Sitemap - 2023 - Matilda's Room

Pineapple Street - my last review for 2023

Catherine Chidgey: please come to book club!

Only Three Wednesdays left in 2023

The Darker Side of Motherhood

Magpies Everywhere

Predictions for the Booker Prize 2023 from someone who will never be able to predict the winner of the Booker Prize

All things Sally Hepworth

The Secrets of Strangers

Hear Me Roar

Award Winning New Zealand Authors

Literary Gems

Strong Women

A Mixed Bag of Books

Exploring Life’s Complexities

Some quickfire non-fiction reviews

It's A Small World

Discovering a new author..

Two different perspectives of justice and resilience

Holiday time

A River Runs Through It

A Journey of Heart and History

Calling all fans of Eleanor Oliphant

A Curmudgeonly Octopus

Beyond Tears

Uncovering Hard Truths

Don't freak out, but...

Sibling Snarkiness

If I'm not sobbing, I am just angry

Matilda has gone ranty

Joanna Glen - an underrated author to keep an eye on

Biographies for Book Club

All the Mothers and Fathers

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Good things take time.. a sequel 16 years in the making

See You In September.. but in May

Maybe I Need A Memory Keeper …

We made it to 2023

By Popular Request, reviews from “the List” – Part Two

By Popular Request, Reviews from “The List”

Can you have it all?

How to be a better human

“We shall fight on the beaches”

Family Secrets

Young at Heart

Friendship is Found in the Most Unlikely of Places

Connecting us: the essence of what makes us human

The Top 15 of 2021

A tale of two Hannahs

Some Exciting News from Matilda’s Room

The Top 15 of 2020 – as read by me!

Support New Zealand authors

Some inspiration for the New Year - part two

Some inspiration for the New Year - Part One