Books published in 2017 that you should know about | PART ONE
I wrote a two–part series in early 2016 about my most-anticipated books for the year and it was really well received, so I have decided to do it again for 2017. While it’s no secret that…
2016 Annual End of Year Survey
Welcome to my 2016 Annual End of Year Survey! Jamie at Perpetual Page Turner has posted her 7th annual end of year survey, and this is my first time doing it. As I’ll soon explain, 2016…
Taking care of myself
Hello, my friends! It’s been a long time since we’ve spoken. 2016 has been a strange year and although I started the year in a blogging frenzy, my life turned upside down in May and…
MONTHLY READING REVIEW #4 | APRIL
April was probably my favourite reading month of the year so far, so I apologise in advance if this monthly reading review is particularly gushing. It’s such a joy to read books that excite me…
MONTHLY READING REVIEW #3 | MARCH
I’m posting my March reading review in May, because I’m a terrible blogger. I could sit here and bore you with all the reasons why I haven’t posted a single blog post in over six…
My no-bullshit ways of surviving periods of extreme stress
I thought I understood stress and anxiety, having suffered from both afflictions to varying degrees persistently since moving to Sydney in July 2014. As I dealt with shortness of breath, dizziness, a drought-dry throat, and…
Monthly Goals #2 | March
They’re a few days late, but here (finally!) are my monthly goals for March. I’m going to break up this post under the four headings I used last month again, because I found that to…
MONTHLY READING REVIEW #2 | FEBRUARY
February has been a big month of reading and, in particular, of fiction, which is something I thought would happen (as mentioned in my January monthly reading review) after rekindling my love of fiction last…
