Books I have begun (and in many cases finished), but not remarked on in a review post.
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Created and curated by wrul (pre‐2023)
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wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 2 stars
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Melbourne's Wildlife by Museum Victoria
4 stars
The bushland, parks, gardens and waters of Greater Melbourne support an amazing diversity of animals, including many rare and endangered …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - large portion yet to be read
- provisional rating of 4 stars
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Pearls from Their Mouth by Pear Nuallak
5 stars
This book is built of stories and provocations—like the birth of a pearl, it transforms that which irritates, layer by …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 3 stars
- quoted passages remaining to digitise
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3 stars
Lesbian gunslinger fights spies in space! Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving, rebel with …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - rating of 2 stars
- just need to convert review to a bookwyrmily-cohering format
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wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 2 stars
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Horticultural Appropriation by Claire Ratinon, Sam Ayre (Rough Trade Books x Garden Museum Editions, #2)
4 stars
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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Race to the Bottom by Ilyas Nagdee, Azfar Shafi
5 stars
Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? by Peter Sutton, Keryn Walshe
3 stars
An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 3 stars
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Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
4 stars
A finely spun history of clothes and where they come from
Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool: through the stories of …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 2 stars
- large portion yet to be read
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Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego
4 stars
In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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The Climate Cure by Tim Flannery
3 stars
Emergencies test governments, organisations and individuals. Although Australia’s prompt, science-led response to COVID-19 has not been perfect, it has saved …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 3 stars
- quoted passages remaining to digitise
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Thin Places by Kerri ni Dochartaigh
5 stars
Both a celebration of the natural world and a memoir of one family’s experience during the Troubles, Thin Places is …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars