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A joy to read, effortless 600 pages. Not what I was expecting, a pleasant surprise.

I really tried to like this, I‘m 100 pages in, and just can‘t Figure out where the story is, or where it is going.
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If you‘ve read it, and liked it, please tell me what I‘m missing. *
This goes into my very short DNF pile.

9/10

Over the past few months I've (obsessively) been cataloguing all of my novels.
I've yet to catalogue my husbands books & mine and my kids YA section of our bookshelves, but they are on the to-do list!
This, I've found, is one of the most relaxing things to do & my go-to activity when I'm feeling stressed or tired.

This app is so great as I can walk into any book or op shop & quickly look up to see if I own a book that catches my eye.

I wanted to read this book set in Australia because I was there. This is a memoir of a man who lived a tough life, starting work when he was 9. While I did sympathize with him, this book seemed held at a distance for me. I didn‘t connect emotionally at all. This is often my problem with non-fiction. It did give a glimpse of the landscape of Australia though.

This has been on my #TBRpile for several years. I think that this is the ideal time to read it, on the eve of ANZAC Day observance.
'Men living in trenches with no movement except when they are digging, and with nothing to look at except a narrow strip of sky.
You would have wept ... two of our finest Light
Horse regiments were wiped out in ten minutes in an attempt to advance a few yards.'
#ANZAC #Gallipoli