Been a while

Wow, it's been a while since I found time to make a blog post. How quickly time flies - Life's been very busy and throwing up a few challenges of late.  So I apologise and promise to get back on the job.

I've been reading some excellent books though, which I will write about over the next few weeks, and I've been stretching myself by reading some diffrent genres from those I'm naturally drawn to.

As many of my posts reflect, Fantasy is a favourite and so is a well -crafted mystery and crime novel. Adventure is must for all kids, so I also love to read and review adventure stories.

Realism (the serious stuff of life) is a genre I've been trying to catch up on - not a lot of realism happening at the moment  in a dystopian saturated book market!

Graphic Novels have never been a go-to of choice, but I'm also pledging to learn more about these and become all the wiser with this popular format.

I leave you with a recommendation of the delightful picture books of Juliette MacIvor, a NZ author who presented at the SLANZA conference in July this year. Julliette read aloud from her latest picture books and had us clapping our hands with glee at the cleverness of her work.