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Mad Mabel is officially my favourite Sally Hepwort Mad Mabel is officially my favourite Sally Hepworth book yet. It had everything - heart, humour, chaos, and characters that jumped off the page. I laughed, I cried, and then I laughed some more.

If you love character-driven stories with humour, heart, and a touch of beautiful madness, this one’s a must-read.

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel.

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She’s lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years—longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else’s business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past that she has worked exceedingly hard at concealing. Because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.”

📚 Join my 2026 Reading Challenge via the link in my profile 📚

This is my choice for ‘A book by an Australian author’ 
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#MadMabel  #SallyHepworth #AustralianFiction #MelbourneMammaBookLove #MMReadingChallenge2026
More $1 book finds because apparently I have zero More $1 book finds because apparently I have zero self-control 😆  Some of these I’ve already read but never owned, and for a dollar each… it felt rude not to.

Tell me… have you read any of these books?

If you love books as much as I do, join my 2026 Reading Challenge (via the link in my bio).

#MMReadingChallenge2026 #MelbourneMammaBookLove #2026ReadingChallenge #MelbourneMamma #BookBargains
This year I’m keeping things simple — 12 books for This year I’m keeping things simple — 12 books for 2026, plus 6 optional bonus reads if you feel like reading more. No pressure, no guilt… just good books and a fun way to stay motivated all year 📚 📚 📚 📚
 
Want to join my 2026 Reading Challenge?

Click on the link in my bio or comment CHALLENGE and I’ll DM you the details!
 
#MMReadingChallenge2026 #MelbourneMammaBookLove #2026ReadingChallenge #MelbourneMamma
11 days down, Influenza A still lingering… but com 11 days down, Influenza A still lingering… but comfort food is doing its thing 😊

Crispy tofu bánh mì + a raspberry cordial = the small joys getting me through recovery.

Not fancy. Just comforting. And honestly, exactly what I needed 🥖❤️

#ComfortFood #InfluenzaA #BanhMiMelbourne #RaspberryCordial #MelbourneMamma
Counting down to Christmas, one cuppa at a time ☕🎄 Counting down to Christmas, one cuppa at a time ☕🎄 Can’t wait to sip my way through this Twinings Tea advent calendar and share my favourites ❤️

Thank you for the tea-riffic gift @twiningsau 

Who do you know that would love this 🎁 

#Gifted #TeaTime #TeaLover #AdventCalendar #MelbourneMamma
Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConag Just finished Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy and… Wow!!!
What. A. Ride. 📚

From the very first chapter, I was hooked. And the twists? I did not see them coming.

Charlotte McConaghy proves once again why Australian authors are absolutely unmatched when it comes to vivid storytelling and emotional punch 🇦🇺📚

It’s beautifully written, deeply moving, and completely unputdownable.
Highly, highly recommend! 

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Have you read it yet? Let’s chat 👇

“Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground.

Despite the wild beauty of life here, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, 18 and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, 17, has started spending her nights on the beach among the seals; 9-year-old Orly, obsessed with botany, fears the loss of his beloved natural world; and Dominic can’t stop turning back towards the past, and the loss that drove the family to Shearwater in the first place.

Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, their suspicion gives way to affection, and they finally begin to feel like a family again. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting her heart, begins to fall for the Salts, too. But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers the sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realises Dominic is keeping his own dark secrets.”

📚 Stay tuned for my 2026 Reading Challenge 📚
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#WildDarkShore  #CharlotteMcConaghy #AustralianFiction #MustRead #MelbourneMammaBookLove #MMReadingChallenge2025
For the cigarettes I used to ride to the milk bar For the cigarettes I used to ride to the milk bar and buy for them 🤣🚲
A sweet treat for the Year 12s as they exit their A sweet treat for the Year 12s as they exit their VCE English exam 🧁💗

And my last duty as President of my daughter’s school parent committee ✔️

#AndThatsAWrap
Another beautiful Spring day in Melbourne 🤣💨 📹 @g Another beautiful Spring day in Melbourne 🤣💨

📹 @goldendoodledoos 🐶🐶

#MelbourneWeather #MelbourneLife #Melbourne
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