Long before the birth of Brona's Books, nearly 12 years ago, and long before my preschool teaching days, I read nothing but children's books. Lots of them. As often as I could, as many times as I could. Rereading favourites was the only way to feed my voracious habit. The school library could not keep … Continue reading Before Brona’s Books #1001ChildrensBooks
After taking a bit of a break from joining in things - to give myself time to get ready for AusReading Month in November (warm up post coming very soon) - a few bookish events, readalongs and readathons have now come along and caught my eye. The fine folk in Canada recently celebrated Science Literacy … Continue reading Stories & Shout-Outs #13
Brona's Salon is a new meme which aims to gather a group of like-minded bookish people 'under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.'(wikipedia)I will provide a few prompts to inspire our conversation.However please feel free … Continue reading Brona’s Salon
The Broke and the Bookish host a weekly meme called Top Ten Tuesday.This week is all about recommendations. So many of my books appear on my TBR pile thanks to a recommendation from family, friends, reps, or customers. Book reviews, podcasts, writers festival events, interviews on the TV and radio also play a part. The hard part … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday
A whole swath of shortlists have been buzzing around the bookish world lately. Some have got me bibliograpically excited but some have left me scratching my head. Kim @Reading Matters alerted me to the Canadian literary award - The Giller Prize. It has been around for twenty years and recognizes 'excellence in Canadian fiction'. For a … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #11
Angle of Repose is Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer prize winning novel from 1971.Stegner created a part fact/part fiction story of life in 1880's America based on the real letters and journals of Mary Hallock Foote. After his book was published, a controversy brewed with some of Foote's descendants about how Stegner went about this merging of … Continue reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
LaRose is now my best book for 2016.I'm not sure what I else I have to say after that!Except, do yourself a favour and read this book now.The only reason LaRose doesn't get a 5 star rating on my goodreads page is that I will probably never reread this book.In this case the blurb really … Continue reading LaRose by Louise Erdrich
It has been quite some time since I wrote a housekeeping post and I feel the need, the need to read...and to chat about it some. During the week Melissa @Avid Reader Musings put me onto a new book app called Litsy. I know, I know! We all need a new app like a hole in the … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #9
I'm just coming back in from the wilderness of a three day migraine headache binge. I'm still not really with it or up to doing much. My final hundred pages or so of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony are languishing, waiting for a headache free period to enjoy the home run stretch of this amazing … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #6
I've had a successful month finishing off all my half read books thanks to Andi's challenge to read #15in31. I managed to finish 15 books, although a few of those books were picture books. The reviews for the Aussie books will pop up during November for AusReadingMonth. I also joined in Blog Ahead during October. I … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #5
I'd rather be busy than bored, but I do feel like I'm constantly chasing my tail and never really getting anywhere. In an attempt to gain a semblance of order in my chaotic life, it's time to write a Stories & Shout Out housekeeping post. In real life October has been a month of family … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #4
Due to visitors, a Yr 12 Graduation, Mr Books birthday and a neighbourly farewell party, Bloggiesta was a bust for me this time around. The last Bloggiesta gave me Feedly. I love it. It's a great way to keep track of my favourite blogs...although it does need a tidy up of categories already....! I had … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #3
Stories & Shout Outs is a time and place to highlight stories, reviews or posts that caught my eye during the week. This week was a little crazy, busy at our place - Mr Books birthday, my eldest booklets Yr 12 Graduation, a visit from my F-I-L & hayfever symptoms running amok. All of which … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #2
One of the things I love about this blogging life is visiting other blogs. I love finding new books and authors, I love the friendly discussions about books and I love the connections. Some weeks are busier than others though. Some weeks I stop by lots of blogs, leave comments, join in memes and write … Continue reading Stories & Shout Outs #1
It's Monday! And it's the last calendar day of winter here in the Southern Hemisphere.And I, for one, sing hallelujah!I'm over feeling cold. I'm over all these layers of clothes and I'm definitely over the heating bills!This afternoon, after work, as I sat here preparing this post, I realised that the setting sun was not … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
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