Mini Classic Review: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Alone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to settle in and make friends at boarding school. But when she learns that she'll never see her beloved father again, her life is turned upside down. Transformed from princess to pauper, she must swap dancing lessons and luxury for hard work and a room in …

Nine Month Reading Goals Check-in (July to September)

Hi all! It's finally that time of the year where I check in to see how much 2021 reading goals are going! Here‘s a list of my reading goals for 2021. My goals were not very ambitious this year, but even so it's been a bit of a struggle to get through them. I think …

Mid Year Freakout Book Tag

Hi all! So it's about that time when I realise it's almost the end of the year and there's still so many books I haven't gotten to yet and that time is running out! I also realised I hadn't completed the mid year freakout book tag either -- so I thought it would be a …

Six Month Reading Goals Check-in (April to June)

Hi all! I was in the middle of writing up my nine month reading goals check-in post when I suddenly realised I had never posted my six month update! Oops haha. But as I was witting this one up, I suddenly realised why: I had a really sucky April to June reading experience. Like, really …

September Wrap Up: The Month of Pretending It’s Fall Because I’m Australian

Hi all! Wow, September is already over! I feel like this month went by in the blink of an eye -- I could have sworn it was like September 5 and suddenly it's October now. It's wild. Anyway, I read quite a few books this month! Which I'm happy with, as I have been in …

Fall & Spooky Season TBR

Hi all! So the Spooky Season has officially begun! Some people think September is too early to start getting ready for Halloween and all things spooky, but I say those people have no joy in their lives and I'm going to start in September ... even though it's not Fall for me in Australia, but …

Mini classic review: Beowulf by Unknown

A man seeks to prove himself as a hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all.  Beowulf is a major epic of Anglo-Saxon literature, probably composed between the first half of the seventh century and the end of the first millennium. The …

Mini Classic Review: It by Stephen King

Welcome to Derry, Maine ... It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ... They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success …

Mini Classic Review: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power — the only thing that …

GoodReadance 2021: Goodreads Spring Cleaning

Hi all! So it's officially spring! The flowers are blooming, my hayfever is acting up, and the magpies are out and swooping and trying to claw out your eyes. Just another lovely spring season in Australia. Spring is also a good time to clean and the perfect time to clean out those Goodreads shelves. Thankfully, …