Bookmail | Volume 1

Welcome to the first volume of bookmail! I can’t say how frequently/infrequently I’ll post these. I suppose it does depend on how many wonderful things come across my desk… Which is quite regularly, so maybe…

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Weekly Goals #2 | January 18-24

The week that was wasn’t a very pleasant one. The first part of the week was reasonably stressful as my mum travelled home from an overseas holiday while a family member’s health was increasingly failing.…

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Who’s Afraid? by Maria Lewis | Book Review

Welcome to the first book review of 2016. Hooray! While I can’t promise to review every book I read this year, I’m hoping to review at least 50%. There’s another 2016 resolution for you. Honestly…

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Weekly Goals #1 | January 11-17

I think the first week of the year always sucks for achieving goals. (What a positive way to start the post.) I’m guilty of getting into the New Year’s resolutions mindset and thinking I can…

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Books published in 2016 that you should know about | PART TWO

Welcome to the second part of my preview of books published in 2016 that you should know about. If you missed part one, which covers January to March, read it first here! April I’m calling…

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Books published in 2016 that you should know about | PART ONE

Even before 2015 brought us surprise publishing announcements like a sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird and 50 Shades of Grey from Christian’s point of view, it was always going to be a massive year for books. Every…

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Favourite books of 2015

This post was an absolute joy to write. And by ‘joy’ I mean ‘a complete pain in the ass’, because I read so many brilliant books in 2015 and took zero notes for any of them. No…

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Budget challenge #1 | Just The Essentials January

Without a doubt, one of my major stresses in 2015 was money. Moving to Sydney introduced two new money factors that have drastically impacted my financial situation: 1) monthly pay *vomits*, and 2) doubled rent…

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