A Few Right Thinking Men | 
pickI've had a couple of resting days. Today spent all day reading this book. I really enjoyed it. Thanks to @CarolynM I've been introduced to another talented Aussie author. Will read my way through this delightful series.
Thank you so much, @CarolynM ! Your lovely birthday parcel arrived today. I‘m thrilled that you sent me this Australian 1930s mystery as I‘d had my eye on it ever since reading your reviews. The card and bookmark are lovely and the tea towel! The tea towel I‘m giving it‘s own post. 😆
You‘re a dear friend! 😘😘
#20series20days The Rowland Sinclair series
Being the adventures of gentleman painter Rowland Sinclair and his bohemian artist friends from their base in his Sydney mansion and in their extensive travels throughout Australia and the rest of the world. Set against the background of real events of the 1930's the spectre of fascism is ever present and the friends encounter many real historical figures in the course of their escapades.
pickThis was great! A fun historical fiction-murder mystery-political thriller-type thing, set in 1930s Sydney. Rowly Sinclair, gentleman artist, shares his home with his bohemian friends, much to his older brother‘s disapproval. When his uncle is killed, Rowly‘s search for answers lead him towards the far-right groups that are emerging.
As soon as I‘d finished, I hit Google and started watching the Pathé news reels of the opening of...
Here are the first five of my #bookspinbonanza books (because 20 ain‘t gonna happen. 1 doesn‘t usually happen....) Don‘t they look wonderful?! And as I seem to be on a slightly unusual YA thing right now, pretty readable. Massively excited to start in Australia 😊
Finally finished this #TBRRead and I really enjoyed it!
I would definitely consider reading the others in the series (eventually). The writing is lovely, and I liked the newspaper snippets at the start of most of the chapters.
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It is Christmas party day at work, so most of the department are already out beautifying themselves!
As I am still here watching my column go into storage, it is book time!
#TBRread #TeamNutcracker #WinterGames
@Clwojick @StayCurious
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This is my busiest week of Dec.
Monday‘s I have dance class for 2 hours after work, Tuesday was my partners dads birthday, so we went out for drinks and korean food (I recommend peach soju by the way alcohol drinkers!), and friday is works Xmas party!
BUT today I had a teensy bit of time to chill in the evening!
Cue squeezing in a couple of chapters of this book before bed! I‘m loving it so far :)
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#7covers7days #covercrush
If you haven‘t already (or even if you have) do you fancy a round @CocoReads @Jennifer3 ? 7 covers, 7 days, no explanations, try & tag someone new every day.
#7days7covers #covercrush #day7 For the finale of this challenge, I decided to go with the 7 new covers of the Rowly Sinclair Mysteries(I couldn‘t choose just 1)While I do love the original covers, these are exceptional. Each one is a snapshot of the story inside which is about a wealthy artist in 1930s Sydney who solves mysteries with his friends, a sculptress & two “red raggers” I won this signed set from Booktopia, there‘s actually 2 more now.
I have re-establishing my old Scribd subscription for the Aussie April challenge as there are so many Australian authors on the platform. I left Scribd when they throttled the audio options, so now that it‘s unlimited, I am thrilled to be back. I‘m especially excited because this has an appearance of Sir Walter Mosley- the odious fascist who married a Mitford. I filmed a vlog about the Mitford sisters. One word- WOW! That family was bonkers!!!
Here are the three cover styles I was talking about @howjessreads A Few Right Thinking Men is the first in the series.
Thank you so much @CarolynM ! Your parcel arrived this morning (already!!). I‘m super-excited to start the Rowland Sinclair series - they really do sound great (Australian 1930s-set crime fiction, anyone?)! I love the bookmark, & the Nyrex clock notes, and, sad geographer that I am, I‘ll be poring over the notelet with a magnifying glass later (we have so many placenames in common!). Thank you 😘
#MusicalNewYear #day16 #LaVieBoheme Rowly Sinclair & his friends are definitely living the bohemian life, albeit in a large Woolahra mansion. Though Rowland was born with a silver spoon, he much prefers being a painter & sharing his life, and house, with his friends, a red ragger poet, another communist painter & a sculptress called Ed. To hell with rules of etiquette!
When there‘s time to read at work... #bringabooktoworkday
Was reading on my patio out back when I caught this beauty. Good Sunday evening to you and yours on this fine day. 😁
A little morning read time at Starbucks with the most annoying human in the world (not pictured). Just kidding, she's not so bad but she is making fun of my "cringeworthy caption" so I felt compelled to add to it. ?
#Aprella #day8 #Homage Catching up again on this months challenge, I suck at deadlines! Ok, I think the “cozy Crime” series of today are an homage to the golden age of crime writing. Authors like Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Dame Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers, Josephine Tey & of course, the one & only Dame Agatha Christie were inspiration to the pictured authors. I‘ve been a lifelong Dame Agatha fan & love the series above as much #christiecrimeclub
Three pages in, and I think I‘m going to enjoy this! 😄
Being lazy tonight by getting Vietnamese takeaway. What else are weekends for?!
#EmojiNov #day7 #🍀 #Lucky #BookMail! These are the signed, brand new cover, Rowland Sinclair series, books that I won on booktopia.com.au Aren‘t they gorgeous? Add in the brand new novel, A Dangerous Language, Bk8 in the series which is also signed (buying that is what put me in the prize draw) and I have a complete set. So very lucky!The covers are gorgeous aren‘t they? And also 7 books for #NovemberByTheNumbers
Once again, Litsy database has no listing for an Australian book. This is three in a row now👎 The tagged book is the first in this brilliant series by Sulari Gentill. This though, is the latest novel, A Dangerous Language, which was released this week. And it's signed! I love the new covers, but my other books are all in the old ones(which I also love) and the colour change is very drastic. Makes it stand out. Don't you hate it when they do that?
How amazing do all the new Rowland Sinclair covers look together
The new covers for her series gave me the perfect excuse to buy and get started on Sulari Gentill's books.
I'm trapped at home with a sick kid. Social media is too apocalyptic today. And tv is too... political. Even way up here in Canada. It's a great day to start a new book!
pickMy 500th mystery added to Goodreads!! Woohoo!
If you enjoy historical mysteries, especially those that take place in the inter-war years (my personal favorite), you should read this! Super excited that the rest of the series will soon be published in the US.
#augustofpages #augustphotochallenge #day26 #underhypedbook Sulari Gentill is the author of a totally under hyped series of books set in Sydney in the 1930s. The Rowland Sinclair mysteries remind me of Agatha Christie,Rowly is a wealthy young man who has disregarded his family's upperclass lifestyle to become a painter.He lives in his mansion with a sculptress & 2 communist friends, and gets involved in scandalous affairs.The books are brilliant.
My #recommendsday pick this week is little known Aussie author Sulari Gentill. Her Rowland Sinclair series, set in 1930s Sydney, is about Rowly Sinclair, a bohemian painter from an entitled family who lives in his Woolahra mansion with Edna the sculptress and their two communist friends, they become involved in scandals & murders. It's the Australian version of an Agatha Christie style series, very entertaining and not very high brow.5⭐️
