I always take care of my books. They’re my treasures after all so you won’t see them dog-eared or rough around the edges. Sadly, this book looks like it’s been through the right ringer because well, it has. I haven’t left home without it. Anytime I thought I’d have a spare mo to read in […]
Category Archives: Grab it Now
January
12
Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
posted by Ms A
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner is one of the hit books of 2019 in the USA. It was released in June with hit reviews and by September, there was a 10-party bidding war for TV rights. Taffy Brodesser-Akner is best known in the USA as a writer for GQ Magazine and the New […]
January
01
Holiday Reads by Ms K
posted by Ms K
Happy New Year Readheads. Phew we made it. There is so much going on in our news right now I feel like it’s the only thing I’m reading – and I am, quite frankly, exhausted. Fortunately, in between being glued to bushfire updates and other shockers, I’ve forced myself to retreat to quiet corners and […]
December
01
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
posted by Ms A
It’s Christmas time and three seventy something female friends have come together to clean out a beach house. The house was owned by their fourth friend, Sylvie, who has recently died. There is a lot of work to do, so the surviving friends get started cleaning cupboards while trying to fill the gaps left by […]
September
04
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
posted by Ms K
I literally just finished this book minutes ago and here I am furiously trying to get my head together because Readheads, we NEED to talk about it. This is an incredible book (I think it has a gazillion awards too) but let’s just take a sweet moment to consider how these three women came to […]
August
08
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
posted by Ms K
City of Girls is the most delightful romp and I chomped on it ravenously like a candy apple, which is fitting because if I had one word to sum City of Girls up, it is delicious! This story sparkles. It is irresistible and I fell under the spell of all its characters from the get-go. […]
August
04
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
posted by Ms K
Given this book has a long list of nominations and awards already (most recently named winner of the Miles Franklin) my review could be a short and emphatic three words – ‘GRAB THIS PRONTO ‘. But you know me, I can’t stop there. I want, actually I neeeeed to say more because this book had […]
