103 books and over 25,000 pages read. It’s been a brilliant year of wonderful reading – and very little television watching. I hope to continue the trend in the new year…..
What I’m Reading
When we were in Canberra a couple of weeks ago, we caught up with friends whom we hadn’t seen in years. Over dinner, the discussion started on our favourite books and this one was mentioned. It was published some years back and it was one that had some popularity. Certainly the film also helped to […]
Book Review of She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai
Here’s the latest weekly video that I uploaded this morning on Makoto Shinkai’s debut novel, She and Her Cat. He’s a well-known Japanese anime film maker who created this story first as anime so I assume that as a novel, it would reach a wider audience….
Book Review of Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
This week I uploaded this book which is the first time I read this author. It’s written beautifully but the subject makes you feel concern for the main character, a young woman under the power of her harsh father. Lots of themes of personal power, patriarchy and domestic violence.
Book Review of East of Eden by John Steinbeck
This book was brilliant. Just do yourself a favour and read it. (Just found out that Netflix is doing a series on East of Eden! 
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Our Book Club Author Event
This year I started a Book Club I’ve called Birdies, Bogies and Books at my golf club. Its one of the many clubs (other than golf) that members can become involved with and as I love to read and share my love of reading, I created the group, curate the book list and then run […]
New Second Hand Book Haul
I love to visit second hand book stores so naturally, I went to Savers and saw these wonderful books. Someone was obviously clearing out their Julian Barnes collection so I bought the entire lot for $2 each. BARGAIN. I’m slowly getting rid of some books that simply don’t do anything for me but unfortunately, I […]
Reading Graphic Novels: Sharing My Thoughts on Video
This September, I’m reading more graphic novels as part of the #FramedInSeptember challenge by a few YouTubers where we are challenged to read about art – or art in different ways. You can read more about what I wrote about it in this blog post, Reading Graphic Novels. As Andrew is a mad graphic novel […]
East of Eden
Why have I not read this book sooner? I’ve yelled out in places when I’m reading this book. I gasp and sigh. It torments me when I put it down and settle to sleep every night. Why is Kathy so evil? This is why I love reading. How great is Steinbeck at story telling? This […]
Medea and Other Plays
Here’s the latest review I published on YouTube. I enjoyed reading this book and wondered why I hadn’t read the Greek plays before this. 
At the Crossroads of a Decision
Book Review: Steppenwolf By Herman Hesse
Here’s the latest video I uploaded to my YouTube account.
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 […]
Getting Rid of My Books
I have so many books that I’ve run out of book shelves. Books are now stacked in neat piles on the floor, desks and coffee tables. Buying more shelves is out of the question as there’s no more free wall space either. I have books that are over forty years old. Mainly non-fiction (as I […]
New Book Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Here’s a book that has just been published on my YouTube channel “Life Lesson From Books”. I read it over a month ago now. (All my videos are recorded soon after I read and take notes of the book then edited and uploaded into a scheduled to be published list in certain days. This allows […]
New Book Review: Ask the Dust by John Fante
Here’s the latest video book review I uploaded. For any Charles Bukowski favs, you might like John Fante.
I Started a Book Club
Late last year, I came up with an idea to start a book club for our golf club and put the idea out there. Here’s Tiger reading this month’s book, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Well anyway, I was surprised with the response. I had 24 people who were interested and out of that, […]
Spaceman from Bohemia Book Review
So I guess now you can say I’m being paid by YouTube for my book reviews. It was a nice surprise to see $100 in my account from people watching my videos. Although it’s a pittance, I don’t care. It’s enough to buy myself a few new books. As long as I enjoy making the […]
What’s in My Book Haul?
Here’s the latest book haul video I filmed this morning to share on my YouTube channel on some new and second hand books I’ve recently bought to read sometime…. I’ve got a whole heap of videos banked up to be published over the coming weeks. Here are some of the reviews I’ll be sharing: I […]
Time Without Clocks
I’m excited!!!! I’ve booked myself to do this creative writing workshop at the wonderful home Mulberry Hill, of writer Joan Lindsay (author of Picnic at Hanging Rock) and artist Darryl Lindsay. WORKSHOP: WAYS OF LOOKING Saturday 17 February 202410am – 3pm Created for writers, this is an interactive workshop where participants encounter a work of […]