The Wrong Girl by Zoe Foster My rating: 2 of 5 stars Fun and very easy to read, I really wanted to like Foster's writing effort...

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this because it was recommended by Nigella La...

Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast by Nigella Lawson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the food I associate with Nigella, and it is the...

Spin the Bottle by Monica McInerney My rating: 4 of 5 stars Monica McInerney at her best - successful woman struggling with life (but ...

In the Midst of Life by Jennifer Worth My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is a bit of a change in tone from the others (that I've r...

The Slap: A Novel by Christos Tsiolkas My rating: 3 of 5 stars It is hard to believe this book – yes, these elements exist in Australi...

The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? by Leslie Bennetts My rating: 4 of 5 stars Are you female? Then you need to read this...

Who's That Girl? by Alexandra Potter My rating: 3 of 5 stars Up against other chick lit, this book isn't great. The potential ...

Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not quite as good as I wanted it to be, to put it simply. Perhaps my expectatio...

My Brother Jack by George Johnston My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Suburbia’s most culpable quality, to many Australian writers, is its antag...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have a very tattered, well travelled copy of this book. Bought while waiting ...

Those Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney My rating: 3 of 5 stars ****SPOILER ALERT**** Three stars because of the ending. I hated it....

The House of Memories by Monica McInerney My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was disappointed with this effort from McInerney, who I consider o...

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second time I've read this book, and it has lost none of its ...

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble My rating: 2 of 5 stars I want to write a nice review of this book, because I really did enjoy re...

The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reading this book through the close lens of Postcolonialism ruins a little o...

Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Not as good as the first in the series, but still a wonderful read....

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s. Jennifer Worth by Jennifer Worth My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you love the ...

Oriental Dinner Party Cookbook by Australian Women's Weekly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love Australian Women's Weekly cookbooks -...

Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is so far removed from anything I would ever choose to read I ...