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Joined July 2017

🇦🇺. Lover of books and dancing!
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1984 by George Orwell
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Sing Your Sadness Deep by Laura Mauro
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Blue Nights | Joan Didion
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💙🩵#titlesandtunes 🩵💙
This book was an obvious choice for #blues. I can‘t remember who gifted it to me. Was it you @Reggie ?
The song was harder, I had lots so I‘m going to list them all.
Blue hotel Chris Isaak
Midnight blue Lou Gramm
Blue Monday New Order
Clearest blue CHVRCHES
Blue world Mac Miller
Cry in shame Johnny Diesel and the injectors
Thanks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen
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Mehso-so

This was my book clubs latest pick. I listened to it. It was ok, a bit boring. I found her use of symbolism annoying and confusing.

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This is my first time reading this. How has it taken me so long? I watched the movie The freedom writers and decided to start it straight away! Wow! This was just so much more than I thought it would be. I loved how progressive Anne is, and a feminist too! I knew that Anne died but it was still a devastating blow when it came. “Will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?” Yes you do Anne! ♥️👏🏻

BarbaraBB Beautiful review ❤️ 1w
Rissreads @BarbaraBB Thank you 1w
Centique This is the most heart breaking book 💔 1w
Jeg Have always loved this book and got to visit where she stayed in Amsterdam. Amazing and strange at the same time to be standing where they had hid for all that time . 5d
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I forgot about this book. I listened to it for my school bookclub. Not something I would ever pick up but it was better than I thought. Kept me interested and guessing.

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Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin
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I‘m really not sure what I think of this book. Not one of the characters are likeable but it‘s refreshing to read about such fucked up women. The sex scenes grossed me out. The animals being described like humans were the real stars of this book. This book was sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes gross and sometimes appalling! Yep, I enjoyed it…….I think! 🤣

BkClubCare I agree 😂 3w
sisilia I love the cute cover 😍 3w
MrsMalaprop But what did your book club think? 1w
Rissreads Most felt the same as I did. One member gave it 5 stars and one hated it! Most hated the characters but found it amusing. @MrsMalaprop 1w
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Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin
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I‘m thinking this book fits the #titlesandtunes #dramaqueen theme? I chose this book for my bookclub based on @batsy review and all the comments. The animals in the story have me intrigued.
I love Blondie and this song ‘Rip her to shreads‘ was an easy pick.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

batsy Hope you enjoy it! 1mo
Cinfhen Fabulous picks!!! 1mo
Suet624 Really enjoyed this book. I hope you do too. 😊 1mo
Rissreads I loved this book even though I didn‘t like one person in it! The animals throughout were entertaining. This book was out there but in a good way. Quirky sometimes and serious other times. 3w
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George Orwell the man, is a shit!
Eileen O‘Shaughnessy his wife has been erased from his history, as is so often the case.
I‘m filled with rage and sadness for her.
What a tremendous book. Anna Funder is a phenomenal writer! I also loved Stasiland and will search out everything else she has written.

Jeg This is my favourite book so far this year. What an eye opener. I love all her books. I was amazed at the research that went into this book. She is amazing. Have heard or seen her speak about this book? (edited) 1mo
Rissreads @Jeg no I haven‘t but I would love too! Maybe she will come to Perth for one of our festivals 🤞🏼 1mo
MrsMalaprop @Jeg She did a launch here at the UWA Club, but it sold out quickly. I heard her speak about it on Radio National. Thought I had a copy of All That I Am to loan @Rissreads but I can‘t seem to find it 🤔 1mo
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Oh dear, no wonder I have no money! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣🤷‍♀️😬

TrishB But you have books ♥️ 2mo
batsy Relatable 😆 2mo
MrsMalaprop 🤣😂🤣 2mo
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This book was so distressing! It‘s so well written and researched. Hooper handles everyone involved such as the victims, firefighters, police and the arsonist himself, with such respect. The devastation to the environment and the animals is heart breaking! It‘s a sad story all round for every single person. I think I will be thinking of this for quiet awhile.

