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 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 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 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 ...
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 ...
This is a bookclub book. By the time you read this we’ll have discussed it and I’ll be able to put the book aside. I do love bookclubs, I’ve learned to appreciate books far more than I used to. I may not necessarily like them but I appreciate them. This ...
This book was a freebie for me. Phil Smart emailed me and asked me to read his book. He did everything right and I’ll probably write about his approach on another day because it hit all the spots for me. He flattered me so much I was quite happy to ...
This anthology is so good I bought it twice. Not really, but yes. I bought two copies by accident a month apart. I was still suffering from Shingles during all of this time (I’ve got symptoms now as I type) so I’m excusing myself, and I’m sure the Andromeda Spaceways ...
I bought this at Oz Comic-Con in 2025. It was totally on spec. I stopped at a book shop booth and they only had translations. I did ask my normal questions but they didn’t seem to know anything about the books. I just bought this one from them. I have ...
I discovered one of my favourite authors had a book on Kickstarter. It was quite some months ago and finished on a high, having smashed several goals. Why did I back it when I knew I’d probably see him at one of those mini-conventions I like to haunt? Because it’s ...
This is not your standard Discworld book. Yes, it has words, and it even has the wizards of the Unseen University. With both of those ingredients you’d expect it to be Discworld. And it is, but it isn’t. This is a book about the science that goes into making the ...
This is the first book published by Elizabeth von Armin. She published it anonymously, and continued to published many of her books without her real name. Some of them she had published as “by the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden“. I read a biography of von Armin recently by ...