Join Ally Burnham in Booktober and make a donation.

Oct 28, 11:26am

Daily Reading Time Update

Date:

28 Oct 24

Duration:

1:0:0

This was split between The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan and Thanks for having me by Emma Darragh!

Oct 28, 9:23am

$5.35 from Paris Rosemont

Hooray for double donation day! :D

+$5.35 matched by Workers Lifestyle Group

This donation has been matched by Workers Lifestyle Group! Together we're helping children across NSW reach their full potential.

Oct 28, 7:30am

$10.00 from KT Major

Wooo! Keep it up Ally!

+$10.00 matched by Workers Lifestyle Group

This donation has been matched by Workers Lifestyle Group! Together we're helping children across NSW reach their full potential.

Oct 19, 1:50pm

Status Update

Libby! Thank you SO much for your donation to Booktober -- and I hope your own reading has been going well this month!
For everyone who donates to my page -- I'm going to give a personalised book recommendation! This one is for you Libby: The Sisters Brothers. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2011.
I know you love historical fiction as much as I do. This one is set in the "New West" California. This book doesn't pull any punches -- life was tough, people and animals got hurt. But the humour of this book is so well done, to offset that bleakness. The economy of language communicates a lot with few. The character/narrator voice SHINES in this book -- Characters that don't like to 'show' their emotions but feel deeply. And the pacing! From one rompy encounter to the next. If you want a masterclass in any of those tools, and also just read a ripping good story -- this book is for you!

Oct 18, 10:21am

Daily Reading Time Update

Date:

17 Oct 24

Duration:

3:0:0

Onto my next book!

Oct 14, 1:29pm

$20.00 from Jim Richards

keep up the amazing work Ally! you're an inspiration to me and I can't wait to read what's coming next!

Book recommendation posted!!!

Oct 14, 9:54am

$25.95 from Bronwyn Hollis

Oct 8, 6:16pm

Daily Reading Time Update

Date:

8 Oct 24

Duration:

4:0:0

Hyperion let's goo! Nearly finished my first book for the month!

Oct 5, 11:50am

Daily Reading Time Update

Date:

5 Oct 24

Duration:

2:30:0

Making my way through Hyperion!

Oct 4, 8:02am

Status Update

Thank you Kennedy for the support!! As promised, for everyone who donates, I will give a personal book recommendation! Kennedy, for you I recommend The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nght-Time. This book is an extreme example of the naive unreliable narrator -- where an author can ask a reader to pick up details when the POV narrator does not pick up these details. Have a read, absorb this technique, and then find your way with a more subtle version -- I think that'd be incredibly exciting.