This week...

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This week I finished listening to Daughters of Batavia by Stefanie Koens. I have long been fascinated by the story of the Dutch ship The Batavia which shipwrecked on the shore of Australia long before the English arrived to claim Australia as their own. This one has 3 narrators, and I didn't love them all, but more about that when I write my review.

I then started I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes by Diana Gabaldon which was recommended at book retreat earlier this year as being a good resource but also as being highly entertaining. I got this on Audible but it is leaving soon so I need to find some time to listen to it.

I then read The Life She Could Have Lived by Laura Pearson. I really enjoy Laura Pearson's books and this was no exception. It tells the story of one woman's life and how it changes depending on one big decision that she makes. 

Last week I did my TTT post about books I am planning to read in Spring. The Life She Could Have Lived was on the list, but the next book I started, The Phone Book at the End of the World was not. Why do I do this to myself? I finished this one on the plane

One book that was on my list was An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister. Our read on a theme bookclub theme this month is romance, and this is the book I have chosen for it. I started reading it at the airport last night and I am now about 2/3 of the way through. It's so good! And funny!

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At the beginning of the year so friends of our move to a town called Port Macquarie which is on the mid north coast of New South Wales and we went to visit them this weekend because it was a public holiday here on Friday so it was a three day weekend.

Neither Robert or had ever been to this part of the country before and we loved it. There are mountains, rivers and the ocean, so much nature. There is sometimes that perception that we all have kangaroos and koalas in our backyards, but they really do as their house backs onto some forest. 

Port Macquarie is VERY koala friendly. Even the electronic speed checks have smiley koalas on them if you are doing the right speed and unhappy koalas if you are speeding. They also have painted koalas all around town. If we were staying in town longer I would have gone and searched for them all. I will post something about 

It is also whale migration season, so we were able to see them at various points. They were far out to sea until we got to the last lookout when they were about 500 metres out to sea but you could clearly see them breaching. It was amazing!

I will post more about this during the week but for now here is a taste of our weekend.

Posts from the last week


Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Spring 2025 To-Read list
A Winter Wedding Adventure by Leonie Mack
Weekend Cooking: The Whisky Widow by Karen Brooks

Three Mini Reviews for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge





I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date, Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and the Good Book and a Cup of Tea link up hosted at Boondock Ramblings