A review by Nalini Haynes No Hard Feelings is a rom-com featuring lots of common tropes but, in an absolute win, left me wanting to …
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Silkie arrives and training begins
This post talks a little about my training with Silkie. It might help people who are training their own dogs although my focus is really …
My second NDIS application
This post is intended to help people applying for NDIS support (Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme). Some of what I learnt on the way through …
Lies my memory told me by Sacha Wunsch
A review by Nalini Haynes From the title, Lies My Memory Told Me, the reader assumes Nova has false memories. This is somewhat spoilery. However, …
Gallant by V E Schwab
A review by Nalini Haynes Gallant usually refers to a behavior or personality trait but not so in this story. Um… How do I write …
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A review by Nalini Haynes Elizabeth Zott is a chemist determined to research abiogenesis, the chemistry version of researching the big bang. However, as a …
Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt
A review by Nalini Haynes Indigo of the multiple-hyphenated-names is an heiress who, in the first novel, proved she wasn’t guilty of murdering her husband. …
Bridget Hodder: The things we share unite us and our differences should excite us
This year’s International Women’s Day podcast is an interview with Bridget Hodder who co-wrote a cross-cultural novel with Fawzia Gilani Williams. Cross-cultural novel Bridget Hodder …
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia SEDA Assessment
In my last installment of the Furbaby Diaries I reached the point where Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) was about to assess me for suitability …
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St Clair
A review by Nalini Haynes Isolde is princess of the House of Lara. Her father is about to surrender to the Blood King to save …
Midnight in Everwood by M A Kuzniar
A review by Nalini Haynes Midnight in Everwood is a fantasy novel set in a non-magical world where Marietta lives with her parents who plan …
Heather Mateus Sappenfield on River Between Hearts
In this podcast, Nalini talks to award-wining author Heather Mateus Sappenfield whose latest novel, River Between Hearts, is a heartwarming middle school novel suitable for …
The Chase by Candice Fox
A review by Nalini Haynes Prison warden Grace Slanter receives a phone call telling her a bus full of security guards’ family members is a …
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
A review by Nalini Haynes Anna Sun needs to learn the Heart Principle. She gives her boyfriend Julian a blow job although she doesn’t like …
Neodymium Exodus by Jen Finelli
A review by Nalini Haynes Neodymium Exodus’s Goodreads blurb is as follows: A universe of sentient insectoids, purple jungles, and insane electromagnetic fields. A mace-wielding …