The Broke and the Bookish host a weekly meme called Top Ten Tuesday.Each week they nominate a topic to encourage those of us who love a good list to get all listy.This week it's all about summer (in Australia).Wahoo!There's only three more calendar days until the start of the Australian Summer, but it feels like its … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Summer Here We Come!
I am beginning to suspect that I am becoming a cranky old(er) woman!Stuff, that never used to annoy me, annoys me beyond belief these days. My legendary patience feels stretched thin, ready to snap at any minute.Sadly, along with dirty socks on the floor and empty milk bottles left in the fridge, many teen/YA books … Continue reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
I began Reckoning knowing about all the rave reviews. This can be a good thing or a very bad thing. Expectations are high and it can be hard to meet them. However, in this case, there was nothing to fear. From the very first sentence I was in wow! mode. I was impressed; I was … Continue reading Reckoning | Magda Szubanski #AWWmemoir
Moriarty, quite simply, writes consistently good stories about relationships and everyday life. She captures characters so perfectly that they all feel like your very own family and friends.She covers topics and issues that have touched all us at some point in our lives.In What Alice Forgot we tackle the whole IVF baby should we/shouldn't we/for … Continue reading What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Described as the 'hot' Ethan Frome, Summer is Edith Wharton revelling in the "euphoric and depressed, confident and abjectly vulnerable" feelings that her real life love affair with Morton Fullerton engendered in her, according to Elizabeth Ammons in her Introduction to my Penguin Classic edition. Summer features all of Wharton's trademark themes - class consciousness, … Continue reading Summer | Edith Wharton
My reactions to book three of Ferrante's Neapolitan series are a lot more confused than with her previous two books.I've just come to the not-so surprising end (when you consider the title) of Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and all I have are these words running through my head:RumoursIndecisionMuddyDoubtsPush me-pull meFrustratingFor God's Sake!Get … Continue reading Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
It's not easy to review a book that has had so much love and so much attention already heaped onto it.How do you add to the praise, or describe how profoundly it affected you, or marvel over the language and depth of character detail, when it's all been said before ?The Story of a New … Continue reading The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
December was such a busy, hectic, tiring month that some easy, comfort reads were much needed to keep me going.Not reading anything is simply not an option!Therefore, during the crazy times, I turn to those books I know I can enjoy even when I can barely keep my eyes open!Liane Moriarty is one of those … Continue reading The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
Ahhhh, this is more like it.After the slight disappointment of my Chamber of Secrets reread, it has been very pleasing to feel myself back in the warm embrace of a long lost friend with The Prisoner of Azkaban.From the first page, Rowling hooked me back into Harry's magical world.She kept the recap of previous stories to a … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
There is often a heated debate about whether you like or loathe book five of the Harry Potter series. From memory, I really enjoyed The Order of the Phoenix.For me, the one that makes me go 'meh' is this one.To my mind, The Chamber of Secrets falls flat on it's face after the thrill and … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
I will be rereading my Harry Potter books over the next few months or so as part of Andi's #PotterBinge.There's not much that I can say about these books that hasn't already been said many, many times, so like Andi, and Katie before her, my posts for these rereads will be my random thoughts and … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Soon is book 5 in the Felix and Zelda series created by Gleitzman in his attempt to "grasp the unimaginable."Every time that Gleitzman thinks that he has finished this series, Felix pops up with more to say.Soon finds Felix and Gabriek eking out a life of sorts in an abandoned, bombed out building. The war … Continue reading Soon by Morris Gleitzman
I love this time of year. The fast approaching holidays, the warmer weather, the longer evenings. Christmas in summer is all about catching up with family and friends, watching the sunset with an ice cold beer and eating ripe mangoes. Christmas in summer means lazy days by the pool or at the beach. It's the … Continue reading Christmas in Summer
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