false 2723072 478995 Malcolm Walker 61 male Adelaide, 05, Australia 09/2009 12/2009 123087 D.M. Cornish 9 676 675 true 6627231 read 1 true 6627259 currently-reading 0 true 6627258 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/202939-hello-from-aussieland http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241039612p2/17941.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:21:08 -0800
I've read a couple by Melina Marchetta, although I think Looking for Alibrandi is her best. She has a YA fantasy out called Finniken of the Rock (haven't read it); also some of Marsden's Tomorrow series. The other three you've mentioned I know of but haven't read, although Emily Rodda has a fiercesome reputation as a good writer over here.

Okay, starting with the South Australia where I live, there's any of Sean Williams's YA books and of course D M Cornish's Monster Blood Tattoo series (you'll find David on Goodreads as an author). Also Lian Hearn's Across the Nightingale Floor series set in a mythical feudal Japan. She also writes as Gillian Rubenstein - my favourite under her real name being Foxspell but it may be out of print (you could try your library). Ian Bone's Sleep Rough Tonight is very good as are most of his other YA titles.

Interstate there's Markus Zusak's The Book Thief and The Messenger, also Gary Crew's Strange Objects and Catherine Jinks's Pagan series. Sonya Hartnett is a brilliant writer: try Thursday's Child, The Silver Donkey and The Ghost's Child - these are the ones of hers I've read so far. Phillip Gwynne's Deadly Unna is very good too. Garth Nix’s Sabriel and Lirael (haven’t read the 3rd one) in The Old Kingdom series. Anything by the New Zealand writer Margaret Mahy is highly recommended, particularly The Tricksters and The Haunting. I’ve probably forgotten quite a few but this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive and really only covers authors whose works I’ve read.

Finally there’s my good self (probably should be slotted in with the South Australians) with The Stone Crown

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/91868-any-recommendations http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1235847138p2/3646.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:32 -0800 The Stone Crown, and, if you want to try before you buy, there are some short excerpts on my website: www.malcolmwalker.com.au Anyway, have fun with whatever you end up reading. As Nick Hornby once said: 'Life's too short to read stuff you don't like.']]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/235285-weekly-t-te-t-te-what-distracts-you-from-books http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1239481847p2/17216.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:33 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/234670-hello http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241039612p2/17941.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:15 -0800
Nice nom-de-plume - do you speak French? Some books that I'd recommend: pretty much anything by Philip Pullman, but particularly 'His Dark Materials' trilogy; definitely The Book Thief - Markus is an Australian author like myself; most of Dianna Wynne-Jones's books; The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy; any and all of David Almond's novels; Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord and her trilogy Inkheart; Alan Garner's The Owl Service; River Boy by Tim Bowler,]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/233874-hello http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241039612p2/17941.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:54:36 -0800 Birds Without Wings (Paperback) by Louis de Bernières]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76094413 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171914259s/126368.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:31:09 -0700 The Fire-Eaters (Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (Awards)) by David Almond]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74787914 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173581831s/306118.jpg 2723072 Malcolm Walker http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252676977p2/2723072.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2723072-malcolm-walker Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:32:36 -0700