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Greta and Valdin

By Rebecca K Reilly

5 stars

I saw my colleague Ashley had read this, and then I spotted it at the library, and I'm so glad I took it off the shelf. I'm also glad this reading challenge doubles points for reading Kiwi books as it's making me consciously choose them... and I love, love, love reading books where I know all the cultural and geographical references. The author is impressively adept at portraying whanaungatanga and creating LOL moments. Greta and Valdin are siblings who flat together and share the despair of transitioning fully into adulthood. Brilliant, especially considering it's a debut.
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

By Florence Williams

5 stars

I read this book years ago when I had my first baby, but I wanted to re-read it so I could further remember and absorb the fascinating facts about breasts that were in it (e.g. some of the first implant materials trialled in the early 20th century included glass balls, ivory, wood chips and parrafin wax), and enjoy the writer's intellect and wry wit.
Birnam Wood

By Eleanor Catton

5 stars

So bloody good! Word-nerd Catton has an outstanding intellect coupled with banging pop culture and societal references, and merrily skewers both the handwringing left and the sociopathic right. Her character backstories and conversations are so believable and brilliant, and she's summed up everything that's wrong with the world today in one bad-arse, gripping, thrilling plot.
The Axeman's Carnival

By Catherine Chidgey

5 stars

The spellbinding story of a hand-raised magpie who learns to talk (he's an amusing and poetic narrator) and the domestic fray he's brought up within. At turns funny and moving. Beautifully written.

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Greta and Valdin

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

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The Axeman's Carnival

Kaurilands School

54,742 pages read and 3,166 team points

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