Just Me, Victoria

20/01/2024

📚 book grocer rep search…

Throwing my hat (or book?) in the ring for ’s Rep Search!

Anyone who knows me knows I am ALL about the new adult and adult romance - and let’s face facts, the smuttier the better! 🌶️

While everyone’s out there playing sport or hitting the clubs, I’ve got my nose in a book and I wouldn’t have it any other way - no one has ever pulled a hamstring reading! For me, reading is a way to unwind and relax while escaping to somewhere else with a bunch of fun characters on their adventures.

I love everything that is about and adore the book boxes they put together (have you seen how awesome their bookish advent calendars are!), and I’d love to be able to share the love for a fabulous Aussie company. 🫶🏻

19/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
A first-hand look at the thirteen days when the world stood on the brink of total armageddon.

🌎 non-fiction
🌎 inside the cuban missile criss
🌎 cold war politics
🌎 inner-circle recollections
🌎 insightful foreword & afterword

Written using his own diaries and recollections, Bobby Kennedy offers up a unique insight into the Cuban Missile Crisis as only someone so closely connected with those involved could. His day-by-day and almost hour-by-hour breakdown of events provides a really insightful and interesting account of those intense thirteen days on the brink of a possible thermonuclear war.

🔗 Full review on my blog, link in my bio

17/01/2024

🧴 starting the year of with a lil TLC!

Super excited to have won this fabulous Dermal Therapy summer essentials bundle thanks to and Little Bird PR. I’ve only tried a couple of their products in the past, but now I can go ham with some TLC!

🩵 Chafing & Sweat Rash Prevention Cream
🩵 Sweat Control Roll On
🩵 Sweat Control Spray
🩵 Scalp Relief Serum
🩵 Heel Balm Platinum
🩵 Lip Balm Ultra Moisturising Berry
🩵 Lip Balm Moisturising SPF 50+

What’s your fave Dermal Therapy product?

14/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐
When faking it with your boss saves you from deportation…

👩🏻‍💼 sapphic romance
👩🏻‍💼 gaming studios ceo & personal assistant
👩🏻‍💼 work wives
👩🏻‍💼 age-gap
👩🏻‍💼 fake marriage
👩🏻‍💼 alternating perspectives

Seriously cannot get enough of the fake relationship trope! Throw in an age-gap, the workplace and a bit of slow burn, and you’ve got yourself a must-read! And Chloe has once again served up a must-read with Reid and Mia, with so much chemistry and heart. Their connection is instant and you can feel their six-year history oozing off the page, and they easily progressed into something more than just being work wives.

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-NotInTheProposal

***rbooks ***rromance ***rpride

10/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Tennis in the Melbourne summer isn’t the only reason things are getting hot and sweaty…

🎾 q***r sports romance
🎾 bartender & tennis player
🎾 getting sweaty at the australian open
🎾 drag queens & donuts
🎾 coming out in the public eye
🎾 alternating perspectives

You had me at q***r sports romance! Abra has served (hehe) up a super fun and sweet romance set against the blazing Aussie summer. It had everything I love about sports romance and q***r romance all rolled into one fabulous read. The romance between Gabriel and Noah was swoony and a little bit spicy, and I could not get enough of the two of them.

[This book was kindly sent to be by Pan Macmillan Australia in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.]

This book marks my first read of 2024.

ps. please don’t tell my dog that I stole her tennis balls to take this photo…

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Reivew-LoveAndOtherScores

***rromance Abra Pressler

10/01/2024

👩🏻‍🍳 NEW POST
This No-Bake Honeycomb Slice is super easy to make, meaning anyone of any skill level can whip up this delectable treat, and it’s even one the kids could get involved with! So if you’re looking for something new to (not)bake and impress your friends and family with, look no further than this must-make slice!

https://bit.ly/Recipe-NoBakeHoneycombSlice

We are nearly two weeks into the new year and I don’t know how I feel about that… But I have at least made sure the year starts off on the right foot by doing a spot of baking! Well, not really baking, since this is a no-bake recipe, but you get the point

08/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
The one where the producer falls in love with a contestant, but with twist…

🎥 romance
🎥 producer & contestant
🎥 reality tv dating
🎥 frenemies-to-lovers
🎥 all the messy drama
🎥 alternating perspectives

I have been hanging out for the beauty from the moment I finished Can I Steal You For A Second? back in April! And although it’s felt like forever, the wait has been WORTH IT! Jodi has been teasing Murray and Lily throughout the previous two books and she has crafted a story that not only lived up to expectations but exceeded them. I was hooked from page one and couldn’t put the book down until I turned the final page. I know I said my favourite trope within the reality dating show trope is romance between contestants, but I absolutely adore a good crew/contestant romance!

