If you’ve familiar with my blog, you’d know I’m a big Pepper Basham fan (and almost fell off my chair when she friended me on social media!). She’s written some fabulous books… and they just keep coming! Last month, I received an advanced copy of Ms Basham’s latest novel, Hope Like Wildflowers, thanks to NetGalley […]
I completed my tax paperwork for last financial year (YES!) and posted a bunch of documents to my accountant earlier today. While paying the postage fee for this letter, the Australia Post clerk exclaimed how she couldn’t believe it was already September, and we discussed how fast the year had disappeared. Of course, I knew […]
I’ve read several of Julie Klassen’s books (including this one), so my excitement piqued when my Libby library app alerted me that her newest series was available to borrow through my local library. I discovered the Libby app mid last year when I learned I could access a heap of e-books from authors I liked. […]
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 […]
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 […]
