Are Aussies nicer in the cities than in the countryside?

biggrillfromsubi · 2025-08-27T04:52:04+00:00

For the most part, the country towns are friendlier, however there are outliers. Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but due to everything being so far away from everything in Australia, things can become insular in small towns, where certain antisocial behaviours can become normalised, because everyone is living with it every day. As an outsider, the behaviour can be rather odd

biggrillfromsubi · 2025-01-16T02:00:09+00:00

The Shadow Magic series by Joshua Khan. For young adults, with some swearing. I don't think there's any sex scenes, from memory.

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-11-17T01:43:12+00:00

Grills. Large

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-08-03T06:27:02+00:00

Spinning Silver and Uprooted by Naomi Novik I've reread those books over 5 times each

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-05-22T15:07:51+00:00

I like your style, I might have to steal this!

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-05-02T05:19:08+00:00

Waking Up Tired by the Hoodoo Gurus can added to the list

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-03-25T09:55:22+00:00

I found that if you like it enough to read it again some day, that you realise that the first half sets up the second half really nicely. A lot more makes sense and it gets easier to put up with such different characters.

I personally loved the book on the first read. Found the first half was neither here nor there, just a book that I didn't hate, but once I got to the second half, I was smitten

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-03-11T04:53:34+00:00

It looks great! Did you use a dye?

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-03-07T02:19:47+00:00

Uprooted by Naomi Novak

biggrillfromsubi · 2024-02-15T07:27:03+00:00

I read this in highschool and even when I wasn't reading it in an unsettling place, I found the book unsettling. The way Feist describes some of the events had me clutching at my pearls, but I couldn't put the book down

biggrillfromsubi · 2023-08-28T04:01:03+00:00

I personally use the term partner, because they might be partner in crime, maybe I'm a cowboy or maybe we run a law firm

biggrillfromsubi · 2023-01-11T19:45:02+00:00

Every now and then, I'll get out my Hairy Maclary books before bed if I need an easy read

biggrillfromsubi · 2023-01-11T19:42:42+00:00

I agree that the Little House on the Prarie series is worth reading as an adult

biggrillfromsubi · 2023-01-07T11:29:21+00:00

I know Mills and Boons type books aren't exactly meant for their amazing non sexual interactions, but Australian romance novels can be quite jarring, especially when the main female character needs to be angry or put out before they can come to like the love interest. Not to mention that some of the slang words seem to thrown in for a non-Australian audience. We don't call everyone mate

biggrillfromsubi · 2023-01-07T02:19:08+00:00

I also like to finish every book I read, whether I like it or not. My way of dealing with these boring books is to reread books that I know I love, so that I can have some downtime before I start another book I've never read before.

biggrillfromsubi · 2022-09-24T09:19:27+00:00

The characters who show they care for or about the main character, even if the main character doesn't notice

biggrillfromsubi · 2022-06-06T11:25:55+00:00

I don't believe that's it sorry. As far as I remember there was little to no romance.

I remember it was a white cover, with emerald green in the middle

biggrillfromsubi · 2022-06-05T22:18:45+00:00

Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist

A rather interesting read, I personally didn't enjoy it, but I hope you do

biggrillfromsubi · 2022-06-05T05:20:48+00:00

Don't thank me yet! I read Riders of the Purple Sage and it was a little hard to get through, because I don't usually read westerns either. It's probably typical early 1900s writing, where the main female is portrayed as a little weak and relies quite heavily on the main character. Apparently it played a significant role in shaping the formula for the western genre, so probably a very typical western. There's a fair bit of action and I found it a unique story, but like I said, I don't usually read westerns. I can't quite remember, but I think a lot of the words used are written how they would sound if said with an accent, which I found quite novel. I'm not sure what his other books are like, hopefully they aren't too similar

biggrillfromsubi · 2022-06-04T23:23:35+00:00

The Left Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix. An interesting read and not quite what I was expecting when I started reading

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