Finally, I bit the bullet and read this book. I let go of my own pride and prejudice of this book and was pleasantly surprised.
Virginia Woolf’s Rediscovered Novel
Here’s a piece of good news that I like to read. “A recently rediscovered personal copy of the novel’s first edition, containing Woolf’s handwritten notes and amendments, now offers a tantalising glimpse into her private thoughts about her fraught opus, and her writing process.” Virginia Woolf’s first novel was recently found in the science section […]
Decluttering My Book Shelves
I guess there’s a point in everyone’s life when they do a major decluttering of the things in their life to mark transition points. I realised that my home office study will need an overhaul with all the text books and reference books that I have collected over the years. As I try and figure […]
Grand Sale! Selling My Books on eBay
I have to say that I have a decent library of books collected over the years. During my working years, I spent a lot of money on buying decent text books and reference books on topics related to my field in Learning and Development. However, they are now taking up space on my shelves where […]
How Can You Read So Many Books?
A friend of mine sent me this snapshot of a tweet last night and asked if my husband and I could provide an answer. As I’m not on social media anymore (and likely not to ever get back on it), I answered her directly (and not the tweet obviously). My average for books read every […]
Book Review of Anti-Fragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Time for a new book review. I’ve been reading a lot of classics of late. Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and even some Anita Brookner books but I decided that I needed to get back to Taleb’s Incerto series and continue reading the books there. (I have two more to go). I picked out Anti-Fragile, […]
Book Review: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
Here’s my latest book review by Anita Heiss. Its a timely book as it’s NAIDOC Week and later this year, Australia will have the Referendum for the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Given the amount of nasty comments I’ve been getting on my YouTube channel (most of it unrelated to books), and […]
Book Review of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Here’s my latest book review that has gone live on YouTube. My god, what bleakness. If you can’t be bothered watching, I wrote about it in this post. Long and short of it was that I thought Cathy was a cow and I couldn’t wait for Heathcliff to hurry up and die already. I schedule […]
Oh the Sarcasm in Pride & Prejudice
I’ve just finished reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I was never interested in these period novels as I mistakenly thought they’d only be about young women wanting to marry a rich bloke. The tediousness of reading gossip, how much the son of each family makes and who was to marry whom would have reminded […]
Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Here’s my new book review up on YouTube. I enjoyed this short spooky book.
My Female Crush: Anita Brookner
This week I read Anita Brookner’s Hotel du Lac. I bought the book from a local second hand book store for $3 and at the time, I was deliberating whether or not to buy it because it won the Booker Prize in 1984. I’m not a fan of Booker Prize winning books. Every time I […]
How to Read
Continuing onto the second skill highlighted in Robin Good’s article “What We Really Need to Learn to Be Successful in Life – Part 1″ is How to Read. Reading is my most favourite activity. Reading is critical thinking for me. However, it’s also HOW we read that is the most important skill and I believe […]
Book Review & Life Lessons from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
How have I NOT ever read this brilliant book before?! Jane Eyre fast became one of the BEST books I have ever read in my life. There’s a handful of books that I LOVE and adore and have somehow made an impact on my life. The first 10 are the ones I would throw into […]
New Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Here’s a new book review of a book that many people are reading at the moment. Highly enjoyable and immersive story.
New Video Book Review: Seeing Other People By Diana Reid
Here’s my new book review that was published on YouTube yesterday.
Book Review of Creative Differences & Other Stories by Graeme Simsion
Here’s my new book review of this book of short stories. I really enjoyed this one!
New Second Hand Book Haul
Needed a convenient excuse to get out of the house so I just said I was going to the supermarket. I HÂTE going to the supermarket. I went to my local second hand book store. A little tiny shop filled with stacks of dusty books that are precariously placed on top of each other creating […]
How To Read Fiction: A Video Book Review
The latest book review is up on my YouTube channel, Life Lessons From Books. It’s by James Wood on How Fiction Works. I have some books “dropping” (as they say) over the next four weeks. (I read about 1-2 books per week) What to expect in the coming weeks:
Reading All Day
Now that I’m not working anymore, I have so much time in the day that is spent doing pretty much nothing at all. I have days where I plan for golfing, French studies, going for long walks, house work and helping my parents with their errands too. However there are other days where nothing is […]