The more I actively try to decolonise my world view and seek at Indigenous perspectives, the more undeniably apparent it is to me that Western thought, knowledge, belief, and science is very narrow, blind, destructive, and harmful.

'Braiding Sweetgrass' is a well-written and insightful read that I highly recommend. 

A very insightful and informative read. 
I feel like I have gained a much better understanding and appreciation of the contributions to feminism and society that Black women have made that have gone unrecognised or that have been co-opted by white people and white feminism.

This was a really great read that I finished in a single sitting.

This is a great introduction to anti-racism work that gives practical advice on how those of us who hold privilege can challenge racism on a daily basis.

This book reads like a conversation between two history fans discussing the history of ancient Rome. By that, I mean the author shares a lot of opinions, makes many parallels to modern day society and politics, adds wry comments, and just generally includes the kind of observations and conclusions people do when speaking about a topic in person.

There is actual history in between the chatter, though, and much of it is well interpreted and presented.

That said, I think it is likely too speculative for most history fans and too dry for those with just a casual interest.

This review is for the audiobook version voiced by Victoria Fox:

This was such a wonderful book! It has some elements that may not be appropriate for sensitive children (there are strong elements of colonisation, including an uprising spurred by the murder of a young girl. There are also monsters and some tense moments - such as seeing a skeleton reaching out for a much smaller skeleton and acts of violence - as well as character deaths) but my ten year old enjoyed it, although I would say the intended audience is probably teenagers/young adults.

It has a strong, young female protagonist, and the writing is very good.

The narration by the voice actor was absolutely brilliant! It's definitely one of the best audiobook performances l have ever heard.

I definitely recommend it!

I have no idea how to review this book. It's definitely an acquired taste. Dark humour, very Australian, highly unreliable narrator.

Not really horror, more like horror adjacent, if you squint your eyes and tilt your head slightly to the left, I guess. Also, did I mention HIGHLY unreliable narrator?

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Ainslee McGlynn and I suspect her brilliant performance is half (or more) of the reason for why I enjoyed the story so much.

The 'A Tale of the  Malazan Book of the Fallen' series is still my favourite fantasy series, with the first four books being some of my all-time favourite books. 'Gardens of the Moon'is the first book in the series.

Originally created to be a TTRPG before being turned into a book series, the aTotMBoF series is intricate, complex, varied, and epic.

I love the characters, the language, the world building, the system of magic, the lack of long-winded-ness *cough*Robert Jordan*cough* and the way the author doesn't spoon feed the plots to the reader.

I know some people find the first hundred pages or so to be difficult to get through due to the complex nature of the plot and lack of explanations by the author but if you can make it past that point, I guarantee a much more straight-forward (well, in comparison) story unfolds.

I definitely recommend this book to fantasy lovers, and people enjoy large, complex world building (think DnD).

This book is a memoir and not a self-help book or a guide to de-cluttering. It is one woman's memoir about their journey with coming to terms with their problem hoarding and how they addressed it.

As someone with OCD, I found Eve extremely relatable. It was great to read a book and discover someone who actually *gets* it.

Her journey is honest and imperfect as well as hopeful and optimistic. There's a good balance of humour, both self-deprecating and not, and the book is well-written and engaging.

What you get when your pretentiousness isn't founded in talent.

Okay, maybe that's a little harsh, but, honestly, someone take away the author's thesaurus and sit them down and explain to them why not every. single. thing. needs to be presented as a simile. I am begging you!

The protagonist behaves unrealistically, and the plot is basically 1408 only, unlike Cusack's character, Ben has absolutely NO REASON to stay.

The jumping between times was a nice way to break up the story, but since the story struggled to build an atmosphere, the switching killed any that might have started to develop. 

This was a nice, short, early chapter book.

It spurred a really interesting conversation about privilege and the role it plays in why some people are more likely to commit crimes, i.e., the school to gaol pipeline.