This is the second book in the series I raved about recently. You can read my words here if you wish. There were a lot of things I enjoyed in this book, but there was something that disturbed my enjoyment a little. Romance is the kiss of death for me ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I have a bone to pick with you Mr Aldin. I have far too many things to do and I struggled to put this book down. Just ignore the fact that it’d be good for my health to go to bed for a week and that your book, with its ...
My reading is rather eclectic and this is probably on the more normal side of my reading I think the last two books have been a little out there. I was recommended I read this with a view to figuring out how I could structure the history of my synagogue ...
This is a strange sort of book to read at this time. I say this as it was published in 1970 and censorship has changed dramatically in the intervening 53 years. But it’s very interesting to get a snapshot of what things were like in 1970. I have very few ...
I love these mini conventions. When I went to Bendicon last year I found the table for Screaming Banshee Press and there was A.J. McInally. Book shops are fantastic places to be, I’ve had some super recommendations from book shops over the last few years, but big publishers don’t go ...
This series of three books proves why it’s good to attend things your friends are doing. My friend, Pete, mentioned on Facebook how he was going to be attending the latest ComixPo. I saw that and feeling it’d be a good time to catch up with him and some other ...
You know those times when someone recommends a book and when you read it you realise it’s exactly what you needed? This is that book. It was actually sent to me by the publisher and I knew nothing about it before I started reading. As Tony Birch says on the ...
Sumner Locke Elliott is one of those iconic Australian authors. I know he spent most of his life in the US, but he was born here. This is the second of his books I’ve read and I’ve enjoyed the experience more than the first. You can see what words I ...
This is one of those books I wish I’d read years ago, many years before it was actually written…there’s a problem there. First published in 1997 it was written by the wife of Ernie Dingo. If you’ve not heard of Ernie Dingo you really should google him and find out ...
This book is one of those books that was published during 2021. I’ve met the editor, Carly Findlay and also follow her on Facebook. She’s a wonderful advocate for the disabled, always trying to learn more about other people and how they navigate the world. I have learned so much ...
This book came as part of a box set of books. I won them in an auction raising money for a good cause. It was a few years ago and the books have sat on my TBR Pile since then. It was a private auction and while I don’t recall ...
This book came as part of a box set of books. I won them in an auction raising money for a good cause. It was a few years ago and the books have sat on my TBR Pile since then. It was a private auction and while I don’t recall ...
This book came as part of a box set of books. I won them in an auction raising money for a good cause. It was a few years ago and the books have sat on my TBR Pile since then. It was a private auction and while I don’t recall ...
I have this book because of the ‘who you know’ theory of book reading. I have a friend on Facebook who is a retired Prison Correctional Officer. I have no idea what was going through his mind when he put in his friend request but from my point of view ...
I found myself conflicted by this book. It was written by Patrick White who has received a number of awards for his writing including being named Australian of the Year in 1973. When he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature also in 1973 he sent someone else to collect ...