MrsMalaprop Is it your copy? Would love to borrow it when we next catch up 🙏. 2mo
Rissreads @MrsMalaprop yep! Will bring it Saturday night x 2mo
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The Last | Hanna Jameson
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Negatives first. Wtf is with this author over using the term ‘She spread her hands‘, ‘he spread his hands‘. It was so annoying, it appeared at least a dozen times throughout the book! Also I don‘t think it needed the side plot of the mystery.
Ok positives now. I love a good end of the world novel, and this was great. I just find these types of stories so compelling!

BarbaraBB I enjoy this kind of novels too. Totally agree with the side plot. But.. I never noticed the spreading of hands 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 2mo
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This book brought out my insecurities of getting old and being lonely. A charming but sad story.

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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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💛💛💛💛Two very unlikeable main characters but I liked the book. A book about cultural appropriation cleverly written by an Asian author writing about a white woman. I learnt lots about publishing and what goes on behind the scenes, most of it questionable and not good. This book highlights how addictive and toxic social media can be and the devastating effect it can have on one‘s mental health. I was dissatisfied with the climax of the story, ⬇️

Rissreads I felt it was far fetched and silly. (edited) 2mo
CarolynM Nice review. The ending was a little silly, wasn‘t it? Lots to think about in the rest of the book, though. 2mo
Rissreads How are you doing Carolyn? Getting everything with your parents sorted out? X @CarolynM 2mo
CarolynM Getting there🥴💕 2mo
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Lonely Planet Egypt | Lonely Planet
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I‘m off to Egypt in September 2024 so I‘m doing some research! I‘m being a bit cheeky and I‘ve actually picked 2 songs. Walk like an Egyptian by the Bangles and All over the world by ELO.
I love #titlesandtunes, it‘s so much fun! ♥️
Thanks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen
#TheWorldIsMyOyster 🦪

Cinfhen We like cheeky ☺️and a trip to Egypt sounds AMAZING 🙌🏻❣️ 2mo
BarbaraBB Nothing better than planning and researching your trips. Enjoy!! 2mo
batsy How exciting! Egypt is on my bucket list for sure 🤩 2mo
Reggie How exciting! 2mo
Centique Exciting! 2mo
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Pageboy: A Memoir | Elliot Page
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A brutally honest and raw reflection of Elliot‘s life so far. I am happy he has finally found peace but I‘m always saddened by how long these things take. The wasted time because of the push back from society, the disapproval and hate. Just be kind people, it shouldn‘t be this hard. ♥️🌈

LaraReads ❤️❤️ So true, everything you said! 2mo
julieclair Amen. So true. 2mo
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How devastating that in so many ways women are still fighting the same battles as in the 1960‘s. Most of this book just wasn‘t believable but I still enjoyed it, good holiday read.

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I really enjoyed this biography, the oral history of Princes life told through interviews. It certainly covers all the topics! #SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll
I chose the Prince song Chelsea Rogers as it‘s such a fantastic dance song and not well known. I think it will make a great addition to this months playlist.
#titlesandtunes
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Cinfhen I don‘t think I know this Prince song!!! Must go listen 3mo
Rissreads @Cinfhen it‘s very funky! 💜 3mo
Cinfhen What a fun song! Miss him 3mo
BarbaraBB Prince must be on the list indeed! And the book seems great too. 3mo
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Limberlost | Robbie Arnott
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#Ozfiction 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
I devoured this book and the story of Ned growing up in Tasmania on an apple orchard. The descriptions of the land, water and animals were divine. This passage really spoke to me as I too sometimes feel like this.
Ned was thirty. When would the natural competence of other men come to him? He knew he had worth. Knew he had qualities that were of value…..But he longed to be more surefooted, for his adult self ⬇️

Rissreads to be more resolved. To be a person who was complete. 3mo
MrsMalaprop 🥰 Loved it too 3mo
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#Ozfiction
I found this dull and slow, it just didn‘t make me feel anything.

