March Life has been busy and joyful for the past month. Each of my children celebrated birthdays, turning 21, 19 and 17, and Zeus had his 10th birthday! Zeus, making sure no one steals his back legs while he is not watching... I've decided to combine my weekly newsletter posts with my monthly reading check … Continue reading The Month That Was…
My Reading Life
A Month of Reading – February
I just realised today that it was March and I hadn't written up my reading post for February. What a busy last couple of weeks! So, February. It looked like this... Total books read: 6 Review books: From the tbr: I was reading a lot on my Kobo this month, and those books are ones … Continue reading A Month of Reading – February
The Week That Was…
It's been a couple of weeks, but first, let's start with a joke: Highlight of my week *year* **possibly next year too**: Yes, I saw Ed. And it was AMAZING!! Who said dogs can't smile? What I've been watching: M and I started watching this. Neither of us quite know what's going on yet but … Continue reading The Week That Was…
The Week That Was…
Joke of the week: ~~~ What Zeus has been up to: Somebody dropped bacon... ~~~ What I've been watching: It's back! Youngest son and I are unavailable Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights for the foreseeable future. This was perfect for a midweek date night. Utterly delightful, we both enjoyed it. ~~~ What I've been reading: … Continue reading The Week That Was…
A Month of Reading – January
A solid start to the reading year with 9 books read in January. No reading challenges this year, just letting myself follow whatever path my reading mood takes me down. Review Books: Off the TBR: Until next month! Yours, in good reading x
The Week That Was…
It's been quite a week this week. I turned 46, my daughter flew to San Francisco to commence her third year of university with a semester long college exchange program, and I had the pleasure of meeting one of my blogging friends in real life over a lovely bookish chatty long dinner together. What Zeus … Continue reading The Week That Was…
The Week That Was…
This week we started with summer and closed out with winter - and here I was thinking that only happened in Melbourne! What Zeus has been up to: The hide and seek shenanigans continue on... What I've been watching: Two really good movies that I highly recommend... What I've been reading: Until next week...📚☕
The Week That Was…
A fresh new year. I've spent some time this last week making the most of long summer days, enjoying my pool, tidying up the gardens, and catching up with friends. After a thorough weeding, my front garden bed finally looks like I envisaged when I started the project during winter of last year. This garden … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Top 15 Books of my 2022 Reading Year
In no particular order, here are my top 15 books of the year. Over the year, I read 90 books, and quite a lot of them were five star reads, so it was no mean feat to whittle down to a list of 15. But here it is, the favourites of the favourites. All titles … Continue reading Top 15 Books of my 2022 Reading Year
A Month of Reading: December
Another month of reading has passed, so too, has another year. First up, let's look at December. I read six books in December, unsurprising that the total is low, December is a notoriously busy month for everyone. Two of my December reads were real chunksters though, so overall, I didn't do too badly and it … Continue reading A Month of Reading: December
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