Galatea by Madeline Miller My rating: 5 of 5 stars This hardback book is much smaller than usual, but it's so lovely. Galatea is a feminist retelling of the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. It still shares a lot of the horrid misogynistic traits with the original because everyone …

Hey! How's everyone this week?  Well, the world is still a dumpster fire but at least the shittiest Prime Minister in Australian History & his Dodgy Crew of Bastards have been voted out. Or should I say, booted? YES!! That's right, Australia now has a Labor government at the h…

Hey! How are you today? After so much shitty rain, it was nice to enjoy a streak of sunny days. But guess what? The rain just couldn't stay away and returned today. 😕 Anyway, this week I got stuck into the third draft of my latest Revision Project because this story has been eating…

That's right! After completing an edit last week, this week I got stuck into another Revision Project. 😁 So, how are you? It's been a while since I blogged because hubby had annual leave in April and I took a small writing break. We had a great time together, but now it's ti…

My Evil Mother: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars I grabbed this short story the other day, decided to check it out tonight, and read it in one sitting. The story is set in Toronto during the 1950s and is narrated by a girl with a single mother, who was anythin…

In a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group, headed by her brutal aun…

The Red Room by H.G. Wells My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved The Time Machine , so checking out a horror story by HG Wells sounded like a cool idea. A skeptic man, in the company of three peculiar old people, has come to a creepy castle to investigate the Red Room. A place where some a…

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki My rating: 5 of 5 stars When we go for long suburban walks, not only do we stumble on a bunch of Street Libraries along the way, but also randomly find boxes full of books and/or movies outside people's houses. This graphic novel happ…

Saga #58 by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this issue! So many small and interesting things happen, and all of them are going to lead to a VERY bad place. And OMFG, that last page was so: 😳 Noooooooo!! Can't wait to see what happens next...   View all…