year and highly recommend both. The Arrival has no text, and Outer Suburbia is sort of a collection of illustrated short stories. So depends what you’re in the mood for. But I would just read both :). The Arrival personally struck a chord in me, being a migrant and all. I heard good things about Red Tree too.

By: mee

mee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:37:51 +0000

Can you guess which challenge I’m going to join next? :P