Jana's Reviews From the Stacks hosts Spell the Month in Books meme the first Saturday of every month, thankfully latecomers are always welcome! I love compiling this list as it gives me a good excuse to go back over my older posts, checking them for missing links, weird formatting and other inconsistencies that occured during the … Continue reading Spell the Month in Books | June
Must-read books by female writers, chosen by our books editor and the Good Housekeeping team. Good Housekeeping | 8th March 2023 | 100 best books to read by women authors I can't say that I'm a regular Good Housekeeping UK reader, but Paula @Book Jotter includes in her weekly roundup, Winding Up the Week, a … Continue reading 100 Best Books Written by Women
Can you believe it? It's time for 20 Books of Summer Winter with Cathy @746 Books once again! It only feels like yesterday that I put together my 2022 list with so much anticipation. Cathy's call to arms "Do you fancy getting 20 books off your TBR in three months?" is especially appealing this time. … Continue reading 20 Books of (Summer) Winter 2023
In conjunction with the annual Sydney Writers' Festival, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW in association with Create NSW award a number of prizes across a range of categories. Their aim is to "honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers, and literary merit". Senior Judge Jane McCredie said, This year’s awards celebrate the courage, … Continue reading The NSW Premier’s Literature Award 2023
What's On My Mind: Airlie Beach - sunshine, time with Mr Books, walking along beaches, snorkelling and cocktails with spritz! Palm Bay, Long Island, Whitsundays (my photo) What I'm Reading: The Fire and the Rose | Robyn Cadwallader The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma | Bessel van … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #60
Better late than never! Every single month so far I have forgotten this meme from Jana's Reviews From the Stacks, until I spy Jennifer @Tasmanian Bibliophile at Large or Lisa @ANZLit Lovers post. I love compiling this list as it gives me a good excuse to go back over my older posts, checking them for missing … Continue reading Spell the Month in Books | May
Photo by Taylor Wright on Unsplash April has been a month of catching up on writing reviews for all those books I read in March. I only have two more to go. Whereas this month has had far fewer books on the go as I focused on reading a few classics - Zola for Fanda's Zoladdiction month, Elizabeth … Continue reading April 2023 | The Books
What's On My Mind: Finally feeling back on track healthwise, workwise and blogging-wise. Planning a mini-break in Queensland for next month. I know lots of people have jumped back into international travel this year, but I've seen so many of my family & friends spending a week confined in a foreign hotel or hostel room … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #59
Better late than never! Every single month so far I have forgotten this meme from Jana's Reviews From the Stacks, until I spy Jennifer @Tasmanian Bibliophile at Large or Lisa @ANZLit Lovers post. I love compiling this list as it gives me a good excuse to go back over my older posts, checking them for missing … Continue reading Spell the Month in Books | April
Once again it is time to peruse our bookshelves to find books, short stories and poems first published in a certain year. This time Karen @Kaggsy’s Bookish Rambling and Simon @Stuck in a Book have given us 1940. 1940 was a leap year. In February, 4-year-old Tenzin Gyatso was proclaimed the 13th Dalai Lama and on the … Continue reading The 1940 Club
Photo by Emmanuel Phaeton on Unsplash March was a month of two halves. At the beginning I was keenly finishing off books started in February and moving onto Irish and Welsh short stories for Begorrathon and Dewithon, with plans to read at least one Welsh and one Irish novel as well. But then I got … Continue reading March 2023 | The Books
The International Booker Prize is my aspirational longlist. I would like to read more diversely and more books in translation, and lists like this are a great place to find inspiration. Most years though, I'm lucky to acquire and read one of the books from the list. This year it is A System So Magnificent … Continue reading International Booker Longlist 2023
Last year The Classics Club posted a questionaire to celebrate 10 years of blogging. I completed the post then promptly forgot about it! Lucky for me. I've had a nasty sinusitis infection since Friday night. The first couple of days were okay - I could still read and blog - but the past few days … Continue reading The Classics Club 10 Year Celebration Questionaire (a little late).
It’s time for another Classics Club spin. This is the Classics Club's 33rd CC Spin...and mine. Yes you read that correctly. I have participated in EVERY single Classics Club spin, along with Jean @Howling Frog. What is a CC Spin? Simply pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List. … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #33
What's On My Mind: An overnight trip to the mountains has suddenly made everything feel better. I suspect Mr Books and I are getting closer and closer to making the decision to move for good. What I'm Reading: The Mabinogion | Jeffrey Gantz (translator - Reading Wales) Thirst For Salt | Madelaine Lucas (April release … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #58
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