Spin the wheel. Read the chosen book for one hour, then spin the wheel again.
I have a lot of shorter books on the shelves that re unread. I’d like to move them on as they’ve been on the TBR a long time. I had a couple of bigger books on the wheel and realised it would take a long time to get through them. I also wanted to read some of my Australian authors.
The revised list:
Walking the Gobi by Helen Thayer
Helen Thayer walks across the Gobi desert with her 74 yr old husband and two camels, Tom and Jerry. Non fiction
A Misalliance by Anita Brookner8
Blanche Vernon changes her life after her long time husband leaves her. She makes some strange friendships. fiction
Heresies by Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan shares some of his interviews, ideas and essays on important issues affecting Australia. Non fiction
Women Walking by Kerri Andrews
Contemporary voices on nature and belonging. An anthology of women setting foot outdoors now, with ten women narrating walks that will challenge, inspire and fascinate the reader. Non fiction
Nonna Knows Best & Garden like a Nonno byJaclyn Crupi
Italian grandmothers and grandfathers discuss gardening, cooking and family celebrations/relations. A light hearted look at life in Italy. Non fiction.
John Broadley’s Books graphic novel
Graphic scenes of visual delights. A treasure trove from much loved classics, mysteries and obscure science fiction adventures. We travel through his bookshelves in a graphic form. Non fiction
The Rose Fancier by Olga Masters
Olga Masters died in 1986 but this book shares stories of Australian family life from the impoverished farms of the 1880s to the comfortable suburbs of the 1980s. Non fiction
Lucia on holiday by Guy Fraser Sampson
Emmeline Lucas (Lucia) makes some money in the stock market and off she goes on an adventure. But eternal rival Elizabeth Mapp-Flint is determined to outshine Lucia, and she’s got royalty on her side. They lock horns in an Italian setting. Fiction. Part of a series. Non fiction/ fiction?
Miss Peabody’s Inheritance by Elizabeth Jolley Arabella Thorne, is a witty and accomplished woman. An exotic tale of a flamboyant eccentric and her European travels-with jealous secretary and shy school girl protege. This is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful life of drab Miss Peabody. Fiction.
And last but not least a newly start up magazine called tasmaniology. Tasmania writers, stories, poetry and photography. The journals or periodicals are things I like to read but somehow get shelved so I’ll add a literary magazine of some sort onto the wheel.
Celebrating the spring equinox with a revised reading list.
I’m pleased to see Olga Masters and Elizabeth Jolley on your revised list.
I’m not going to buy the Flanagan like I usually do. Apparently he takes the opportunity to peddle a lot of loony left wing propaganda about Israel, which I can do without. I really am fed up with Australian authors pontificating about it when they know nothing about it.
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I know what you mean but I’ll look at it anyway. At the launch of this book at the Thetre Royal he talked about visiting Syrian refugee camps and also indigenous places in Australia. I’ll find that interesting. If I don’t like or agree with what he says I can just move on.
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Yup. I’m just not going to give him any of my money!
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