What I’ve Read – August 2019
The year is flying by. August was full of many long drives for various reasons. I love the Borrow Box app on my iPad and I downloaded a number of eBooks to listen to on these drives. I listened to Mr Bambuckles Remarkables Fight Back and Mr Bambuckles Remarkables Go...
What I’ve Read – July 2019
I have been able to read!! If you're a booklover and haven't been able to read for a while, you will understand my joy. I still have to take it easy, but I've been reading more. Ella and Mrs Gooseberry by Vikki Conley and Penelope Pratley is a delightful picture book...
What I’ve Read – June 2019
Thankfully, life started to settle, although I still didn't read as many books as I wanted to. It seems as though I started a lot of books but I didn't finish them! I really enjoyed Rusty, Buster and Patch versus the Opera, and Erratically Epic by Adam Wallace. Both...
What I’ve Read – May 2019
During the month, I was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also known as IIH. Unfortunately, one of the effects of this condition, at least for me, is that I have an almost constant headache and have trouble reading! Not much reading happened this...
Writing Folio
A couple of weeks ago, my parents gave me some boxes of items that had been stored at their place since I finished school. In one of the boxes were some stories I had written when I was in high school, as well as my Communication project. This got me reflecting on my...
Reflections on Reading
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about kids books and why I write the sorts of books I write. They are mostly realistic fiction, even my fantasy books have an element of realism. They aren't epic adventures, and are often about kids discovering their own power. The...
What I’ve Read – April 2019
Continuing health issues have reduced my ability to read a lot, so I started some audio books. The one I finished during April is The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman. I picked this up because my dad and his family were in Bonegilla when they first came...
Mystery Box Magic – Take 2
Due to popular demand, the kids at the Monash Young Writer's Group wanted a re-run of Mystery Box Magic as their school holiday workshop on 18 April. My kids had fun going around the house compiling the items to fill five mystery boxes. The boxes had a mixture of...
What I’ve Read – March 2019
March was a challenging month on the reading front due to some health issues that impact my eyes, making reading harder than I like it to be. Most of the books I read were picture books and shorter novels. My nephews introduced me to Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by...
What I’ve Read – February 2019
This year is going way too quickly, March is already here. February was a good month for reading, especially picture books. I finished reading A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski. It took me a while to get into it, but once I got to know the characters, I really enjoyed...