Much needed book catchup

The books I have read since I last posted an entry which was in August. August The Catch by T.M. Logan Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. by Matthew Desmond Scary Monsters by Michelle de Krester The Curfew by T. M. Logan The Chancellor: The remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel byKati Marton The…

Two recent Australian books

Two books that I have recently finished were books that were either mentioned on the programme called Books That Made Us on the ABC television station or they were short listed for a particular literary prize.  The ABC series is no longer available to view but you can see a list of the books here….

Not since November 26th 2021!

Well, that is how long it has been since I have done a post on the blog.  I received a phone call today from my brother and sister-in-law just to make sure that I was still on the planet as I hadn’t posted for a while even though we have been in touch through Zoom…

An absolute corker of a read.

This is a book that you could easily spend all day reading.  I was so keen to get to the end that is exactly what I did. I have read a few Michael Robotham books, make that all of his books, and this one was his most recent. “Philomena ‘Phil’ McCarthy is a promising young…

Lots of book reading in lockdown

If you look at my Book Challenges Page for 2021 you will see that August has been a month of very serious reading.  I don’t think I have read so many books in a month before.  Here is just one of August’s reads. A new author I have discovered is Matt Nable.  One of my…

A Tim Winton novel

This book was another buy from the Book Fair.  The book was published in 1994 but I had not read it.  The last Tim Winton book I read was Dirt Music, which I loved.  I loved this book too. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995.  The prize was won by The…