I'm starting 2020 with a new Leap Planner and unboxing. It's less goals and more productivity. Fingers-crossed it works.
New Year – New Leap Planner Unboxing
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2020 – how did that happen?
2020 is nearly here and promises to be just as bookish. Here's my 2019 year in review and plans for 2020. Spoiler: it involves books.
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Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse? Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
More than zombies, Highway Bodies by Alison Evans is a story of dealing with death, friendship, battles, and ... zombies in Melbourne.
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Choosing a book for Jólabókaflóð – the Book Flood
I'm trying to decide what to read for Jólabókaflóð - the Book Flood celebration on Christmas Eve. Here's my short list.
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Discovering Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village
This week I visited Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village. It's literally Melbourne landmarks made from gingerbread and lots of marzipan.
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Two best friends in Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
Skylarking is Kate Mildenhall's debut novel and the story of friendship, love and loss growing up on a lighthouse island.
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Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Justyce is heading to Yale and has a promising future, once he navigates growing up black in Dear Martin by Nic Stone.
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You Are Awesome… and this book will make you more awesome
You are Awesome is Neil Pasricha's new book and the first I read. It's filled with useful tips and reflections on how you can be more awesome
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The Boy Who Steals Houses – and stole my heart
In her second novel, CG Drews tells of Sam, The Boy Who Steals Houses. It's a powerfully-written story of homeless brothers and family.
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Dread Nation: I’d say zombies and Post-Civil War but it’s so much more
Dread Nation: A post-civil war historical novel, with added zombies. Justina Ireland has written a mostly historically correct novel.
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Why Wizards Unite isn’t for Harry Potter fans
Wizards Unite was meant to be the new Pokemon Go, but it misses its potential and leaves nothing for Harry Potter fans.
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A semester of reading. Fluffy, non-academic reading
In among my grad school work it was a semester of reading fluffy books. These novels helped me get through my first semester.
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The end of the world is on Saturday in Good Omens
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens is an amusing end-of-the world telling of an 11-year-old Antichrist, whom they lost.
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Producing babies at The Farm
The Farm by Joanne Ramos is a story of women trying to make their way in life. By commercializing childbirth.
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Finally, I’ve answered the Ask Me questions
I'm back in Melbourne and it's been a whirlwind of school, new jobs, catching up and reorientating. Here's an Ask Me questions post as an update.
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Someday Is Not a Day in the Week – new book review
Do you have a dream that needs a nudge? Someday Is Not a Day in the Week is that nudge. Sam Horn tells why you shouldn't delay and chase your dream today.
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Wise Guy: wisdom and learnings from Guy Kawasaki
In Wise Guy, Guy Kawasaki shared the wisdom he gained through working with Apple, choosing college, learning from his kids, and surfing.
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Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic—a memoir from a comedian with autism
Michael McCreary is a stand up comic, and now a published author, and an advocate for those with autism, and he's also on the spectrum. And he's funny.
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5 Things I Love About Living in a Hotel
I've been living in a hotel for nearly two months. It's one of the best decisions I've made. And it's not even expensive.
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Living with your family in a van in Roam by CH Armstrong
Abby is doing her best to start school afresh, and hide that she lives in a van with family in Roam by CH Armstrong.
