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
Reading Challenges
#BookBingo – Round 23
Book written by an Australian woman more than 10 years ago: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty Lent to me by a friend at work, I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes was a novel I hadn’t even heard of. But I read Gravity is The Thing earlier this … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 23
Challenge Check In – October
Another month over, time for another challenge check in. I thought this month might be more of a quiet one, and it is, I'm down a bit on my overall reading total, but still pleasantly surprised by how many books I did actually get around to reading. Challenge stats: #aww2019: 4 books Book Bingo with … Continue reading Challenge Check In – October
Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means a new round of #6degrees and this month’s starting book is Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. You can find the details and rules of the #6degrees meme at bookaremyfavouriteandbest, but in a nutshell, everyone has the same starting book and from there, you connect to other … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
Challenge Check In – September
And there goes another month. We'll be into the new decade before we can all say "so this is Christmas"... What do the numbers for September look like? #aww2019: 5 books Book Bingo with Mrs B's Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 1 book - only two left to read for this challenge! Next year's … Continue reading Challenge Check In – September
#BookBingo – Round 20
This round gives me my second completed horizontal line - bingo! Romance: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair I don't read genre romance books at all, but I do read a lot of books that contain romance, particularly historical fiction. I've picked The Cinema at Starlight Creek for this category because it contained … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 20
Spring Break Reading Goals
So close! Spring break is just around the corner. Two weeks of loafing about in weather that is neither too hot nor too cold. I always like to set myself some reading goals for this particular set of holidays, mostly because I begin, always about this time of the year, to feel the loom of … Continue reading Spring Break Reading Goals
Challenge Check In – August
I can't believe another month is over already. And today marks the beginning of Spring! We'll be sweltering under the Queensland sun again before we know it. Onto the stats: #aww2019: 8 plus 1 #dnf Book Bingo with Mrs B's Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 1 book The Classics Eight: 2 books! Look at … Continue reading Challenge Check In – August
Challenge Check In – July
July – Winter’s middle month, with two weeks of school holidays at its beginning. So, numbers should really be higher than usual, one would think… #aww2019: 4 books Book Bingo with Mrs B’s Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 2 books The Classics Eight: 1 book – break out the bubbly, she’s finally started this … Continue reading Challenge Check In – July
#BookBingo – Round 15
Now this one was a perfect match! This round also gives me a horizontal line filled, so bingo! A book with a place in the title: The French Photographer by Natasha Lester …this is my favourite novel by Natasha Lester. I’d go so far as to say that it is her best yet. There’s a … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 15
