Read / November 21st, 2019
New to this Christmas book recommendation series? Read the introductory post covering picture books. These junior reading selections are a new edition this year and I should’ve done it earlier. By the ‘junior’ definition I mean titles that are for children aged approximately 6 – 9. But as I’ve said before, these could suit someone…
Read / November 19th, 2019
Welcome to my annual Christmas book recommendation series! Over the coming weeks, I’ll be posting my picks for the books that have nabbed my attention at the time of the year where shelves are crammed with so much choice. I know it can get overwhelming because, honestly, I feel it too sometimes! So if you’re…
Read / November 6th, 2019
First I want to preface this post by saying that I know the topic is hardly original; similar articles and listicles will be written soon – if they haven’t already. Hit me up with those links once they’re available because what a decade it’s been for books and I’m sure I’ll forget tonnes of…
Read / October 29th, 2019
For a while over the American summer, Three Women by Lisa Taddeo was one of the hottest books around; if you weren’t reading it you knew about it due to the number of people Instagramming the cover, asking if anyone had finished because they wanted to debrief their opinion in private without giving spoilers. That’s how it…
Life / October 24th, 2019
Five years after running the marathon, I was back at the Melbourne Marathon Festival. An almost carbon copy day, too, as the projected forecast was going to be clear, calm and warm. As I waited for the signal for the half marathoners to walk up to position at the starting line, I pulled out my camera to…
Friends, If you’re reading this direct on/from the blog, take one last long look around. If you’re reading via RSS or email, click on through to get that final glimpse. Because all going well, this will be my last update before we push the button on the all-new, snazzy website. My current and traditional (cough…
Read / September 30th, 2019
I’m sliding in by the skin of my teeth today to post this month’s reading list. We have had visitors and just – well – life, in general, has kept me away from my computer, not just here. But some of that time was devoted to reading (hurrah!), some of which will be discussed in…
Life / September 12th, 2019
Writing can feel like a game of totem tennis. Do people still play? I think so. You know what I’m talking about, right? When you stick a pole in the ground and a rope is attached to the top with a tennis ball on the end and you bash that around and around. I’m not…
There’s a recommendation that’s sometimes given to bloggers (at least, it used to be), and that is not to apologise if they are returning after an absence if it wasn’t signposted ahead of time. True fans will just be glad that you’re back and indifferent or one-time readers won’t really care. While I understand the…
