Tag: Edgy fiction

Apr 10
Book Review, Fun Facts, Reading

A Story Within the Story

There’s something special about reading a novel by an author you feel you already “know”… before you’ve read one of their books. Whether it’s through “meeting” them via their newsletter, receiving recommendations from friends and authors or following them on social media, It’s amazing how you can relate to a relative stranger through the snippets […]

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May 16
Author, Book Review, Family Life, Fun Facts, Reading

Who Inspires You?

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 […]

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Mar 21
Book Review, Fun Facts, Reading

Out of the Cages

Back in January I posted about some Aussie fiction I’ve wanted to read and am happy to report I’ve ticked one book from my list! *cheers* I finished reading Penny Jaye’s Out of the Cages last week and have since struggled to form words about this confronting, heart-rending Young Adult read. Ms Jaye is an […]

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Jan 12
Author, Book Review, Reading

Everything is Just Beginning

Back in November, NetGalley and Revell approved my request to read an advanced copy of Erin Bartels latest novel, Everything is Just Beginning, which releases on January 17th. It’s a story set in the 1990s following Michael Sullivan, a talented lyricist and adequate guitarist, after that ever-elusive recording deal. To say this opportunity excited me […]

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