Books_et_al I totally agree and totally approve of the beer choice. 😊 (edited) 3mo
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“Everything,” his father said, “comes down to time in the end-to the passing of time, to changing. Ever though of that? Anything that makes you happy or sad, isn‘t it all based on minutes going by? Isn‘t happiness expecting something time is going to bring you? Isn‘t sadness wishing time back again? Even big things- even mourning a death: aren‘t you really just wishing to have the time back when that person was alive?”
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Rissreads This is my second Tyler novel and I liked it much more than ‘When we were grownups.‘ 3mo
Leftcoastzen I think the stuff she was writing in the middle of her career are much better than the more recent ones 3mo
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ISAAC AND THE EGG | BOBBY PALMER
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🧡💛THIS BOOK! It‘s stolen my heart and smashed it into a thousand pieces and then put them all back together again! It‘s devastating, and quirky and funny and bloody beautiful! I want to rush out and buy a copy for everyone I know! One of the best novels I‘ve read dealing with grief, so raw. It made me cry but also I was laughing out loud. Everyone needs an ‘Egg‘ in their lives sometimes. All the eggs! 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚

LaraReads Oh wow! Great review! 💛🧡 4mo
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I wish there had been books like these when I was a younger person. They are so important and this one has been incredibly important to me. I‘m 52 and still learning things about myself and that‘s a good thing. I‘m just so glad that this generation has all this information at their fingertips. Brilliant book!
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MrsMalaprop Beautiful photo 💛💜 4mo
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This was my second display in my new role as Library officer at our school. ❤️💛🖤
Keep up the momentum for change. Be a voice for generations. The theme encourages all Australians to be a voice for reconciliation in tangible ways in our everyday lives -where we live, work and socialise. For the work of generations past and the benefit of generations future, act today for a more just equitable and reconciled country for all. ⬇️

Rissreads We also had a huge display of books about country written by indigenous authors and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander flags flying. (edited) 4mo
Freespirit I‘m so hoping people vote yes in the upcoming referendum 🤞🏼 4mo
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Centique Well done! I‘m imagining how kids coming in to your library are being moved and affected by your displays and then reading the books 🙌 💕 4mo
Crazeedi An amazing display, well done my friend 4mo
Reggie I‘m so happy for you and your new job. This is great, Rissa. Well done! 4mo
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The Neverending Story | Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim
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I‘m late! #Titlesandtunes #guiltypleasure
My guilty pleasure is re-reading again, my favourite book from childhood. This book to me is like a hug, a snuggly blanket, a ray of sunshine, a rainbow in the rain! The song is ‘Chocolate‘ by Big boi. Something I eat way too much of. I think the song has a double meaning but I‘ll ignore it. It‘s very catchy too! @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Haha!! Can‘t wait to listen to the lyrics 😁🎶 4mo
Cinfhen And you‘re not late ⏰ timing is perfect 🩷 4mo
Centique Oh my god I love this book too! Reading it the first time when I was maybe 18 or 19 was one of my best ever reading experiences. I must reread it soon 😍 4mo
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Ice | Anna Kavan
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Yeah nah! Couldn‘t figure out wtf was real and hallucinations. Not invested enough to continue. Just didn‘t like it. NEXT!

