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I’m so excited for Summer! Daylight saving has been so fun already, but I am itching for that summer breeze and to call in to the beach after work and lazy beach days with a book by my side sitting in the shade…ahh summer dreaming is me ( I know it won’t be long before […]

Gosh how on earth is it October!!!!!!! It really feels now like we are in the business end of the 2024 doesn’t it!  I don’t know if that’s why I’ve been thinking about my sisters lately, I have 3 and we are so lucky..we all get along well and I absolutely consider myself lucky to

Spring has sprung and isn’t it just the loveliest weather at the moment. I actually have my laptop with me while I sit on the balcony in the morning sunshine; perfect!  We’ve just celebrated Father’s Day in our household so I’ve gone with that as my theme this month, and goodness are there some wonderful

Gosh such a freezing month!!!! This month I’ve gone with some opposite to embracing the season and done some books with warm settings!! Hope you are getting lots of under the lap blanket with a warm tea reading in!!!  I adore Jane Austen, of course I am a 46 year old reader hahah but it

I was chatting to my colleague and a lovely customer the other day about ratings. My Goodreads is like a cheerleaders; they really are mostly 4 or 5 stars. They were saying that makes it irrelevant, there has to be context or else they are meaningless… and I can definitely see their point. But I

I only went to 1 SWF event this year; they’re massive events, I have Sunday/ Monday off and l live in Cronulla so it’s not super convenient for me to be getting home to afterwards. I think I think it every year, but next year I really do just want to take the week off

This week by chance I read two novels that had been inspired by real life and real people. The Lost Letters of Rose Carey is a fantastic Australian Historical Fiction novel inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon Annette Kellerman. I can’t tell you how much fun I had going down the google

By chance the last two books that have been chosen for the OG Bookclub were favourites of mine that I didn’t think I would reread, I thought too fresh in my head still. But I wanted to flick through and just be sure I could chat about them properly for bookclub so I borrowed them

I’m not a mother myself but I instantly think May – Mothers Day and I know last year I did the same theme but there are so many wonderful books that explore the complex/ magical/ dynamic theme of motherhood that I couldn’t resist!  Our Wondering Women Read for April was Tilda is Visible so it

I love that I was asked to submit 5 recs to my local library. I probably give it way too much thought, last April I did an Anzac theme, this year April is all about the camping!!! You don’t live with Dave for 10 years without learning that April is the start of camping season.