I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a spooky-book reader, so this season is always a funny one for me. Add to the fact that in Australia we’re not totally on board with the whole ‘Halloween’ thing yet (it’s just not the same without all those cosy fall vibes and pumpkin patches I … Continue reading Halloween Reads | Top 3
I'm really looking forward to discovering bookshops around the country (and world) from today's Top 3 Thursday posts! Local bookshops are always such a joy to me, and it's been hard whittling it down to just 3. There's nothing quite like walking in to a room or space full of books just waiting to be … Continue reading Local Bookshops | Top 3
What an exciting week for me - not forgetting to post the Top 3 Thursday blogging list I host! (My apologies for being pretty bad at this one lately!) This week's topic is paying homage to the bookworms who inspire us to read more & own that love of reading. Big love! 1. Matilda (Matilda by … Continue reading Famous Bookworms | Top 3
Holy heck. What a book. I had heard rave reviews about this book almost everywhere I looked when it came out back in 2018, but it wasn't until Leigh Sales & Annabel Crabb were talking about it on their podcast, Chat 10 Looks 3, that I finally decided to pick it up off my shelf … Continue reading Eggshell Skull – Bri Lee | Review
If you're a fan of Netflix's Queer Eye reboot, you're probably aware that most of the Fab 5 have books out at the moment (except Bobby? Where are you, Bobby?). Naturally Tan is Tan France's memoir, and a fairly candid account of growing up in Yorkshire as a South Asian kid, right through to his building of a … Continue reading Naturally Tan – Tan France | Review
I don't think I consciously gravitate to books narrated by or following a character of a specific gender, but when I look at books I've really loved and that fall in my 5-star list, it's usually ones led by females. I'd assume this is because they tend to be narratives I relate to more strongly, … Continue reading Books with Male Leads | Top 3
Vox is a book reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, set in a dystopian future in which females are limited to speaking only 100 words per day. The punishment for exceeding your daily word limit? A thousand volts of electricity coursing through your body thanks to the wristband locked on to you. But it wasn't just … Continue reading Vox – Christina Dalcher | Review
