For those following along at home, week 2 of adult ballet was a lot less painful than week 1! I'm considering that to be a good sign! 🙌 ~~~ Joke of the week: ~~~ Second joke of the week: Me reviewing a diet book... 😂 I'm still laughing... PS: If anyone wants this book, shout … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Month: Feb 2020
Book Review: Desire Lines by Felicity Volk
Desire Lines... About the Book: Arctic Circle, 2012. On a lightless day at the end of the polar winter, landscape architect Evie Waddell finds herself exhuming the past as she buries Australian seeds in a frozen mountain vault - insurance against catastrophe. Molong, 1953. Catastrophe is all seven-year-old Paddy O'Connor has known. Shipped from institutional … Continue reading Book Review: Desire Lines by Felicity Volk
Book Review: Walking by Kim Kelly
Walking... About the Book: Sydney, 1948. Brilliant German surgeon, Hugo Winter, is dead, and his protégé, Lucy Brynne, is tasked with sorting his papers. Among them, Lucy finds glimpses of Hugo’s past that paint a disturbing picture of war and prejudice – a portrait of Australia she can barely recognise. That same week, an intriguing … Continue reading Book Review: Walking by Kim Kelly
Book Review: The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
The Mothers... About the Book: What if you gave birth to someone else's child? A gripping family drama inspired by a real-life case of an IVF laboratory mix-up. Two couples. One baby. An unimaginable choice. Grace and Dan Arden are in their forties and have been on the IVF treadmill since the day they got … Continue reading Book Review: The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
The Week That Was…
I've been a day ahead of myself all week, until today, when I woke up thinking it was Thursday...how exciting to realise that the weekend was already here! 😁 In earth shattering news, I started an adult ballet class this week, attending with my newly minted adult daughter. The pain was real, however, I really … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie
Greenwood... About the Book: 2038. On a remote island off the Pacific coast of British Columbia stands the Greenwood Arboreal Cathedral, one of the world’s last forests. Wealthy tourists flock from all corners of the dust-choked globe to see the spectacle and remember what once was. But even as they breathe in the fresh air … Continue reading Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie
Top 10 Tuesday
Top 10 Tuesday was originally created by The Broke & the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana @That Artsy Reader Girl. It features a different bookish theme each week and this week…… Top 10 Books That Gave You A Book Hangover I follow Top 10 Tuesday each week on All The Books I Can … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday
Book Review: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
A Long Petal of the Sea... About the Book: September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life – and the … Continue reading Book Review: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The Week That Was…
Happy Valentine's day! ❤ Love and kindness go hand in hand. For me, Valentine's day has always been about spreading joy more than romance. So here's to friendship that has risen out of a mutual love of books and the joy that bookish love and connection brings to each of us. ~~~ Joke of the … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Thinking out loud… Content warnings for books
We’ve all read a book (or many) that contains something that we find personally offensive, distressing, or off putting. Many of us might have certain themes we’d prefer to avoid, I certainly do. But how do we go about this? I’m finding it increasingly difficult to be able to identify if a book is going … Continue reading Thinking out loud… Content warnings for books
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