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Fiona Leonard

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As a teenager, Fiona took two career aptitude tests. The first said she was unemployable, the second returned only one result - coroner. She decided to ignore both (and give up taking aptitude tests) and instead became in turn, an Australian diplomat, foreign and trade policy consultant, freelance writer, theatre producer, blogger, home schooler and author (and sometimes several of these at once).

She has a gypsy soul that has carried her across twenty countries on four continents, including one year long adventure driving across the USA and Canada with her husband, daughter and the dog.

Her love of Africa was forged during a three year posting to Zimbabwe. She now lives in Ghana, West Africa.

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A Book A Week - The Host

The Host - Stephenie Meyer

I've been avoiding this book. It's not that I didn't want to read it, it's just that it's, well, big.

One of the nice things about reading books on a Kindle is that it's hard to get a sense of how big the book is. Sometimes that's annoying, but when you're confronted with a book that is 618 pages long, it's almost better not to know. I shouldn't have worried. I finishe... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.81 · 27 ratings · 13 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Chicken Thief 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Dancing With Zebras 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fiona Leonard wrote a new blog post A Book A Week - The Host The Host - Stephenie Meyer I've been avoiding this book. It's not that I didn't want to read it, it's just that it's, well, big. One of the nice thin... Read more of this blog post »
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Fiona Leonard rated a book 4 of 5 stars Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've been waiting a long time to read this book. Well, not this book exactly, but rather a well plotted, well written, keeps-you-hooked sort of book; one that never disappoints and remains consistent throughout. After reading many ok-but-a-tad-uninsp...more
May 15, 2013 07:47am · see review
Fiona Leonard rated a book 3 of 5 stars Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
We've come a long way since the 1980s, when television screens, in Australia at least, were filled with images of the Grim Reaper and his AIDs infected bowling ball. It was a graphic campaign. As men, women and children fell, the voice over threatene...more
May 09, 2013 04:49am · see review
Fiona Leonard rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Racketeer by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Fiona Leonard rated a book 2 of 5 stars The Man Who Died Laughing by David Handler read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Fiona Leonard rated a book 3 of 5 stars Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) by Charlaine Harris read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Fiona Leonard rated a book 4 of 5 stars Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a homeschooling, self employed person, this book didn't come as a huge surprise, but it is one that I really enjoyed. I suspect it is because this is a book that sets down on paper what your gut has been telling you for years. Drawing on decades of...more
Apr 05, 2013 02:42am · see review