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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 19: Dinner with a Late Author
Most of my favourite authors are still alive, and so the two that it came down to were Jane Austen and Mary Shelley. I’ve decided that I would love to dine with Jane Austen, so I might apologise to her… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 13: Least Favourite Trope
Keep your fantasies but be safe in the real world! And if you have some fun recommendations that would have changed my mind about romance novels growing up, drop them below 🫰 . If it helps, I’ve developed a guilty… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 12: Favourite Trope
I absolutely adore stone character growth, or grumpy growers. Often there’s a beautiful character arc that shows one can be vulnerable and strong, and I often relate to the difficulty of communicating with others. They usually prove that one can… Continue reading
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Cycle 26’s Reading List
I present to you: my Cycle 26 Reading List! Yes, some of these were supposed to be read in the last cycle (ᵕ—ᴗ—) The List 1. She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan 2. Outback Court Reporter, Jamelle Wells 3.… Continue reading
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Dracula: biggest laughs so far
I’m only up to halfway through the twelfth chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Continue reading
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Local Authors in Meanjin | Brisbane
Off the top of my head, I can only name two Brisbane authors: Trent Dalton and Melissa Lucashenko. They tried to shove Tim Winton down my throat in university and so I thought he was also from Brisbane but he’s… Continue reading
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The Caves of Steel Taught Me Some Words
I don’t know how useful these words from the 1950s will be for me writing in the 2020s but there’s a few fun ones to salvage. Continue reading
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A Garden of Women’s Writing
International Women’s Day is tomorrow and today I’m looking at building a list of classics written by women. Luckily, I found a great list that has diversity in both authors and content: https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-classics-by-women/ The list gives great briefs on each… Continue reading
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The Caves of Steel: Reading Tabs #1
I’ve recently started marking my books as I read them. Only with sticky notes, however, I am not yet brave enough to mark raw with highlighters and pens. Today I just want to share a few of my pink and… Continue reading
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Entering The Caves of Steel
1st November 2025 Bookmark: Chapter 3 Baley has just met up with Daneel and there’s an incident going on at a shoe shop. I don’t like Baley and I don’t love the writing. I also am not fond of the… Continue reading
