It's been a fortnight since my last week that was. I've finished work for the year, had my first week of holidays, am on track for Christmas preparations, and have saved over $800 on my annual insurance premiums by switching providers. There's a Christmas bonus, right there! My very crafty daughter's contribution to Christmas: Youngest … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Remembering Bob by Sue Pieters-Hawke
Remembering Bob... About the Book: A warm, moving and revealing collection of stories and memories about Bob Hawke from across the nation, edited by his eldest daughter Bob Hawke's death in May 2019 sparked national mourning across the country as we remembered just how important Bob had been in the shaping of modern Australia. In … Continue reading Book Review: Remembering Bob by Sue Pieters-Hawke
Book Review: Cry of the Firebird by T.M. Clark
Cry of the Firebird... About the Book: In the badlands of Africa, a resourceful doctor fights to save her patients' lives. Australian thriller writer T.M. Clark returns with a vivid, action-packed adventure in the tradition of Wilbur Smith. South African-born Doctor Lily Winters, a consultant with the World Health Organization, has been in the thick … Continue reading Book Review: Cry of the Firebird by T.M. Clark
Book Review: Pushing Her Luck by B R Maycock
Pushing Her Luck... About the Book: Holly Caulfield has won the Irish National Lottery and sets in motion a plan to save the village of Abbeyglen. But who would have thought that giving money away could be so difficult? With a resident’s association that’s clamouring for more and more money, an old lady who’s decided … Continue reading Book Review: Pushing Her Luck by B R Maycock
#BookBingo – Round 25
Drumroll...this is the end! A full bingo card for 2019, finishing on the square: A book written by an author with the same initials as you For this one, I picked Bitter Leaves by Tabatha Stirling. But I didn’t actually finish it. I think my issue with this novel is mostly to do with the … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 25
Six Degrees of Separation from Sanditon to The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
It’s the first Saturday of the month, which means a new round of #6degrees, and this month’s starting book is Sanditon by Jane Austen, her last novel, which was also unfinished. Despite loving Jane Austen, I have never read Sanditon. The unfinished aspect of it has always bothered me. I don’t want to read something … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation from Sanditon to The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
Book Review: The Christmas Witch by Carla Caruso
The Christmas Witch... About the Book: Misfiring spells. A gorgeous new boss. Looks like this Christmas will be magic... The festive season isn't Mina Rosso's favourite time of year. It reminds her that as a descendant of La Befana - Italy's Christmas witch - she's cursed to forever be unlucky in love... Her plan this … Continue reading Book Review: The Christmas Witch by Carla Caruso
Book Review: The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly
The Family Gift... About the Book: Freya Abalone has a big, messy, wonderful family, a fantastic career, and a new house. But that's on the outside. On the inside, she's got Mildred - the name she's given to that nagging inner critic who tells us all we're not good enough. And now Freya's beloved blended … Continue reading Book Review: The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly
#BlogTour: Josephine’s Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
Josephine’s Garden... About the Book: A captivating story of love, nature and identity in Napoleon's France France, 1794. In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she'll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napoleon … Continue reading #BlogTour: Josephine’s Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
Challenge Check In – November
I just realised that it's already December. I mean, I registered this over the weekend of course, because I started opening my T2 advent calendar and drank December 2nd's tea this morning with my breakfast. But it wasn't until seeing all of the monthly check in posts on my word press feed that I thought, … Continue reading Challenge Check In – November
