This is another book that has the tag ‘return to Mum’. It’s a good thing I put these tags in books I’ve been loaned, I’d never remember to return them. This is one of those ‘must read’ books, one to be read over and over again until you’ve learned the ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
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 ...
I joined the Monash Writers Group several months ago. It’s been good to be able to sit with fellow writers and talk about our writing. We’re meant to bring some writing to share with the group and receive feedback. It makes me feel as if I’m back at uni as ...
This is the second sequel to Iconic written by A.J. Gordon and Peter J. Aldin. The first was Quaestor by Peter J. Aldin and this second one is written by Aldin’s co-author. Iconic showed me that Aldin and Gordon are best when they write together. I’m not saying when they ...
This is a book loaned to me by my Mum. She insisted I had to read it and a good thing too, as it turns out. Let’s just ignore the fact that I’d not heard of Elizabeth von Arnim until I read the book. Born on the shores of Sydney ...
I read this book as part of my book club. I’m not sure I would have picked it up if I’d realised the subject matter would be so hard to read. On the other hand, the writing is fantastic, I really struggled to put it down. I loved Odette from ...
I bought this book at the Book Fair Australia last year. This is an anthology of stories written by members of The Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc. The stories within are a microcosm of the volunteers in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. As with many communities it is made up ...
This book was the subject of the new bookclub run by the Victorian Discworld Klatch on Discord. People assume that because I have been involved in the Discworld Conventions and the Victorian Discworld Klatch that I must have read all the books. That is not a good assumption. I’m an ...
I have this book because I back Baxter on Patreon. Why I back him on Patreon was beyond me until I read this book. I have no memory of where I came across him and no memory of reading any of his works in the past. But past me must ...
I bought this book directly from Aldin during Oz Comic-Con this year. If you happen to like this cover and you manage the buy it somewhere you’ll be incredibly lucky. I happened to snag the last copy with this cover. This is the second book in the Outer Reaches Series. ...
This is a book I read recently as a Buddy Read with a book blogging friend, Tracey. It took me far too long to find the book. It wasn’t on my shelves, nor owned by anyone I asked. As she’s a slow reader and I’m a fast reader I didn’t ...
This book is one that I’ve read for a book group. I write this on Tuesday evening and we discuss it tomorrow. It was chosen for us by the library, and some day soonish I will talk more about book groups and how they can be run. The library gives ...
Today is Guest Blogger day. I met David McDonald in one of my writing groups. We’ve had some lovely conversations and when he floated the idea of where he should publish his article about Worzel Gummidge I was very quick to put my hand up. I’ve enjoyed reading his take ...
Yet another of my loot purchased at Book Fair Australia. This one was a good buy. When I’m in front of an author trying to sell all their books I buy very much on instinct and less on what the back of the book says. Sometimes this instinct works well ...