Yesterday, in the Show Us Your Books link-up I quickly re-capped what I thought about this book, but let me tell you a little more about it (because that's what I'm supposed to do to help promote Aussie authors, and I'm such a rule follower).
Skylark is fifteen. She has a mother who ran off to be a performance artist and an alcoholic father that owns a vinyl record store. She has an amusing, intelligent, quirky younger brother named Seagull ("Gully"). They live in St. Kilda, the eccentric suburb of Melbourne. St. Kilda is a mix of hipsters and prostitutes, musicians, tourists, and bohemians. All of which make appearances in this book. Sky has a free-spirit friend named Nancy, and she crushes on the brother of a dead girl. No, I'm not going to say this was the greatest book I've ever read. But, it was a perfectly enjoyable book with entertaining characters that was a quick and easy read. 4/5
KANGAROOFemale authors:
– Read and review 12 titles written by Australian Authors of which at least 4 of those authors are female, at least 4 of those authors are male, and at least 4 of those authors are new to you;
– At least 6 fiction and at least 2 non-fiction, and at least 2 titles first published in 2014 or 2015.
Male authors:
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McGinty
Authors new to me:
I'm the odd one in that I don't really like to read a lot of book summaries before I go reading the book - I requested this one from the library yesterday!
ReplyDeleteYou are almost done. I usually don't pay attention to where the authors are from but I do love when one is centered around where i am from.
ReplyDeleteI love the description, sounds like a good book!
ReplyDeleteno! not you. you never talk about books. :]
ReplyDeleteOoh, I like the sound of this!
ReplyDeleteSurprise--this sounds like a book I'd like. Which is so weird because we have absolutely nothing in common.
ReplyDeleteI like light, easy reads for a weekend with no plans.
You're kicking ass with this challenge!
ReplyDeleteI may move this book up on my list a bit just because I feel like I'm going to need something a little lighter/more fun soon. I've been reading a lot of thrillers and/or books with heavy subject matter and I think my brain might need a break!
That surely sounds like a book I enjoy as well!
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