Incredibly inspiring and so awesome. I thought I was familiar with Blake Johnston’s story (we both live in cronulla) but I have been blown away. Now I have real insight into what it was like to be a school aged professional surfer! How it feels to run massive distances! What it feels like to surf […]
For me this has been one of those ‘a reader lives a thousand lives’ books. I will never experience Charlie’s level of loneliness. I haven’t moved away for my career. I’m one of seven. I spent my 30s in my cafe, I have always had just enough people. So I love that I have walked
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Of course this was a funny, wise, thoughtful romp..it’s a Joanna Nell; it’s perfect. It had me giggling through tears and planning my next age…I adored everything about it. When retirees Grace and Martin bond over funeral hymns and punctuation of course adventure and funeral crashing ensues..I don’t want to give anything away it isn’t
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I do love me some romance, but this was one I kind of kept looking past; Im not a runner..and now I say don’t let the fact you aren’t a runner stop you like it did almost me! This was super fun! Don’t let the fact you aren’t a runner stop you like it did
Like a love letter to suburbia/ family life… the wonder of being married and a father…I don’t know really but I know I loved it with my whole heart…SO special! Full of crowbars, love, vulnerability and story! It is the story of Noah; suburban father, husband, journalist and now best selling author as he comes
This was a book I wasn’t going to read and then thought I’ll request it from the library..by the time it is my turn I’ll be over it and cancel the hold,,and of course I was checking all the time how I was progressing and was absolutely there the second it was my turn! Like
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‘a story about one lonely man with too many cat ornaments, and another lonely man in a cold house..’ I think the Thursday Murder Club series just gets better and better..I could not work out mystery (and I tried) but I did love hanging out with my friends again. More backstories, more character development..but gosh
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A poignant depiction of a dying town…and a mother grieving her missing son, but it didn’t quite work for me. I did have Jane Harper high expectations 😔 out mid October, and massive thanks to Macmillan for my arc. (I’m completely not sure if it’s a novel that will get better for the sitting with,
Loved The Life Experiment so much, really tackles all the big things- life, meaning, time but never did it feel prescriptive or cringe! It felt like 2 people who have joined an experiment that predicts when you will die..and accidentally have the cutest meet cute and it goes from there..of course there are big themes,
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I had to return this to the library mid read and I didn’t think I’d regret it, but I did keep thinking about the characters so I had to request/ wait/ borrow and read..it would have been easier not to!!!! I am from a big family and do love seeing sibling relationships on the page..this
