About

New blog, new 'about me'.

I'm a voracious reader, sporadic writer, and occasional ranter. I have to make a conscious effort to turn off my 'teacher voice' after a day of trying to convince teenagers of the relevance of Shakespeare and poetry in our modern world.

This year I (perhaps stupidly) set myself a goal of reading 50 books, and posting them to Instagram. The reading happened, but the posting to Instagram was not working for me. I have too much to say, and Instagram just isn't the place for it.

Books are so, so subjective. I love YA fiction, and especially love all the fantastic Australian YA fiction around at the moment. I also like the odd thriller and general fiction. Further, I count audiobooks as 'reading'. I have a toddler and work full time - there's no way I'd get through any books at all if it wasn't for audiobooks!

I'm not aiming to 'review' in a traditional sense - there are plenty of 'badly written' books that I have loved, and I generally shy away from literary fiction because I prefer pure escapism when I'm reading. I also know just how much of their souls authors pour into their books, so while I aim to be honest about something not being for me, I'm not the type to rip a book to shreds, so if that's what you're after, scroll on by.

There'll also be a smattering of real life in here, just because.

So, hello new blog. Let's go.

P.S. These books have all been bought by me, or borrowed. Any that I choose to give away are done because I doubt I'll ever read them again, rather than because I have been given freebies. Unless, of course, you are a book publicist and want to give me freebies, because, well, free books. Yay.