I always had a secret desire to be an author, but was taught from a young age that it was unfeasible. Growing up in the 90s, only people like Roald Dahl and Jodi Picoult and Stephen King got published. I was taught to focus on obtaining a ‘real’ job and only do my writing inContinue reading “Why I Decided to Ignore Legacy Houses & Self-Publish”
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fifteen
Day Fifteen: Your favourite book dealing with foreign culture Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I’m Australian. I really could have picked any book that deals with a non-Australian culture. I could have picked an English boarding school book or an American finishing school book. They’re both foreign cultures to me. But the firstContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fifteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fourteen
Day Fourteen: A book that should be on the high school/college required reading list Lady: My Life As A Bitch by Melvin Burgess. Lady is a pretty awesome book. I picked it up earlier this year when I was going through a talking animal phase. Almost the entire time I was reading it, i wasContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Fourteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Thirteen
Day Thirteen: Your favourite childhood book. On The Way Home by Jill Murphy. Contrary to what my family believes, I did NOT memorise this book when I read it out loud. I read it. I just read it so often, they thought I did. But at age 5 I really wasn’t smart enough to learnContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Thirteen”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve
Day Twelve: A book so emotionally draining you couldn’t complete it or had to set aside for a bit. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. After watching the film adaptation on my long-haul flight from Australia to England in 2010, I told my partner that I thought the movie was great in concept but kindContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twelve”
Lissa Bilyk 