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I‘m not sure what this photo has to do with the book? It‘s very bright and colourful not like the picture painted in this book of life behind the wall in East Germany where everything and everyone was grey. The story‘s are fascinating, horrific, baffling and devastating. Imagine living where 1 in every 6.5 people are either a Stasi agent or informer! Where everything you did or said was documented and manipulated to control you or others. ⬇️

Rissreads The most heartbreaking story was of a couple whose baby boy, only weeks old, was so sick he was transported to a hospital in the west and he lived there until he was almost 5yrs old before joining them again. His parents only saw him a couple of times. All because his Mum refused to be a part of a kidnapping plot. Wtf! 4mo
Suet624 So frightening. 4mo
Jeg This book inspired me to visit Berlin. 4mo
Rissreads @Jeg it‘s always fascinated me and I‘ll get there one day! 4mo
Rissreads @suet yep! Sometimes fact is weirder than fiction! 4mo
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A Black Fox Running | Brian Carter
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This book has a lot of writing about the surrounding nature, most of which is beautiful but I did find myself glossing over some of it near the end. A powerful story about humans and animals and how brutal those worlds can be. Who will outsmart the other? The fox (Wulfgar) or the trapper (Scoble)?

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#buybuybookdepository
I was a bit naughty but I ordered books that are hard to get. How EXCITING, new, new wonderful books! 📚 ♥️

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My first ever display in my new role as school library officer for IDAHOBIT day! ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

SamAnne I‘ve been doing a double take with the acronym IDAHOBIT. That Idaho would be in the name of a day in support of LGBTQI rights is more than ironic…. 5mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
Reggie Very awesome! 5mo
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Rissreads @SamAnne I‘m Australian so I don‘t know about American states, laws and discriminations. Does Idaho not support the LGBTQI+ community? 5mo
SamAnne @Rissreads there are wonderful people there & spectacular landscapes, wilderness, but for years it has been, north Idaho state in particular, hotbed of Nazis, far right wing zealots. Attacks on libraries, books happening there right now. Such draconian abortion laws that doctors are leaving the state, pregnant women no longer can deliver a baby at a hospital in far north Idaho. A woman at risk during labor now has an hour drive to a hospital. (edited) 5mo
Rissreads @SamAnne it‘s really sad. That door has been opened and it‘s going to be a hard fight to get it closed again. Yes it does seem like some American states are going backwards not forwards with human rights. 5mo
SamAnne @rissreads and an hour drive in good weather. Snow or moose on the road? Women and babies will die. So I did a double take at the acronym! 5mo
Jeg Lucky you ,library officer, I'm very envious. Great display. 👏 5mo
SamAnne @Rissreads and beautiful display! 5mo
CarolynM Looks great 😊 Hope it was a good day. 5mo
Rissreads @CarolynM it was fantastic! We had a lot of students very happy to be represented but we did get a complaint from one parent. Which is a real shame. 😞 4mo
CarolynM There‘s always one☹️ 4mo
MrsMalaprop Fabulous Nerissa 🌈😍👏🤩 4mo
Rissreads Thanks Serena x @MrsMalaprop 4mo
Centique Well done you! 4mo
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This is a well written historical mystery of a serial killer set in NYC in 1896. I loved the details pertaining to criminology, psychology, profiling and forensics.

dabbe I couldn't put this one down! 🤩 5mo
Centique This was one of my most favourite books in my 30s. I really loved the series too but I need to watch season 2. Have you watched it? 4mo
Rissreads @Centique I haven‘t watched it. I prefer to watch things I haven‘t read. (edited) 4mo
Centique @Rissreads fair enough. 👍 I quite like watching things after I‘ve read the book but I do need a gap of at least a few years so its not clashing with my memory of reading it. 4mo
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This book stole my heart! It‘s one of those stories that nourishes your soul. It‘s like a big fluffy warm blanket on a cold night. I fell in love with the characters and will miss them now that they are gone. Oh Linus you are a gorgeous man! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Small Island: A Novel | Andrea Levy
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Uh-oh! I stuffed up! 🤣 I thought you had to read your #titlesandtunes book by the 1st of May! This book was outstanding! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I loved that it was a different take on the Second World War from England, Jamaica, India and America. Levy writes beautifully highlighting the best and worst of humanity.
My song choice is Dreadlock holiday by 10cc.
#Islandvibes

