What I’ve Read – September 2020
Moving house and reading books don’t mix. Most of my spare time during September was taken up with packing up our house, including all my books, and organising our move. We are now in our new house and still have a lot of boxes to unpack, but I am hoping …
Reviewing older books
I review books over on my Read for Fun blog. Many of the reviews are new releases that have been sent to me as part of blog tours or from publishers looking for reviews for their books. However, I also review books that aren’t new releases. These books could be …
What I’ve read – August 2020
Still in lockdown. We are very used to staying at home, though I’m glad we’re not currently living in Melbourne. We are also about to move house. Audiobooks have been keeping me sane while doing housework and packing boxes. There is still a lot of packing to do and the …
What I’ve read – July 2020
We had a brief moment of reprieve from lockdown where I was able to go and visit my nephews and share some books with them. It was wonderful to be able to sit on the couch with them and read a story or three. I re-read a number of the …
Year 12+ Writers Group
I have been running writers groups for young writers for about seven years now. The last few months, the group has been running online via Zoom. Recently, I had a request from one of my regulars to start a group for students 18 and over, as she was about to …
What I’ve read – June 2020
Lockdown continues, and, once again, picture books and audiobooks played a big part in my reading. I enjoyed listening to Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty. I enjoyed this one more than The Husband’s Secret. I started listening to A Witch Alone by James Nicol, the follow up book to The Apprentice Witch. Three …
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About Melissa
Melissa Gijsbers started writing when she was in High School during the 1990s, even winning some awards for a short story and a script. For many years, life got in the way of creative writing, however she did start blogging around 2006.
She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with her two sons and a pet blue tongue lizard.
