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[author-mathomas]

Loveish is a collection of poems about love, well something like love . The book weaves a story about a relationship that feels like the one true love and has moments as passionate and intense like it but ultimately ends in an inconsolable heartbreak. In line with the times that we live in, the book takes you on a journey exploring love and its many faces  through modern poetry. There are poems about the utopia of love, the excitement of a budding relationship, the passion that ensues from physical attraction thereof, the confusion, the uncertainty, the impermanence of a relationship, the heartbreak, the distance , the silence and forgiveness all captured beautifully in verses that everyone can relate to.Complex relationships that don't last forever but change us permanently.  Not love, not lust but kinda loveish.   #bookstagram #poems #beautifulprose #rhymingfromtheheart #thebookreviewproject https://www.instagram.com/p/By52Az0gQ7l/?igshid=o676h8v73ndz

[author-mathomas]

Bookstagram post for FriYAY! Written by #drewdavies **slow start but worth it by the end. Dear Lily, It's me, Joy, your much wiser and (very slightly) older sister. I thought I'd start a new tradition of letter writing - now that we're long distance. On the plane over here, I began to cry in seat 21C. I think the magnitude of it finally hit me, after everything that happened... I haven't even unpacked yet - the only thing I've taken out of my suitcase is Harville, your beloved childhood teddy. Sorry for stealing him, but I need him more than you do. Every time I look at that little brown bear I think about our childhood. Remember that dance we made up to Annie's 'It's a Hard Knock Life'? (Remember the broom choreography?) I'm also sorry for abandoning you - I've always been your agony aunt, and a buffer in your infamous shouting matches with Mum. But I had to leave, Lily, I had to. Anyway, I'm here now. I'm here to start over, and to face up to the past. I want to learn to laugh again, and to find someone to love who will maybe even love me back. You always told me I was just getting by, not actually living, so I'm finally doing it. Wish me luck, little sister. Love, Joy x A beautiful book-club read for anyone who has ever hit rock bottom, longed for a fresh start, or needed to heal a broken, aching heart. #booksandwineweekend #booksthatimpact #bookstagram #TheBookReviewProject #amreading #amediting #amprocrastinating #authormathomas https://www.instagram.com/p/Byqc0BigvgF/?igshid=1m53owgfnlj4a

[author-mathomas]

Post Twenty-Nine. Writing Friends. I have quite a lot of mates who, like me, enjoy writing and creating. There is the gals at the disability magazine, the kids who assist with reading books for my Book Review Project and the wonderful people in community action groups that I collaborate on journal therapy and Narrative Practice workshops with. But I'm going to mention my newest writing pal today. @zarinamacha who asked me to be an Arc reader for her latest novel #anne and what a pleasure that was. If you already subscribe to my monthly newsletter for the book review project you will see this gorgeous diary style novels featured in my June edition. If not, why? Seriously subscribe already! I'm not selling you anything and you might find an amazing new book or series to get hella excited about when you do :) #readingforlife #TheBookReviewProject #authormathomas #WIPandme https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBcxa6gbPW/?igshid=udjdob7s566h

[author-mathomas]

Post #30 for the April prompt challenge. Who wants to join my email list? The commitment is a monthly newsletter full of book reviews called The Book Review Project and examples of previous editions are available on the home page of my website https://www.authormathomas.com.au Bonus offer, if you subscribe this week I'll mail you a fridge magnet. I am happy to mail these out internationally also. So sign up guys! #authorschallenge2019 @debratorreswrites #TheBookReviewProject #authormathomas #TheGirlDiaries https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw3KnpbnVu6/?igshid=uwfi35fxxxjq