It’s not news that I enjoy reading—whether it’s an e-book on my phone or a physical “breathe in the scent” paperback—but I’ve not been one to listen to audiobooks. I find it easier to snatch rare moments reading on my phone, like while I fold washing or sit in the school car park waiting for […]
Today is Australia Day, so it’s the perfect time to highlight some home-grown authors. Instead of sharing reviews of romances I’ve read, I thought I’d spotlight books I’m looking forward to reading which are waiting in my reading app or on my bookshelf. Carolyn Miller’s Muskoka Shores and Northwest Ice series: I’m actually embarrassed to […]
If you’re an avid reader of Christian fiction, particularly women’s fiction, the name Sara Brunsvold should be familiar to you. I’ve followed the buzz surrounding Ms Brunsvold and her inspiring, thought-provoking debut, The Extraordinary Death of Mrs Kip, since its release in mid-2022. Her first novel has been on my “wanted” list long before it […]
While I navigated the busyness late-November and December avalanched on me this year (whose bright idea was it to launch a new book in the first week of December? Yep, Broken Spirit released on December 5th!), I squeezed in some Christmas reads. Four “I’ve read many of their books and know I’ll enjoy anything they […]
It’s the last day of November and we’ve finally unearthed our Christmas tree! Now the school year is complete (well, Miss F’s last day is tomorrow), I’m hoping we’ll get the tree up and decorated by the end of the weekend as I’ve got lots to do next week. Amongst planning gifts and food for […]
I mentioned in a previous post my morbid fascination with World War II. I’ve watched documentaries and movies based on true stories, read piles of historical research and anecdotes, and umpteen novels of characters somehow surviving one of the darkest eras in modern history. When I consider our world today, these stories of depravity and […]