squirrelbrain Fabulous song choice! 5mo
Cinfhen Andrea Levy is a brilliant writer 🙌🏻 fabulous choice 5mo
Cinfhen I don‘t know the song @squirrelbrain but im excited to listen 🎧 5mo
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BarbaraBB Fab choices! I loved the book and the song… oooh that video clip!! 5mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen wasn‘t it a hit in the US back in the days? It‘s so good! 5mo
Cinfhen No, don‘t remember this song at all @BarbaraBB but I LOVE IT 🥰🎶💕 5mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Do watch the video, it is so retro and so fun! https://youtu.be/fUNTk5xsxk4 5mo
Cinfhen I‘m dying 😆😆😆that video was HILARIOUS @BarbaraBB I‘ve never seen it before and I thought I KNEW my 80‘s MTV - @TrishB MUST REMEMBER??? 5mo
TrishB @Cinfhen definitely remember this one! It‘s a catch line from the 80s that song title. 5mo
Rissreads The video is hilarious! Yes this song is a favourite in our house because I have a son who is cricket mad! @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @TrishB (edited) 5mo
BarbaraBB Very glad to be reconnected with the song and the video! @Cinfhen (edited) 5mo
Centique I‘m so happy you liked this book - it is such a favourite of mine! Reminds me I need to read more books by Levy 😊 5mo
Rissreads @Centique I will definitely be reading another of her books this year. I just have to decide which one. I‘m thinking (edited) 5mo
CarolynM Great choices❤️ 5mo
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School bookclub pick.
Ok this book was exhausting and it didn‘t let up. Exactly how I imagine living with bipolar disorder and Autism would be. The constant inner dialogue that both of these characters deal with every minute of the day is portrayed perfectly and makes this story so powerful, but not an easy read.

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“If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.”
This book was charming and bought back fond memories of writing physical letters to people. The difference between the British (stuffy and formal) and the American (playful and brash) was entertaining. Thanks again @CarolynM for gifting me this book.
I also enjoyed the second book The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street.

CarolynM 😘 I can‘t believe anyone who loves books and reading would not love this book. I heartily recommend Helene Hanff‘s other books too🙂 5mo
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Top bloke, I thoroughly enjoyed this!

LeeRHarry Have this on audio - I listened to the sample and thought yep I could listen to Sam Neill talk about his life for hours 😊 6mo
Rissreads @LeeRHarry I actually listened to it. Very easy listening! 5mo
CarolynM You‘re making me wish I‘d done the audio… 5mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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I read this on my kindle.
Poor Demon didn‘t stand a chance. From his very first breath life was devastatingly tough. Poverty, addiction, abuse, neglect. What breaks my heart is so many children in the world are living this reality. I‘ve noticed that a lot of readers have commented about the novel dragging on. Just like poor Demons life, everyday the same sad hamster wheel. Going around and around and around.

Centique Hi Nerissa 👋 I‘ve just been looking at the Cyclone maps and checking it‘s not going near Perth! It‘s very nerve wreaking isn‘t it 😬 crossing all my fingers for all the folks in WA who are near it 💕💕 6mo
Rissreads @Centique yep not near me at all! Very scary for those close though. I hope you are going ok? X 6mo
Centique @Rissreads yes all good here. There‘s been a lot of drama around me but not in my household, so just supporting others at the moment. That seems to be the theme of turning 50! Hold up the people around you as much as you can 💕 6mo
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Today Serena @MrsMalaprop and I met up with Melbourne Litten Sharni @thegirlwiththelibrarybag
We strolled around perth, had an icecream and of course went to a local independent book shop. It‘s so nice to finally meet people you talk with in this space. ♥️

LeeRHarry How lovely ! 😊 6mo
Bookwormjillk Fun! 6mo
MrsMalaprop Great to meet you Sharni. Enjoy the rest of your time in Perth, the most isolated capital city in the world 🌎 6mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag So glad we could meet up! @MrsMalaprop @Rissreads ☺️ 6mo
BarbaraBB How fun! 6mo
LeahBergen How fun! 👏👏 6mo
Jeg Wonderful. 6mo
CarolynM How lovely to see your smiling faces🥰 6mo
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Apologies @LeeRHarry I received this gift a few days ago but have not had time to get onto Litsy to thank you! So thank you, thank you, thank you! ♥️ I especially loved reading your letter, it brought me great joy! 🤩

LeeRHarry You‘re very welcome 😊x 6mo
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I listened to this, Billy reading Billy. He is a funny guy, no argument there but I would have liked a bit more depth.
Book club book.

