I bought this book at the Ulysses Bookstore in Hampton. I wandered in there because there seems to be a rubber band drawing me towards any bookshop in my vicinity. I only bought four books and this was one of them. I’ve been wanting to finish The Hunger Games series ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I bought this book from Book Fair Australia in February. I wasn’t sure what I was buying, but it sounded good when the author spoke about it. I have made reams of notes about it, far too much to actually write about, and if I use some of these notes ...
I picked up this book at Book Fair Australia earlier this year. Sadly, I was not able to talk to the author as he died almost two years ago, but I was able to talk to his son. Michael was there to sell his own book, Dodgy Mike, a series ...
I bought this book at the Book Fair Australia. I suspect I asked for a recommendation from the bookshop which had taken a stall there, but I can’t find anything on my credit card to support that. I’m just going to ignore the why I have this book and concentrate ...
I bought this book at Book Fair Australia this year. I wasn’t certain about buying so many books this time round so I tried to only buy one from each series. If I like them I’m sure the authors will be happy to sell me other books from the series ...
I met Overall at the 2024 Book Fair Australia, I must have been impressed enough to buy her book and I’m really glad I did. It’s a beautifully written piece about women who are really doing it tough. Sometimes they don’t have enough to eat but they still have enough ...
I picked this up at the Ulysses Bookstore in Hampton a while back. I asked for a recommendations and found it hard to choose between the two on offer so I bought both. Mad Mabel turns out to be a good choice. I was told she was local to that ...
I’m always happy to buy friend’s books, especially if they’re a good writer. I could go heavy on the sarcasm and stress how bad an author McKenzie is, but I’m not going to do that. I probably won’t spend too many words on this book as it’s only 53 pages, ...
Following a thought from Tara Farms and found myself another Aussie farmer, but this time in Western Australia. TJ was in the middle of fighting fires when I clicked through. I stayed because I’m looking for more Australian farmers, and I wanted to support him, fires can be devastating to ...
I bought this book for three reasons. The first was to support a friend, I’m fond of supporting friends in all their works, a glance at my Patreon and Ko-fi supports that. The second was because I was intrigued as to how you could write a book when you’re a ...
I loved the Maze Runner book, I was tantalised by its promise so when I saw its sequel The Scorch Trials in Ulysses Bookstore in Hampton it was a no brainer. I had so many issues with this book. I don’t know if you’ve read it, so I’ll try not ...
Deborah Conway is a Jewish Melbourne born singer/song writer. I didn’t know her growing up, but that’s mostly because I didn’t attend youth groups or other communal events and not because she’s a few years older than me. She burst onto my radio as the lead singer of Do-Ré-Mi in ...
I don’t recall where I bought this book. I suspect it was second hand at one of the mini-conventions I attend from time to time. I’ve got some really good books at these places. Sometimes it’s people selling off parts of their collection, other times it’s authors selling copies of ...
This book was recommended to me by my mother. She was in a book club for my entire childhood and doesn’t flinch from reading challenging books. Like all books written about the Holocaust this one is a big challenge. Fania Fénelon joined the French Resistance in 1940 until she was ...
This is the first book in the subscription I bought for myself from Bionic Book Subscription. Just like the three books they sent me a few years ago this book is exceptional. I will probably keep up my subscription when this one expires, all the books they send me are ...