If, like me, you love the Australian television production Offspring, you will know Debra Oswald is the brilliant creator of what I can only describe as a joy-ride of a series. I also reviewed a book of hers called Useful here and reported happily that I was a fan. But, alas, I am sorry to […]
February
25
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
posted by Ms K
Brene Brown, as you may or may not know, is one of the most famous Ted Talk speakers – ever. Her talk on Vulnerability is in the top 5 Ted Talks of all time so that in itself was incentive enough for me to pick up her latest book but also, as a New Years […]
January
19
The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn
posted by Ms K
I finished this book a few months ago so am very late to the blogging party with this review. I was in two minds about what I really thought about it – I hoped that with some time, I would be a little clearer. Spoiler – this didn’t happen and I am still 50/50 – […]
January
07
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
posted by Ms K
I have always had a secret fascination about those folk who enter murder scenes to clean them up. Hells bells, I couldn’t do it but there is something so ghoulishly intriguing about it, don’t you think? If you, like me, have a hidden penchant for such things, well dearest Readheads, this book is for you. […]
January
02
The Dry by Jane Harper
posted by Ms K
Happy New Year Readheads – here is to a year of truly great reads! It’s good to be back so yes, let’s address the elephant on the page. It’s been a while since I posted (but good news is I have been reading like a demon so have lots to blog about) but I have […]
January
02
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
posted by Ms A
Every good holiday requires a good book. Frankly, it is beyond me why airlines don’t offer book sales with flight reservations. They could easily make recommendations according to destination, demographic and flight length and it would be a whole lot more fun than amazon. Instead of a little shopping basket icon there could be a […]
December
10
The Choke by Sofie Laguna
posted by Ms A
It’s the early 1970’s and a ten-year-old girl is slipping through the cracks. Abandoned by her mother and neglected by her father, she is forced to live with her alcoholic grandfather in a broken-down property near the banks of the Murray River. Surrounded by men, guns and beer – this young girl is far from […]
October
22
Days without End by Sebastian Barry
posted by Ms A
It scares me how many times I walked past this beautiful book. In the days of big publishing houses and even bigger marketing budgets, it is not at all uncommon to get enticed by a cover and find on reading it that the writing doesn’t quite match the hype. The opposite is true with this […]
August
28
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
posted by Ms A
Ok so I haven’t been posting like Ms K but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading and thinking about books. For those of you who have been holding off starting something new until you’ve heard from me (pay attention both of you) I am sorry. All I can say is the wait has been […]
August
18
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
posted by Ms K
So Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, and I have to tell you Readheads, I too am feeling pretty damn fine after reading this gem by Gail Honeyman. Admittedly, this book started off a little shaky and I thought it a bit odd, but the story found its mettle after a few chapters and I then […]
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