[This book was kindly sent to be by NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Australia in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.]

This book marks my last read of 2023.

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-NotHereToMakeFriends

Jodi McAlister

08/01/2024

🕯️ we stan candles that are cute AND functional!

Summer means mosquito season, and fortunately the mozzies haven’t really been that noticeable yet. But with the recent rain and water laying about, I just know it won’t be long before they’re out in full-force and eating us all alive.

Luckily I have these super cute Light & Insight citronella candle tins, that I won in a raffle during December, on hand to keep those blood-sucking bastards at bay! 🦟

🕯️ 80g soy wax candles
🕯️ infused with citronella
🕯️ decorated with crystals chips & flowers
🕯️ 30+ hour burn time

I have the Citronella + Lavender and Citronella + Sea Salt candles, and they already smell amazing without having to burn them.

07/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐.5
When falling for your boss means falling for the ice queen….

👩🏻‍💼 sapphic romance
👩🏻‍💼 corporate ceo & personal assistant
👩🏻‍💼 boss/employee
👩🏻‍💼 age-gap
👩🏻‍💼 ice queen
👩🏻‍💼 alternating perspectives

The age-gap and workplace tropes go hand-in-hand really well, and Chloe delivers a fun one full of tension, chemistry, swoon, and corporate espionage. Cameron and Elliot have great chemistry, no matter how much Cameron initially tries to deny her connection with her assistant.

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-NotOnTheResume

***rbooks ***rromance ***rpride

06/01/2024

💛 gorgeous gorgeous girls don’t gatekeep their holy grails!

I’ve moved to having more simple & lightweight makeup in recent years and that’s meant going on the hunt for a good pressed powder, and I’ve found a good one from Australis Cosmetics's Fresh & Flawless range!

☀️ lightweight & breathable
☀️ buildable coverage
☀️ blends into natural skin tone
☀️ contains antiseptic & cooling botanicals
☀️ non-chalky
☀️ super affordable

While it’s designed to be worn over the top of your foundation and concealer, I’ve found it works SO well on it’s own to provide a simple, lightweight & natural makeup look for those no-makeup makeup days!

What’s your current favourite foundation?

05/01/2024

Two sisters originally from Wagga have built up a bookshop in the small town of Berrigan that now has more…

05/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pregnancy wasn’t on the Christmas wishlist, but here we are…

🎅🏻 romance
🎅🏻 former college sweethearts
🎅🏻 unexpected pregnancy
🎅🏻 different life paths
🎅🏻 alternating perspectives
🎅🏻 christmas novella

Willa so casually dropped the pregnancy bomb way back in book one and has been simmering Tobias’ story throughout the previous two books, and the wait has been SO worth it! While a little more angsty than the previous two books, it was a great installment into the trilogy as we moved from the Christmas festivities of Maddox and Heath’s books, through the unknown void of the week leading up to New Years.

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-APartridgeAndAPregnancy

03/01/2024

03/01/2024

📚new post📚
END OF YEAR BOOK SURVEY | 2023
Rounding up a fabulous year of books & reading! 📖

🔗 READ: bit.ly/EndOfYearBookSurvey2023

2023 has come to an end which means it’s time to share ALL the year-in-reviews and wrap-ups - we’ve had Spotify Wrapped, My Year On YouTube, and Twitch Recap, but I’ve saved the best until last. That’s right, it’s time for my 2023 reading wrap up with the

03/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sometimes you’ve got to fake it if you want custody of the dog…

🐶 romance
🐶 librarian & professional baseballer
🐶 fake engagement
🐶 cute af dog
🐶 the most festive town
🐶 christmas novella

Fake dating? At Christmas? With a dog? The boy next door? And there’s a bookshop date? YES PLEASE! Jana has rounded out this second Reindeer Falls trilogy with some of my favourite romance elements, and it might just be my favourite in the series? At least this second part of the series? I don’t know, but it was a bloody fun read!

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-TheBachelorOnTheShelf

02/01/2024

🌈 here’s to injecting more colour into 2024!

If you know me, you’ll know that I’m ALL about the browns and neutrals when it comes to makeup, which is fine - there’s nothing wrong with absolutely rocking neutrals.

But I also LOVE playing around with fun colours!

So in 2024, I’m going to make myself reach for my colourful and rainbow palettes more often, like this stunner from BH Cosmetics - the Take Me Back To Brazil palette!

