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Your host is Kim Forrester, otherwise known as kimbofo, who has been blogging about books since 2001.
Editorial policy
Books featured on Reading Matters are from kimbofo's personal collection -- unless otherwise stated.
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Books are rated on a sliding scale as follows:
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Books reviewed in 2013
- 1. 'Revenge' by Yoko Ogawa
- 2. 'Salvation of a Saint' by Keigo Higashino
- 3. 'The Snow Child' by Eowyn Ivey
- 4. 'Eventide' by Kent Haruf
- 5. 'Gone Again' by Doug Johnstone
- 6. 'Finding Jasper' by Lynne Leonhardt
- 7. 'The Emperor of Lies' by Steve Sem-Sandberg
- 8. 'Under the Skin' by Michel Faber
- 9. 'Through Irish Eyes: A Visual Companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland'
- 10. 'Jellybird' by Lezanne Clannachan
- 11. 'Fifth Business' by Robertson Davies
- 12. 'Escape from Camp 14' by Blaine Harden
- 13. 'The Rosie Project' by Graeme Simsion
- 14. 'The Tivington Nott' by Alex Miller
- 15. 'Utopian Man' by Lisa Lang
- 16. 'Mateship with Birds' by Carrie Tiffany
- 17. 'The Glass Canoe' by David Ireland
- 18. 'The Women in Black' by Madeleine St John
- 19. 'The Cook' by Wayne Macauley
- 20. 'The Cardboard Crown' by Martin Boyd
- 21. 'The Burial' by Courtney Collins
- 22. 'Jammy Dodger' by Kevin Smith
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