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The Secret World Of Wombats | Jackie French, Bruce Whatley

Happy International Wombat Day! Read this, especially if you need a laugh: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats?fbclid=PAVERFWANl7Z1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp2b2j...
(Sorry that link is so friggin long 😅)

dabbe OMG, I adore THE OATMEAL! This is friggin' hilarious! Plus, I learned. A LOT!!! 😂😍😂 Happy International Wombat Day! 🧡💜💛 3d

AmyG The only thing I remember about them…they poop cubes! 3d

Texreader 😂😂😂😱😂😂😂 3d

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ChaoticMissAdventures @AmyG same that is the first thought that pops into my head when someone says wombat! 3d

julesG @ChaoticMissAdventures pops or poops? 🤣🤣🤣 3d

lil1inblue I know not one, but TWO people whose parents almost named them Wombat. One was female, and would have been Wombat had she been a boy, and the other was a boy whose Mom overruled his Dad and went with Cory instead of Wombat. This cartoon adds a whole new level of hilarity to that. 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures @julesG the poop pops into my head 🤣😂🤣 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures @lil1inblue this is absolutely WILD. I wonder how many other animals people were almost named after. "Hi dad meet my boyfriend Giraffe!" ? 3d

lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣🤣🤣 3d

Ruthiella That link is delightful. 😂😂😂Thank you! 3d

CBee @lil1inblue you‘ve got to be kidding me 😂😂😂 I am very happy for those kids who are NOT named wombat 😂 3d

CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures and here‘s my girlfriend, Hippo 😂 3d

CBee @Ruthiella I‘ve shared it with so many people! I never get tired of it 😂 3d

lil1inblue @CBee They did bond over their mutual near-misses, and they became good friends. But both were quite glad they were not actually named Wombat. 🤣🤣🤣 3d

CarolynM I‘m very glad the people you know didn‘t get named Wombat. Calling someone that in Australia has a rude meaning that I am sure their parents would not have intended😆 3d

CBee @lil1inblue thank goodness. Can you imagine? School would‘ve been a nightmare! 3d

CBee @CarolynM oooo. I‘m intrigued about this rude meaning 🫣😂 3d

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MrsMalaprop

Cosmo Cosmolino: Text Classics | Helen Garner

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I was in the mood for some Garner, having been lucky enough to see her speak followed by Tim Winton speaking about her at a conference to honour her and her work a couple of months ago.
This 1992 novel is one of only a few of her books left for me to read. It‘s really three separate but interlinked stories.
As always her writing is exquisite. Although she is an Australian national treasure, she is only now being read more globally. #ozfiction

CarolynM It‘s great to see her getting international recognition, but it‘s a bit strange too. She‘s been such a feature of the local literary scene all my adult life, but suddenly I‘m seeing people writing/speaking about her as though she‘s new! 3w

MrsMalaprop Absolutely @CarolynM. My mum introduced me to her and The First Stone was one of my book club‘s first books in 1997. Way to get a discussion going 😬🤣.

The First Stone

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Teresereading

Snake | Kate Jennings

#redcover
#falling
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Great cover ❤️🤍❤️ 1mo

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LapReader

Childhood at Brindabella: My First Ten Years | Miles Franklin

Last Thursday I couldn‘t get to work as the trains were down. It‘s never happened in my 20 years at my current job. I made it a treat myself day. First stop was the local Little Free Library. I also visited St Paul‘s Thrift Shop Stockton and Starter Stories, the yummy sourdough bakery there where I spent $60 on treats! My tummy was sore the next day after dieting for so long for my showgirl performance. It was a shame it was windy and rainy.

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Teresereading

The Last of the Apple Blossom | Mary-Lou Stephens

#APPLES
#falling
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 2mo

Eggs Beautiful tableau👏🏻 2mo

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Singout

The Drowner | Robert Drewe

#Bookspin August: the shortest books I can find anywhere in my list because I don‘t think I‘ll read the others I‘ve got already!
1. Liars
2. Orbital
3. Whale Fall
4. Be a Good Creature
5. The Details
6. Becoming Kin
7. Falling Back in Love
8. Shut Up You‘re Pretty
9. Troubles
10. A tranquil star
11. The Argonauts
12. Western
13. Manticore
14. Lot
15. Pure Colour
16. If An Egyptian
17. How not to drown
18. Cuba
19. Homesickness
20. Birdcatcher

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo

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LapReader

The Road to Gundagai | Jackie French

Salvos Forbes came up with the goods. My sister found me the vintage jumpers. The top jacket and shirt are for my giant, baby nephew. You can guess what his two favourite things in the world are. Grand total $48.50.

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xicanti

Splashdance Silver | Tansy Rayner Roberts

Did some post-breakfast outdoor reading with Cooper before the heat warning dropped into place.

SPLASHDANCE SILVER is another digital freebie I‘ve had forever, since a) it didn‘t make it onto La TBR because LibraryThing couldn‘t find it and I was too lazy to add it manually and b) for some reason I thought it was like 600 pages long. It‘s actually more like 300, and the first couple chapters were fun! I‘m eager to really sink into the story.

dabbe #cutiepatootiecooper 🖤🐾🖤 4mo

xicanti @dabbe a friend told me she thinks doodles look like muppets, and now I spend all day reflecting on Copper‘s muppetness. 4mo

dabbe @xicanti 😍🤩😍 4mo

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LapReader

The Talented Mrs Greenway | Tea Cooper

More book swap raids on the way home from ballet on Sunday afternoon.

Jeg My goodness you have a lot of reading to get through. 4mo

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