by Mel | May 22, 2015 | Bookworm
I get sucked into book buying for a wide variety of reasons. But when I heard about a historical where the heroine is an ink maker, well, my inner stationery geek perked right up and I had to mosey over to Amazon and buy. Look at that lovely cover! It was a very...
by Mel | Apr 6, 2015 | Bookworm, Fave things
A random selection from my TBR pile and books that will be added to the TBR pile once they are out: Captive Prince and Prince’s Gambit by C.S. Pacat. Yes, I’ve already read the e-versions but the Australian print versions have pretty, pretty covers, so...
by Mel | Mar 20, 2015 | Bookworm
I am a music fan. Played in the school and local orchestra growing up, am always listening to music and love me a musical guy. I’ve long thought rockstars should be a thing in romance but they seemed to be on the taboo list for some reason (possibly having to do...
by Mel | Mar 13, 2015 | Bookworm, Life
I had a different blog planned for today but Terry Pratchett died last night. He was one of my all time favourite authors, whose books I’ve re-read too many times to count. So funny, so brilliant, so wise and human. I’ve spent endless hours with his words...
by Mel | Mar 9, 2015 | Bookworm, The biz, Writing
I spent the weekend in Canberra (which is the capital of Australia for non-aussie peeps) hanging out at the Australian Romance Readers Convention run by the awesome Australian Romance Readers Association. Because I have impeccable timing, I had some sort of...
by Mel | Mar 6, 2015 | Bookworm
I’ve have Sarah Addison Allen’s First Frost sitting on my electronic TBR pile and I’ve been reading a couple of other Sarah Addison Allen book’s lately which has got me thinking about magical realism. Magical realism, for those who don’t...
