01. My (almost annual) Reading Holiday – away with two friends; I read one book (Patchett) and started another (Perry); had two glorious walks by the ocean (I never get tired of fossicking by the shore); and basically the BEST, most relaxing time. Continue reading
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
In previous years, I’ve attempted to read the full Stella Prize longlist – that took some effort in terms of coordinating predictions, library reservations and bookshop visits! This year, the longlist announcement crept up on me and I was totally unprepared. Nevertheless, I got my hands on a copy of Lucy Nelson’s short story collection, Wait Here. Continue reading
01. It’s the holiday edition! All I’ve done for nine days is sit on the beach and read books. I commented to a friend that I feel very fortunate that my ‘happy place’ is relatively simple to achieve. Continue reading
01. Ten hours of music fun at Laneway Festival. Highlights: on the ‘small’ stage, Bel Air Lip Bombs and Teen Jesus delivered. On the big stages, I loved seeing Lucy Dacus and Role Model but the highlights were Wet Leg and (of course) Chappell. Continue reading
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
01. So I probably haven’t shared the long and sad story of the demise of my book group… and I won’t now because of the title of this post. I also won’t go on about attempts to get a new group started… Instead, I was thrilled to be a part of Ramona Books inaugural book group this week. Such fun to have a really meaty discussion with people invested in talking about the book! (the book was Dominic Amerena’s I Want Everything). Continue reading
More 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction reading – but have listened to audios (the wait-list on hard copies at the library was impossibly long for all of them). Continue reading
So many ways to focus ones reading in March: Women’s Prize, Stella Prize, Reading Ireland Month… I try to do a little of each. This time, two audios (the wait-list on hard copies at the library was impossibly long for both). Continue reading
01. Morning bathing at Aurora, then fish and chips for lunch by the beach. And this view. Best. Day. Continue reading