This month I read two awesome books by two favourite authors, Heather Webber and Selina Fenech, some important Australian classics and a moving collection of short stories, took a chance on a new author, and loved a queer contemportary romance and a fascinating historical fiction... 46 of 80 - The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by
This month I read one of my favourite novels of the year - Morgan Is My Name - and bought my first special edition book (a reward for finishing and submitting my second oracle deck, lol), and read a wide range of genres, from MG and contemporary to fantasy, non-fiction, and a strange faery/folk tale.
June was a good reading month, with four books by Australian authors and another four from around the globe. I especially loved Like A Curse by wonderful Scottish writer Elle McNicoll and The Gift of Life by Queenslander Josephine Moon, and Wiradyuri author Anita Heiss’s new children’s book Bidhi Galang... 31 of 80 - Magical
May is the Sydney Writers Festival, so I tried to read as many books by authors who I would see there before it started, then I began reading some of the fellow authors who would be signing at the Ballgowns and Books Event in June... 23 of 80 - The Matchmaker by Saman Shad I’m
I only managed to read four books in April, but I loved them all. Three were by awesome Australian authors, and the fourth was by a US favourite. 19 of 80 - Not Meeting Mr Right by Anita Heiss Congratulations to Anita Heiss on her relaunched rom-com Not Meeting Mr Right – last night’s Brisbane
My March reads included lots of faery tale research, and two wonderful novels - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Aussie author Holly Ringland and South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber - plus a surprisingly charming rom-com. 14 of 80 - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland Holly Ringland’s
February was a busy reading month, with a huge range of genres, from historical fiction to magical realism to hard hitting truth disguised as fiction to a charming kids book by a talented First Nations author and artist, and everything in between. 07 of 80 - Tin Man by Sarah Winman Sarah Winman’s third novel Tin
Hello, and brightest blessings to you as we dance through the seasons into autumn in the southern hemisphere, and spring in the north. It’s February 2023, and I haven’t written a blog or a newsletter in a very long time, oops! I won’t bore you with the details, but I do have exciting news! The
January was full of wonderful books, many with a faery tale bent. I became obsessed with faery tale author Helena Nyblom after reading Holly Ringland’s The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, and tracked down a few of her out-of-print collections of magical stories. I also loved the enchanting The Emporium of Imagination, by Aussie author
Another year of the Book-A-Week challenge has passed, and I read 90+ books - 52 of them by Australian authors, and one of them 1200 pages long! There were so many beautiful, touching, empowering, inspiring, thought-provoking stories, proving just how magical books are. They teach us, encourage us, inspire us, entertain us, transport us to