I mentioned in my Who Inspires You? post earlier this year that I plunged into writing after reading a Julie Lessman novel. Yes, her story inspired me to write, but it wasn’t the sole reason. When I was a teenager, I read a heap of Christian fiction. My mum had (and still has) an extensive […]
Life’s still busy, but I (somehow!) fit in a little reading and finished Katherine Reay’s novel, The Printed Letter Bookshop. I’ve reviewed several of Ms Reay’s books in the past (here, here and here), so I knew I’d enjoy whatever she had in store for me. 😉 The Printed Letter Bookshop is women’s fiction at […]
You know those moments in life where you envisaged you’d have some downtime to put your feel up, relax, and maybe read a book for an entire day? I imagined experiencing a handful of “lazy days” during the winter school holidays, but so far… I’ve been busier than usual. Between reclaiming the laundry and washing […]
Hands up, who loves Pepper? Me! I’m partial to the kitchen grinder variety and don’t mind Tony Stark’s leading lady, but my favourite Pepper is the ever-amazing Pepper Basham, a sweet, authentic and hilarious Christian author who writes novels I crave to read. I’ve enjoyed (and recommended!) several of Pepper Basham’s novels and I’m excited […]
This past week has been a blur of busyness. An intensive day of baking. Long days without a dishwasher. Time spent scrubbing walls, rearranging furniture, and unstacking and re-stacking bookshelves. Alphabetising books, organising the chaotic rumpus room, and finding lost things. With all this “manual labour”, I’ve been thinking. A lot. Inspiration comes in many […]
During March, I indulged in audiobooks and e-books from Karen Witemeyer’s Ladies of Harper’s Station historical Christian romance series. It seemed I had read a lot of books since I blogged about Ms Witemeyer’s Archer Brothers series late last year, so I was excited to travel back in time to somewhere new: 1890s Texas. No […]
