The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
Review: The Widow of Ballarat by Darry Fraser | Best Bookish Blog
Summary This is the story of Nell, who becomes a widow in the early pages. The setting is Ballarat, at the time of the 19th century goldrush and the Eureka Rebellion. In a time where women were not treated as equals, Nell’s courage and strength take us on a journey back in time to a […]
#AprilAtoZ Challenge A – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Best Bookish Blog
The blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
E: Erebus by Michael Palin #AtoZChallenge | Best Bookish Blog
Summary Erebus: The Story of a Ship In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she ventured further south than any ship had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129 strong crew in the wastes of […]
My Top 5 Stephen King books | Best Bookish Blog
I first discovered Stephen King when The Shining was published in 1977. I can remember clearly, being home alone with it late at night and being too scared to move off the chair. I was hooked on King from then on. I would wait impatiently for each book to be published. Fortunately Stephen King is […]
#AprilAtoZ Challenge A – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Best Bookish Blog
The blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
#AprilAtoZ Challenge C: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
S: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan #atozchallenge | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By the end […]
Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright #AtoZChallenge #aussieauthor20 | Best Bookish Blog
Summary The Eureka Stockade: It’s one of Australia’s foundation legends – yet the story has always been told as if half the participants weren’t there. But what if the hot tempered, free spirited gold miners we learned about at school were actually husbands and fathers, brothers and sons? What if there were women and children […]
#AprilAtoZ Challenge B -Burial Rites by Hannah Kent | Best Bookish Blog
The blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
Zodiac by Sam Wilson #atozchallenge #audiobook | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
The Woman Who Fooled The World by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano | Best Bookish Blog
Belle Gibson‘s Cancer Con “Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem. She’d never had cancer” – from back cover Belle Gibson made herself into an Instagram sensation as a wellness hero, […]
#AprilA-Z Challenge E – Elevation by Stephen King | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
Book Review: The White Earth by Andrew McGahan | Best Bookish Blog
After his father’s death, young William is cast upon the charity of an unknown great-uncle, John McIvor. The old man was brought up, expecting to marry the heiress to Kuran Station—a grand estate in the Australian Outback—only to be disappointed by his rejection and the selling off of the land. He has devoted his life […]
