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Dearly: Poems | Margaret Atwood #Poetry

January 25, 2021January 24, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 11 Comments

Dearly: Poems by Margaret Atwood was a book I savoured slowly over the Christmas/New Year period. I tucked the lovely slim volume into my work backpack to read one or two before work over my morning coffee, or to take with me to lunch. I would read a few more each time, sometimes rereading lines, … Continue reading Dearly: Poems | Margaret Atwood #Poetry

The Wild Oats Of Han | Katharine Susannah Prichard #AWW

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 10 Comments

Last year, my friend at the Writer's Centre NSW, now called Writing NSW, was planning on hosting an Honouring event for Katharine Susannah Prichard. It's an annual event, of which I have managed to attend about half so far. I had just popped my name on the expressions of interest list early last year, when … Continue reading The Wild Oats Of Han | Katharine Susannah Prichard #AWW

My Love Must Wait | Ernestine Hill #AWW

January 21, 2021January 15, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 12 Comments

Happy Birthday Ernestine!   My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill was a bestseller when it was first published in 1941, which puts it neatly in the middle of Bill @The Australian Legend's Gen III of Australian Women Writers. I can see why this story about the adventurer and explorer, Matthew Flinders attracted a lot … Continue reading My Love Must Wait | Ernestine Hill #AWW

The Pea-Pickers | Eve Langley #AWW

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 14 Comments

My first illness was that one most common to the children of the poor...a bad education and, like the bite of a goanna, it was incurable and ran for years. Ethel Jane (Eve) Langley was born in Forbes on the 1st September 1904. After her father, Arthur died in 1915, her mother, Myra moved her … Continue reading The Pea-Pickers | Eve Langley #AWW

Wolf Hall Trilogy Readalong

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 9 Comments

February will be the beginning of my Wolf Hall Trilogy Readalong. If you'd like to join in, here are some of the why, when and how details. The Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall Readalong: Feb – May 2021 I first read Wolf Hall in 2011 and Bring Up the Bodies in 2012.It is now nine years since I read them. Before … Continue reading Wolf Hall Trilogy Readalong

Outlawed | Anna North #USfiction

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 9 Comments

What a hoot! Outlawed by Anna North was the perfect summer holiday book. Light and easy to read, with an interesting premise and an uncomplicated storyline. And a great cover! The story opens in late 19th-century America, though not quite the Old West we know. In this version of our past, the Great Flu of … Continue reading Outlawed | Anna North #USfiction

Stories & Shout Outs #36

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 14 Comments

My Week: Block editor - arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I Am Reading: Master & Commander | Patrick O'Brian The Pea-Pickers | Eve Langley Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel Dearly Poems | Margaret Atwood Read but not Reviewed: Outlawed | Anna North My Love Must Wait | Ernestine Hill New to the Pile: The Wild Silence | … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #36

The Last 10 #BookTag

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 20 Comments

A little Book Tag, spotted somewhere on the interweb (please let me know if it was you, so I can acknowledge you properly), to get me over a slow blogging weekend. 1. The last book I gave up on: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong - I wasn't in the right mood for … Continue reading The Last 10 #BookTag

2020: The Stats

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 30 Comments

image source Putting together a 2020 review post was something that had me feeling rather churlish. But as the week has progressed, a desire to honour the big blogging change I've just made, has crept in.    Moving from Blogger to WP was, at one level, done very spontaneously and in a fit of frustration. … Continue reading 2020: The Stats

War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy #RUSclassic

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 17 Comments

It will be nigh on impossible to write anything new or insightful about Tolstoy's War and Peace that has not be said before, so this will be a collection of loose impressions and thoughts that occurred to me throughout 2020 as I read a chapter-a-day (or more accurately seven chapters a week) with Nick. The … Continue reading War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy #RUSclassic

First Book of the Year #BookTag

January 1, 2021January 3, 2021 ~ Brona ~ 17 Comments

I've been joining in Sheila's First Book of the Year for many years now. It has become one of my bookish traditions. As from the 1st January 2021, I will be reading Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian. This is a reread so that I can join in Nick's #AubreyMaturinReadalong over the next four years. … Continue reading First Book of the Year #BookTag

2020 in Retrospect

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 ~ Brona ~ 17 Comments

First spotted at Bookertalk, this book tag may be the only 2020 round up post I manage right now. I had lots of grand plans for reading and blogging between Christmas and New Year, but so far almost none of them have come to fruition. So I will simply add an extra question or two … Continue reading 2020 in Retrospect

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