01/01/2024

🌵AMONG THE CACTUS FLOWERS🌵

📍 Cactus Country, Victoria
📸 Canon750D

Cactus Country

01/01/2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐
When crushing on your brother’s best friend finally pays off fifteen years later…

🎅🏻 romance
🎅🏻 best friend’s sister / brother’s best friend
🎅🏻 high school crush
🎅🏻 alternating perspectives
🎅🏻 christmas novella

The moment we saw Heath and Stella together in The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny, I just KNEW their book would be a good one. And Willa absolutely delivered everything I wanted and more with this best friend’s sister/brother’s best friend romance! And being set at Christmas was just the cherry on top.

Put this one on your TBR for the 2024 festive period!

🔗 FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-ThreeBellsTwoBowsAndOneBrothersBestFriend

29/12/2023

🫶🏻TOP NINE🫶🏻
Thanks for all the love this year ☺️

🕯️manifesting an even bigger & better 2024🕯️

26/12/2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
When your one-night-stand turns out to be your new boss…

🎀 sapphic romance
🎀 nanny & boss
🎀 holiday season
🎀 age-gap
🎀 single mum
🎀 alternating perspectives

This was a really fun festive read with a sweet and spicy sapphic romance. And it combines some of my favourite romance tropes - boss/nanny, age-gape, and single parent! Morgan and Lucy’s romance was really fun and sweet, and I loved seeing it develop through the books that they shared on with another.

A fun, flirty & quick read in the lead-up to Christmas!

🔗FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-ISawMommyKissingTheNanny

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23/12/2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The most festive elf comes face-to-face with a certified Christmas grinch…

🎄 romance
🎄 realtor-turned-christmas cop & architect
🎄 the most festive town
🎄 grumpy/sunshine
🎄 christmas novella

Returning to Reindeer Falls felt super nostalgic and like coming home! Maggie & Ryan’s relationship was a classic war of grumpy/sunshine, but on Christmas steroids, making for a super quick festive read to cram in before the big day arrives!

🔗FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-ElvesWithBenefits

22/12/2023

🎶CHRISTMAS CAROLS🎶
🔙Saturday night
Nothing like an evening at your local Carols by Candlelight! ☺️

Tonight however, it’s ALL about sitting in front of the telly with a yummy cheese platter and enjoying ! AND THEN doing it all again tomorrow for !

What’s your favourite Christmas Carol to sing along with?

19/12/2023

📚new post📚
2024 ANTICIPATED BOOKS | JANUARY - MARCH
Already counting down the days to some of these beauties! 😍

🔗READ NOW: bit.ly/2024BooksJan-Mar

***rbooks

And just like that, Christmas is only FIVE days away and the new year is practically upon us! I hope you have everything organised for the big day, however you are choosing to spend Christmas and the New Year, and if not, I hope your mad rush at the eleve

19/12/2023

👩🏻‍🍳IN THE KITCHEN👩🏻‍🍳
With a bit of casual Christmas on the cards this year, there’s not too many things on my to-bake list, but one thing I always have to make is Nuts & Bolts!

While they’re not particularly festive, I always associate them with Christmas as my mum used to make them a lot around Christmas, and after not having them for so long, I’ve enjoyed making them for Christmas in recent years.

Nuts & Bolts is such a quick & easy snack to make, making it the perfect moreish snack to have out at Christmas time. Plus, a jar of these make for such a nice gift.

What’s your favourite snack or dish to make during the holiday season?

🔗 What to make some for yourself? Check out my blog post: https://bit.ly/Recipe-NutsAndBolts

15/12/2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All I want for Christmas is to fall for my fake boyfriend’s sister…

❄️ sapphic romance
❄️ freelance digital marketer & holiday rep
❄️ christmas in the uk
❄️ fake relationship
❄️ falling for the sister
❄️ alternating perspectives

Talia has crafted a super festive read with a lot of heart and soul! Margot and Ellie’s relationship starts off with a classic bit of miscommunication which made for some fun inner monologues from Ellie. Once they overcame the miscommunication, their relationship was super sweet and filled with lots of lingering glances, secret kisses and midnight dates.

🔗FULL REVIEW: https://bit.ly/Review-TheChristmasSwap

***rromance

14/12/2023

🎄LIGHT UP🎄

📍Berrigan, New South Wales
📸Canon750D

13/12/2023

🎄TREE CHECK🎄
Less than two weeks to go until Santa shimmies down the chimney and snacks on some cookies!

Do you have a particular theme when it comes to your Christmas tree, or are you more casual & random?

I’m definitely casual & random - I’ve got such a fun collection of ornaments and always try to get a couple of new ones every year, so the tree is has become very eclectic!

Some of my favourite tree ornaments have come from , who always have such a fun range of resin ornaments every year - not sponsored, just in love with how flipping cute & fun they are!

Christmas