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I listened to this for our school bookclub. What an awesome woman! Fiona wood paved the way in Perth Australia for women to have children (she had 6!) and keep working and be at the top of their field. She has helped so many burns victims. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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@CarolynM thanks so much for my birthday gift! And it arrived on my birthday! You are so kind and generous. I‘m so excited to read this book so I‘ll start it next. 😘

CarolynM You‘re very welcome ☺️ Hope you enjoy😘 6mo
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Nina Simone's Gum | Warren Ellis
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I started reading this book at my sons cricket game and finished reading it at the hospice where my beautiful Dad passed away last week. It was the perfect book as my dad had a great love of music and he passed that onto me. One of my first memories is of sitting on his lap listening and singing along to the bands of the 70‘s. I am going to miss him ♥️ Thank you @MrsMalaprop for gifting me this signed copy. I will treasure it for 2 reasons now.

TheBookHippie I‘m so sorry for your loss. ♥️ 6mo
Aims42 I‘m sorry for your loss, sending prayers for you and your family during this time 🙏♥️ 6mo
Jas16 I am so sorry for your loss 6mo
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LeeRHarry I am so sorry for your loss Nerissa, thinking of you and your family at this very sad and difficult time xx 6mo
LeahBergen I‘m so sorry to hear this. 💔 6mo
quietjenn I'm so sorry for your loss. 💙 6mo
CarolynM I‘m sorry for your loss, Nerissa. Sending love ❤️ 6mo
Jeg So sorry to hear .❤️ 6mo
Reggie I‘m so sorry about your Dad‘s passing. 6mo
Rissreads @Reggie thanks, he has left a big hole in our lives. 6mo
Centique Ohhhh just seeing this now and feeling so much for you 😰 Such a huge loss 💔He sounds like a wonderful dad. Sending you love 💗 6mo
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What have I just read?!?!?!? This book is fucking nuts! The first story is gross and engrossing and so bloody bizarre but I loved it! What does that say about me? 🤣

LeeRHarry A lot! 🤣 heard this one was a very weird one ! 7mo
Reggie I will never look at an apple peeler without thinking of this story. 7mo
Rissreads @Reggie I will never think about a tapeworm and not think of this story! 7mo
Reggie Lolol yeah that too. I was like, no not the raw 🥩! 7mo
Rissreads @Reggie with the maggots! Oh my lord! So fucked up! 7mo
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Hmmmm. I‘m a bit conflicted about this book. I feel like it didn‘t quiet hit its mark. It was definitely an interesting story, a world where men control women‘s lives. What‘s sad is we kinda already live in that world! I also struggle with books where mothers abandon their children. But still there was a lot to like in it.
@BarbaraBB
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#bigbuddyread
#independantwomen

BarbaraBB Glad it‘s a pick for you and that you finished it right in time! 7mo
Cinfhen you articulated all the reasons why this was just a so-so for me 7mo
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Mink River | Brian Doyle
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If you don‘t like a bit of magical realism you will hate this book. Personally I love a talking crow! This book is quiet different in the way it is written in very long sentences that list things and more things. At first I found it annoying but then I settled right into it. I loved the complete picture it creates of a small town and all its wonderfully complex inhabitants and the way they are all connected to nature and the environment.

