This book was loaned to me by a friend. I can’t remember why he wanted me to read this particular book, but it’s been an education. This book is translated from the Japanese and as I’ve never read a translation from Japanese before I found it hard going. Once I ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
I bought this in Sydney last year. Unless you’re new you’ll know I was in Sydney last year for the Book Fair Australia. While there I bought a lot of books, I think this book was included in my swag from Book Fair Australia, and the book that came with ...
I bought this at the Book Fair Australia last year. I was intrigued by the idea of learning more about Blackbirding. I have friends who were thinking of becoming missionaries some years back. If they did then they weren’t gone for long, unlike the people in this book. Our story ...
Hello all, welcome to my book club book. I’m not sure if I would have chosen it myself, I don’t always read the popular books, and with over 5 million copies sold worldwide (according to the front cover of my copy) I’d suggest this might be a popular book. It’s ...
I think I bought this book at Continuum 2024. I’ve not written a note to remind me, I’m regretting this lack of action on my part. I did google the author before putting fingers to keyboard and I feel I would remember his face as he’s rather distinctive. But the ...
Some time last year I was gifted with an eARC of this book. It was not good timing for me, I had covid and should have been in bed. As I haven’t yet figured out how to transfer ebooks to my phone…reliably, I sat up and read it at my ...
This book is left over from ones I provided to the con bag for the Second Australian Discworld Convention in 2009. It seemed like a good idea to reduce the load of books I had in stock and also bulk up the con bag. I can be certain of that ...
I’m pretty sure I bought this at Book Fair Australia, the reason I can be that sure about this because I looked at their website and found her on the list of guests. If she didn’t have a table then I would have bought it at the table set up ...
I’m struggling to remember where I bought this book. I don’t think I borrowed it from someone, but it’s entirely possible that I did. If it was you please let me know, I’ll need to return it. Having looked at the back of the book I see it was bought ...
This book was chosen for my new book club. I’m writing about the book long before we meet. Why? Because I’m impatient. Not because I want to write my thoughts clear and uncluttered by anyone else’s, but because I’m impatient. Also, it’s a library book and I might not be ...
I scribbled a few words about this book in 2016. I’ve just finished rereading it and figured I used so few words last time I could easily scribble a few more words today and there would be little double up. Peter Haining is easily my favourite anthology editor. I’ve been ...
This book was a Kickstarter campaign. Shared by a friend who I know is reliable so I put my money down. Promptly forgot about it, I presume I must have answered the questions about postal address, but I don’t remember. It was a sheer pleasure to open the parcel and ...
This is a good book to read if you’re needing a reminder about how dependent we are on water. I understand the book is not about water, but it is set in small town Victoria, Australia and they’re going through a drought. I’m guessing a drought in rural areas is ...
This is one of the books I bought at Continuum this year. I bought this and also the anthology she was selling on her table. Pearson gave a talk about how she writes and I thought this to be absolutely fascinating. I figured reading these would give me some insight ...
I needed something I’d read before, something that felt friendly and light. Looking on my shelves I found Ngaio Marsh. She’s a New Zealand author with some of her detective novels set in England and some in New Zealand. I really love her style of writing. It’s laid back, with ...