About

This blog comes to you from the lands of the Burramattagal people of the Dharug Nation in Sydney Australia, where I have had the privilege to live with my family for the last 13 years. 

WHO AM I

• Lawyer by day, reader by night
• Podcast obsessed
• Wife, and mother to two hilarious kids (teen & pre-teen) and of course my baby cavoodle
• Trying to find the balance in a life of family, friends and full-time work

AS A READER

Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. 

~The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

AS A REVIEWER

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

~ Francis Bacon

AS A BLOGGER

I started blogging in 2009 from my original blog Page Turners. Page Turners was a cherished spaced where I shared my love of books, reading, and writing from 2009 to 2015, when the demands of parenting and work became too high for me to continue. I think of Page Turners as my baby before I had babies. 

Now, after a hiatus through my children's younger years, I am back here on Aidanvale.

Aidanvale is the next chapter, where past reviews and reflections from Page Turners meet new thoughts and inspirations.

While I wasn’t sure I was ready to start blogging again, I knew I didn’t want to risk losing all my work, so in 2024, I made it a labour of love to transfer all of Page Turners posts into this new blog, Aidanvale, named after my home and representing a new phase for me.

I don't know where this new chapter will lead me. Only time will tell.