If you’re into deep-dive non-fiction, you’ll be jumping at the chance to read Milk, exploring the science, history, and politics of dairy by chef and food-critic-turned-farmer-activist Matthew Evans 👨‍🌾 🥛🥛🥛/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/milk-matthew-e… Murdoch Books Allen & Unwin #nonfiction

I mostly enjoyed Boy Swallows Universe more than I thought I would, but it goes a bit off the rails in the third act. It’s like Dalton couldn’t quite rein it in in the final stretch. ☎️☎️☎️/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/boy-swallows-u… #BookReview

"I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other." - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley keepingupwiththepenguins.com/frankenstein-m… #BookQuotes

If you’ve ever tried to arrange books by genre – as a librarian, bookseller, or garden-variety book nerd – you know all too well that there are some books that just don’t fit neatly into a category 🤓 Here are twelve books that blur genre boundaries. keepingupwiththepenguins.com/books-that-blu…

ON THIS DAY in literary history 🗓️ Mary Shelley was born, 30 August 1797 🧟‍♂️: keepingupwiththepenguins.com/frankenstein-m…

In case it’s not obvious The Lasting Harm warrants a serious trigger warning. Still, in the tradition of She Said and other books of the #MeToo movement, reading this book is bearing witness to that which has been hidden from view for too long. ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-lasting-ha…

Dangerous Liaisons is a novel where “love is not triumphant and virtue does not win out”. Or, to put it in my own words, if this was an ATIA Reddit post, the result would be a resounding Everyone Sucks Here. 🫦🫦🫦🫦/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/dangerous-liai…

"I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink too much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does." - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett #BookQuotes

With the growth of the #MeToo movement, interest has surged in books that reflect and interrogate the pervasiveness of rape culture in our real world. Here are eleven fiction books about rape culture that shine a light on its impact. keepingupwiththepenguins.com/books-about-ra…

Home Truths is terrifying, in the this-could-so-easily-happen-to-my-family way. We’re all one or two tragedies away from seeking solace in the wrong place, and we live in an online world designed to draw us to extremes. 👨‍💻👨‍💻👨‍💻👨‍💻/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/home-truths-ch… Allen & Unwin

ON THIS DAY in literary history 🗓️ Leo Tolstoy was born, 9 September 1828 💃: keepingupwiththepenguins.com/anna-karenina-…

The Ex Talk is a fine novel, but not the knock-it-out-of-the-park romance I’ve come to expect from Solomon. In retrospect, it's easy to see it as her warm-up lap, the gentle trot around the track before she truly got off to the races. 📻📻📻/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-ex-talk-ra…

"I suppose that's how you get old. You find yourself not doing a whole lot of things you once did without thought." - Amongst Women by John McGahern #BookQuotes

Let’s just admit it: books with short chapters are the best. Blame social media and our shortened attention spans if you must, but there’s something really powerful and addictive about smashing through a dozen chapters without much effort. keepingupwiththepenguins.com/books-with-sho… #booktwt

ON THIS DAY in literary history 🗓️ Agatha Christie was born, 15 September 1890 👑 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/and-then-there…

Crime fiction has a standard formula, so when you hear that Highway 13 is about brutal backpacker murders along an Australian highway, you probably think you know what you’re getting. I’m happy to tell you that you’re wrong 🤭 🛣🛣🛣🛣/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/highway-13-fio… Allen & Unwin

There’s nothing wrong with preaching to the choir now and then, and that’s what The Reading List does. It’s a cozy warmhearted book about the power of books to inspire and connect, so it’s not hard to see why booklovers would want to read it. 📚📚📚📚/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-reading-li…

"As long as I could keep improving my mind, I figured, I was doing okay." - The Adventures Of Augie March by Saul Bellow #BookQuotes

We all know someone who could really benefit from therapy – real, or fictional. Unfortunately, therapy isn’t foolproof. Here are ten fictional therapy fails that will make you think twice before referring someone to a shrink. keepingupwiththepenguins.com/fictional-ther… #BookTwitter

If you want to read a murder mystery/thriller set in regional Australia, you could hardly be in better hands than Margaret Hickey’s. Her latest is The Creeper, kindly sent to me for review by Penguin Books Aus 🧡 🏕🏕🏕🏕/5 keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-creeper-ma… #BookReviews