Books

(courtesy hughhowey.com) There are a great many horrible things about being caught in an apocalypse – any kind; take your pick – zombie, aline, viral, political – but what really strikes you as you watch or read stories about the end of the world is how lonely it must be. Continue Reading

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) There is a prevalent idea out there that having money somehow solves all of a person’s problems. Driven no doubt by those without than those with who likely know all too well that while money might make you happy, or at least comfortable, it does not Continue Reading

(courtesy stevenrowley.com) Knowing we are loved is a powerful thing. If we are fortunate enough to have emotionally expressive people in our life, we will know that, deeply and often; but, and all too often this is the case, either through benign neglect or lack of care (usually the former Continue Reading

(courtesy Grove Atlantic) Preview copy provided by NetGalley; Orbital releases 2 November 2023. You imagine that orbiting the earth must be something akin to watching the world’s greatest, most expansive documentary unfolding before you (narrated, of course, by Sir David Attenborough because who else would work in this, or any, Continue Reading

Mythologies, no matter the culture, are wondrous things to dive into. They give you a rich insight into a people’s culture, what matters to them and the values that underpin their belief system and which shape/have shaped them and their society. But fascinating though the storytelling can be, they often Continue Reading

When you read as much as this reviewer, you will be used to the florid expansiveness of most back cover book blurbs which promise the earth, the moon and the stars, a word-driven trailer of sorts for the story which lies tantalisingly within. Much of the time the blurbs mail Continue Reading

(courtesy Harper Collins Publishers Australia) The world can be divided in any number of interesting ways but for the purposes of this review, let’s just say that there are those who use pop culture as an amusing, sometimes comforting diversion and those, who for thoroughly understandable reasons (reality sucks), use Continue Reading