Reggie Magical realism and talking crow, you had me. Stacked. (edited) 7mo
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Bass Rock, The | Evie Wyld
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This is bleak, women being broken by men over and over again. It‘s about 3 different women in the 1800‘s, 1950‘s and present day. Some stories I enjoyed more than others. I think it would have been a better book if it didn‘t try to cover so much. I felt like some of the men were only 1 dimensional and I didn‘t think the ghost was needed. I also found the scene at the funeral laughable. But still a pick as it‘s message was clear, nothing changes 😞

TrishB Yep, very clear. 7mo
Centique It‘s a book many men should read isn‘t it? 😫 I thought it also created a sense of powerlessness in the reader - from the sheer quantity of traumas being relayed. A difficult read but as you say the point is so clear. 7mo
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Thanks @Centique , I‘m assuming this is from you! You are too kind! I‘m so grateful to Litsy for the friendships I have made. ♥️ I‘m looking forward to reading it! 🙂

Centique Yes that‘s the last one! @Reggie got me this title a few years back and I loved it and think you might too. (Reggie this is a new copy, I am keeping the one you sent!) it‘s a sprawling family epic told from a young boy‘s point of view with unique characters and setting. 7mo
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Some wonderful person sent me these in the mail! Was it you @Centique ? Scattered all over the earth is such a gorgeous cover!
This was a beautiful surprise as life has been crazy and hard lately ! Thank you ♥️

Centique Yes! ‘‘Twas me! There should be one other coming along at some point too 🤞😍 8mo
Rissreads @Centique thanks so much! How are things for you going there? Poor NZ is having a rough time lately 😞 8mo
Lindy Oooo! That cover on Tawada‘s novel is magical. I like it much better than the orange cover on the North American edition. 7mo
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Centique @Rissreads it sure has! 😫 My house and my family have been totally fine. The suburb below us got flooded a few weeks ago in the first floods and everybody has been helping with that - but the floods this past weekend that hit Northland, Gisborne and Napier have been next level. Two cities cut off from power, comms, food and water supply. It‘s going to be a massive rebuild of infrastructure taking months and years to get things fixed. 😢 7mo
Centique I believe there‘s going to be a massive rethink about power and comms networks so that they‘re more resilient and putting roads and highways through mountains rather than around the edge of them. Hopefully we‘ll come out of this with much better designs for all our towns and cities. 🤞 7mo
Rissreads @Centique yes we need to learn from all these disasters. I‘m so glad you are ok but it‘s so hard to watch the devastation around you. So many people are hurting. 7mo
Centique @Rissreads yes! And you guys have been there too with floods and fires. Hard times! 💕 7mo
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I adored this book about two 16 yr old boys friendship, navigating their sexuality and families. It was beautiful, moving and tender. It‘s the kind of book you wish you could place into every young man‘s hands.
Have you read it @Reggie ? I feel like it‘s your kind of book!

Reggie 5 years ago I went to an indie bookstore in Albuquerque and they were promoting that the author was gonna be there in a week and I had read good stuff about the book so I bought it. Read it THAT day and cried a lot. It was a perfect book on a perfect day and I went to see the author who was nothing but nice. I will never read its sequel because that book to me is perfect. Short answer: yes. Lol glad you liked it, too! 8mo
Rissreads @Reggie I‘m not sure if I will read the second book. It‘s also been made into a movie. 8mo
Centique @Reggie that is such a great story. There are a just a few perfect books that you read on the perfect day for them. 🙌 8mo
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This book broke my heart, again and again and again. Gorgeous prose and descriptions of the Tasmanian sea, coast and bush. Such a beautiful setting for such a sad story of 3 brothers devastating existence.
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DocBrown I miss Tasmania ❤️ 8mo
MrsMalaprop Such a great book. Bleak and beautiful 😍 8mo
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Fascinating subject matter. Oh the dilemma! This presented both sides of the debate about vaccinations quite well. A very interesting read. What this book highlighted is that most things are never black and white but many shades of grey in between.