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LapReader
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Yesterday‘s op shop purchases after my 3 hours of ballet for the grand total of $39. So relaxing. Nowhere to be and the only thing to do was go home for a wine and a stretch and seafood salad for lunch. Love my weekends.

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julieclair
Gould's Book of Fish | Richard Flanagan
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Bailedbailed

Nope. Not for me. Too weird. #HailtheBail #BetterBooksAhead

julieclair This was my choice for the June #BookedInTime prompt, 1800‘s Australia. I‘m going to try this one instead (not in Litsy Catalogue) Search for the Light, by Rosemary Noble. @Cuilin 2d
Cuilin Yes 🙌 #HailTheBail Hope your next one is more enjoyable. 2d
kspenmoll Your new choice sounds good. Do you have a kindle/app? It‘s free on kindle ( much as I avoid ordering from Amazon, I still use my kindle) 2d
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dabbe YES! 🤩🤩🤩 2d
julieclair @kspenmoll Thanks for the kindle hint! Just downloaded it. And I agree about Amazon. I‘m trying to cut down, but boy, it‘s hard sometimes. Every time I make a different choice, I pat myself on the back. 1d
julieclair @Cuilin Thanks! Fingers crossed!🤞 1d
julieclair @dabbe 💙💟💙 1d
kspenmoll @julieclair it is a constant challenge. I am Glad Blackwell‘s is back shipping to the US. It helps. 1d
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kspenmoll
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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TheBookHippie I think I have this on my shelf somewhere!! 5d
kspenmoll Me too! I need to read it- I decided I have to go through my shelves to unearth books- & write them down. My shelves are derp enough for 2 layers of books! @TheBookHippie (edited) 5d
Eggs I‘ve always loved this cover ❤️ 5d
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
Sarah Thornhill | Kate Grenville
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I learned of Kate Grenville through Litsy and have become such a huge fan. At first I wasn't that crazy about this one, but after a small break, I loved it and I was sad to see it end. She is so good at writing about this period of Australian history. 4.5 🌟

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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The [British Monarch] birthday honours list is always questionable but this is pretty insulting to the people who actually deserved recognition.

(This is a headline from a satirical article but he was a genuinely terrible PM who left the county & lied about it during some of the worst bushfires in recent times. He‘s one of the architects of Robo Debt, he secretly appointed himself into multiple ministries & that‘s just the tip of the iceberg)

LeeRHarry It just goes to show that the honours list is all a complete joke that means nothing. (edited) 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, it‘s sad that it devalues the honours list for people who should be celebrated. All Scott Morrison deserves is people hissing at him like he‘s the villain in a bad pantomime, every time he walks into a room. 2w
CarolynM I have always loathed the honours system, but this is a new low. 2w
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Tamra
Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright
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This monument to Aboriginal sovereignty is going to take hot minute to digest. Wright did an excellent job making time amorphous & porous, such that the characters live simultaneously in the past, present, and even the future. (Homage to oldest extant culture.)There are a multitude of ways to interpret all of the themes, symbolism, etc. such that my head is spinning. 😵‍💫

Tamra Note, because the writing is akin to the oral story telling tradition & is often dreamscape like, the repetition can get tedious. 2w
CarolynM Interesting cover. It can be really hard to get our white, western, linear minds around Aboriginal story telling but it‘s worth the effort. I need to bump this one up my TBR🙂 2w
Tamra @CarolynM settle in and let her take you on the journey. 😊 It sounds like the same colonization tactics and consequences here in the Americas with respect to Indigenous peoples. 2w
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Judybskt
Homecoming | Kate Morton
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Too long, but great read.

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Jas16
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Set in 1926 Australia, Tom and Isabel live on a remote island where he is the lighthouse keeper. Isabel has suffered multiple miscarriages when a boat arrives carrying a dead man and a living baby girl. When Tom goes to report the incident Isabel convinces him to say nothing so that they can raise the child as their own. I was so irritated with them both as I read this but couldn‘t deny that I was emotionally invested in seeing what was to come.

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MrsMalaprop
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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What a story🥹. What writing 😍.
Imagine if you grew up knowing you were adopted and were told a fiction about the circumstances of your birth.
In your late 40s you get hold of your original birth certificate, and read your biological mother‘s name…famous Australian writer Charmian Clift.
This book was re-released after the author‘s daughter Gina Chick wrote her memoir, We Are The Stars, a book I read and loved in 2024.
Wonderful 🥰🙏👏

CarolynM I read this one a long time ago and I wondered if it would get rereleased when Gina‘s book got so much attention. It is a great book and a really interesting twist on the adoption story, don‘t you think? 3w
MrsMalaprop @CarolynM Yes, so interesting and well done by Suzanne Chick. 3w
Rissreadswithcats Staaaaaaaaaaaaaacked!!!!!!! 💙 3w
Rissreadswithcats I just realised today that with my Spotify account I get 15 hrs of free Audio book listening. This was included. It scraped in at 14hrs and 48 mins 🤣 I‘m so excited! 3w
Jeg Can‘t wait to read this. Heard her on the radio. 3w
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