Echoing the Streisand Effect
As most of you would probably already know, Ellora’s Cave is suing the Dear Author blog and Jane Litte personally over this post: The Curious Case of Ellora’s Cave. Many many people, on various...
View ArticlePut Your Bats Out
It’s been a tough week here in Australia and around the cricketing world. We lost someone special this week and we are sad. Normally I talk about romance and romance books on this blog but I wanted...
View ArticleJellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Why I read it: Various friends of mine have been telling me I need to read this book. I was warned about possible ugly-crying and an emotional wringer. It seems to be a much beloved book. I bought it...
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I’m going offline for a while. Things are too sad-making right now. So, I’m going to enjoy my family at Christmas. Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season. Please God may 2015 be a better...
View ArticleARRC2015 Wrap
Parliament House, Canberra From Friday 6 March to Sunday 8 March, I was at the Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Canberra. It was my first romance convention and exciting, exhausting,...
View ArticleMarch Round Up
Monthly Mini Review Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Susannah Jones – B+ I said in my review of Rock Chick (I read the print version) that I imagined Amanda Ronconi reading the...
View ArticleOffline
I’m going offline for a while. Things are too sad-making right now. So, I’m going to enjoy my family at Christmas. Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season. Please God may 2015 be a better...
View ArticleARRC2015 Wrap
Parliament House, Canberra From Friday 6 March to Sunday 8 March, I was at the Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Canberra. It was my first romance convention and exciting, exhausting,...
View ArticleMarch Round Up
Monthly Mini Review Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Susannah Jones – B+ I said in my review of Rock Chick (I read the print version) that I imagined Amanda Ronconi reading the...
View ArticleJanuary Round Up
Monthly Mini Review Just pretend there’s a review here okay? My reading and reviewing mojo has been very adversely affected by the Trumpocalypse. The blog will return to normal operations next month....
View ArticleOn adaptations and ambiguity – Big Little Lies on TV and by the book
I watched the HBO mini-series of Big Little Lies recently and was completely blown away by it. I was also a little curious after watching, particularly about where the book different from the TV show...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
I’ll be taking a few days off over Christmas and the new year but will be around on Twitter. Who knows? I may even get around to posting some 2017 Favourite Reads lists in January. That’s the plan...
View ArticleOffline
I’m going offline for a while. Things are too sad-making right now. So, I’m going to enjoy my family at Christmas. Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season. Please God may 2015 be a better...
View ArticleARRC2015 Wrap
Parliament House, Canberra From Friday 6 March to Sunday 8 March, I was at the Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Canberra. It was my first romance convention and exciting, exhausting,...
View ArticleMarch Round Up
Monthly Mini Review Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Susannah Jones – B+ I said in my review of Rock Chick (I read the print version) that I imagined Amanda Ronconi reading the...
View ArticleJanuary Round Up
Monthly Mini Review Just pretend there’s a review here okay? My reading and reviewing mojo has been very adversely affected by the Trumpocalypse. The blog will return to normal operations next month....
View ArticleOn adaptations and ambiguity – Big Little Lies on TV and by the book
I watched the HBO mini-series of Big Little Lies recently and was completely blown away by it. I was also a little curious after watching, particularly about where the book different from the TV show...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
I’ll be taking a few days off over Christmas and the new year but will be around on Twitter. Who knows? I may even get around to posting some 2017 Favourite Reads lists in January. That’s the plan...
View ArticleHappy Blogoversary to Me
I posted my very first review on this day in 2010. My reading has broadened and changed since that first post. I read more contemporary than historical these days and my reading has diversified in many...
View ArticleOn Apologies, Forgiveness and West Ravenel
I listened to Devil’s Daughter by Lisa Kleypas recently and I loved it so much I decided to read the book as well. If anyone has been following my Twitter feed at all, it won’t be a surprise that I...
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