One of the things I've found about reviewing books is that I am generally either good at reading or reviewing, but rarely both at once. Lately I've been reading loads (well, until this whole staying home with everyone all the time killed my reading routing! Most of my reading is usually done either on my bus commute, in cafes before work, or on...

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Hello! This weekend I've been participating/ following along with the BookHiBearNation readathon that Simon from Savidge Reads is hosting. To be honest, I haven't done as much reading as I expected/wanted - I've just been finding it tricky to settle into a new routine of having everyone home, and where my reading fits into that. But in any case, it's still always fun...

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Suddenly March is almost over, which means it is time for me to read the next book in the Harper Collins/HQ Books #HERSTORY: Women Who Rebel campaign, The Darkest Shore by Karen Brooks. I was kindly sent copies of all of the #HERSTORY books, so I'll be reading this one in the next week, and sharing my review soon after that. Here's the...

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I'm doing something a little bit different with my waiting on Wednesday post this week. Rather than choosing one book that is coming out sometime soon, I'm going to give a little preview of all the books I have ARCs for that are coming out next week. With everything that's going on right now, and the resulting cancellations of tours and launches (which...

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Today I'm joining in with the AusYABloggers and sharing a little snippet from page 77 my current read, which happens to be Astrid Scholte's new #loveozya fantasy novel, The Vanishing Deep  (kindly sent to me by Allen & Unwin). It was perfect weather for hanging out sheets, and for reading outside today, so I enjoyed some of this in the sunshine. First, here...

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Today I'm joining in with a blog meme called "Can't Wait Wednesday" which is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings. As the title suggests, this is a chance for everyone to talk about those books that we just can't wait to get our hands on.   This week I'm featuring upcoming #loveozya novel Deep Water by Sarah Epstein. Henry Weaver is missing.Three months...

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If you've been in a bookshop in the past few weeks you've probably seen that The Mirror and the Light - the third book in Hilary Mantel's historical fiction series about Thomas Cromwell - is out now. This would have to be one of the most anticipated books of 2020 - the previous two books in the series both won Man Booker prizes,...

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Hello and happy International Woman's Day! I have always loved reading stories about wonderful women, and now as a mum it's really important to me to share those sorts of stories with my daughter. Luckily there's a bunch of amazing kids' books around that put the spotlight on women and their achievements. This one, Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet by Kate...

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Something about the cover of Alison Croggon's new middlegrade/upper primary fantasy novel - The Threads of Magic - caught my attention the very first time I saw it, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on an early copy (kindly sent to me by the team at Walker books). Pip lives on his wits in the city of Clarel. When...

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