Here’s the latest video I published on YouTube. This book was recommended by one of the ladies in my book group as a quick, if not, a creepy read. A woman is so in love with her husband that she does everything just to spend time with him (at the expense of everyone and anything […]
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Here’s the latest book review that I’ve put up online. I enjoyed this book that gave you a picture of the publishing world behind the scenes but also the toxicity of social media. Well worth a read!
Enrolling into Creative Writing Stage 1 Course with the Australian Writers Centre
This week, I decided to finally take the plunge and enrol into a course with the Australian Writers Centre. I had been eyeing this course for some time but made plenty of excuses not to do it. Frankly, my money could be better spent on things around the house that need improvement or fixing (plumbing […]
Book Review of Disgrace by J.M.Coetzee
Here’s the latest book review that has been published on my YouTube channel called Life Lessons From Books. I love the writing of Coetzee and I’m collecting all his books as I find them in my travels through second hand book stores. I’ve got another one that will be published soon called Diary of a […]
Reading The Divine Comedy by Dante
It was about time I read this book. We have two copies. The first one is the Oxford Classic which I’m poring over (you have no idea how much I love going deeply into the book with its end notes and references to figures of history and philosophy – which I may add, all happen […]
What Possessed Me To Read The Road?
Picture this. It’s near midnight. I’m on the couch nearing the end of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road about a post apocalyptic world then I hear our garage door open outside. My heart stops. For a few seconds I hold my breath and listen for more noise. I get up suddenly but stand there not […]
Another Second Hand Book Haul
I bought some more second hand books yesterday. Here they are:
A New Haul of Old Books
Recently I went into a Savers store here in Melbourne which is a thrift store. It had a superb collection of classics and literature so I went a bit wild and spent some money – all up about $10.
Book Review: They by Kay Dick
After being disturbed from doing my book review, (always a danger to do these on weekends when my husband is home), I finally reviewed this book.
Book Review: Nailing It by Rich Hall & Some Ideas about My YouTube Channel
Time for a new book review that I just hit ‘publish’ on in YouTube. After Zamyatin and Dostoyevsky, Rich Hall’s was a welcome change. I also tried Bundaberg Rum for the first time in my life (I’m more a G&T person than rum….) Where Am I At with YouTube? On another note, I checked my […]
More New (& Old Books) Come My Way
Some more classic and literature books have come my way. Since making this video, I have already read Dostoyevsky’s House of the Dead (brilliant), The Collector by John Fowles (superbly creepy) and Look at Me by Anita Brookner. I’m reading like there’s no tomorrow. A book is always in my hand or in my bag […]
Book Review: The Alarming Palsy of James Orr
Here’s my latest book review of a novella I read recently. Not a bad story as it kept me intrigued throughout.
More Books!
Andrew had a gift voucher for a bookstore and he used the funds on that to buy books for us today. He’s a Stephen King and Matthew Riley fan (and bought their latest books) but I’m all about the literary classics and I put in my order for some Russian literature. (Perfect for winter days). […]
The House of the Dead
I’m back to reading Dostoyevsky. After piss farting around with other novels, I felt compelled to go back to the big ones. I needed another “War and Peace” experience where I had to have a book that I scribbled in, took notes, lived in. I checked my shelves. Brothers Karamazov? Crime and Punishment? I didn’t […]
Video Book Review of A Start in Life by Anita Brookner
My new review is now up online. I try and do a review every week.
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 […]
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 […]
“If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is”
Today, I did nothing. Nothing but sit back in my husband’s recliner, watching YouTube the entire day. The cat dozing in my chair while I allowed myself to have an entire day devoted to watching Kurt Vonnegut documentaries. Something about today just made me make it all about this brilliant humanist writer. While I sat […]
Memoir Writing Masterclass
Yesterday after my weekly French conversation with my friend online (we have been talking for nearly two years every week which has improved my French considerably), I headed to the local library for this masterclass. In all honesty, the reason I signed up was that finally, there were places and I managed to get a […]