September 2023 Reading List

Book #6 of the Secret, Book, & Scone Society that was released earlier this year.

In this book, bookshop owner Nora meets the woman who had an affair with her ex-husband. Along with her son.

Another easygoing listen, but I did miss Nora matching book titles to her bookshop customers that appear in the other books in the series.

Narrated by Cris Dukehart, it runs for 9 hours and 16 minutes.

What is it about books set at beaches? I really am drawn to them.

A lovely read about three women returning home to a beach wedding, and their struggle to make sense of their lives.

Loved this book. Admittedly I was attracted to the cover art but the story was truly captivating.

It’s the story of Layla who works as an Anaesthetist on mainland Australia with her husband and two kids. Her mother in Tasmania is always threatening to kill herself, but this year asks Layla to come visit as she has something to tell her.

Layla is also having trouble with her marriage and she ends up travelling to Tasmania on her own. When she arrives she finds her mother has attempted suicide, but with the help of her childhood neighbour, they are able to save her and get her the help she needs.

While Layla is in Tasmania she learns about her father who died when she was a kid, and she learns what really happened.

Based on the story of Nel Law, the first Australian woman to set foot on Antartica in 1961. Nell was an artist and wife of expedition leader Phillip Law.

The book fictionalises what it would have been like for Nel to travel to Antartica with a ship full of men, and not being fully prepared for the conditions.

It had some wonderful images of the landscape and the animals of Antartica, it really took you there. Truly fascinating read.

At the end of the book it does give an overview of the diaries that were referenced when creating this story.

Narrated by Jessica Douglas-Henry, it runs for 9 hours and 25 minutes.

Another re-read of the classic business book.

As I’ve been starting up my bag making business, Sapphorium, this year I can finally see how I can implement some of what is taught in this book:

• be an entrepreneur, not a technician
• create systems
• build a business that liberates you, creating endless amounts of energy
• build a business in preparation for selling it

I’m not usually one to read a “For Dummies” book but it was one that I found at the library that covered all the topics concerned with running a Small Business. And even better, it was specific to Australian businesses.

It was quite a fun read with some humour thrown in. Not the usual dry content that you can find in many business books.

On further investigation the author Veechi Curtis has written quite a few books in the For Dummies series so I’ll definitely take a look at her other books.

I took many, many notes and still considering if I should buy my own copy as I read it as a library book.