Harper Collins First Look Australia: Free books for Aussies!
March 13, 2008 12:50 pm Finding booksAdvanced reading programs are a great way to expand your reading beyond your normal boundaries. You write a short submission requesting a number of titles and a limited number of readers get selected to read each one. There are new books each month so you are always in with a chance. It is an excellent chance to maybe read a book you otherwise wouldn’t pick up and to spread it around your reading friends (mine end up joining the virtual world library at Bookcrossing).
I have been “applying” for books for three months and I “won” one, Eating Lolly by Corrie Hosking. They even printed part of my review:
Eating Lolly is a beautiful story of the gentle affair between Mister and Mumma. More importantly, it tells the story of Mumma’s intense relationship with her daughter, Lolly. … As a scaffolding to the relationship are lies and half-truths that Mumma has created to deal with the demons of her past, which flow into Lolly’s life. I enjoyed this book, particularly as the layers started to float to the surface. The pace slowed in the middle, around the second pregnancy, and Lolly’s primary school years. As Lolly started to “discover herself” the pace picked up again, and I read the final third in one sitting (despite two children under two). I think Lolly’s journey will stay with me for some time.
–Cris
Here is the Australian site:
Harper Collins Australia
Harper Collins have sites in most countries and there are other programs out there from other publishers. LibraryThing also has early reviewers, but they haven’t opened it up to Australia, yet. Does anyone know of any other early reviewer sites that we can access in AUS.
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