Another book I have no idea how it appeared on my To Be Read Pile. Probably through the deceased estate. The man was well read in the classics and many other books recommended for me at uni. Also well read in multiple languages. I only kept the English ones that ...

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This is the fifth book in the series of books written by James Herriot. These books are autobiographical. Besides some of the names I don’t think much has been changed. The people, the area, the animals, the situations have been kept as close as possible to reality…or so I believe. ...

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This book is one of those books that was published during 2021. I’ve met the editor, Carly Findlay and also follow her on Facebook. She’s a wonderful advocate for the disabled, always trying to learn more about other people and how they navigate the world. I have learned so much ...

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I obliquely referred to this book last week. It’s a good follow on from Harry by Julie Carbone. While Harry gives us a good taste of what it can be like to be a shearer, Outback Legends gives a quick overall view of some outback heroes; people who have been ...

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Ellen DeGeneres, does she even need a surname or will one name do? It’s really hard to say what sort of book this is. I feel it’s a combination of autobiography and comedy with a whole heap of works thrown in that sounded good at the time. I found this ...

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When I was young I totally fell in love with the books by Arthur Ransome. They were gentle fictional novels which really caught my fancy. They are the reason I enjoy rowing, I’m not particularly good at rowing…I’m more in the camp of go-hard-or-go-home and that’s not terribly good when ...

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Another book for the Dymocks Reading Challenge 2020. This one is for the Memoir category. Weighing in at over 600 pages it’s as thick as Schwarzenegger’s muscles. It’s been on my To Be Read Pile for a while. I had been in an op shop delivering books to them and ...

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You might possibly have heard of Sidney Poitier. He’s famous for being the first actor of colour to win an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Globe Aware for Best Actor, that was only in 1964. There are some people who need to push boundaries and break new ground, ...

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This is the first book in the series of memoirs written by Michael J. Fox. I scribbled a few words about the second book in the series here because why should I do the right thing and read books in the correct order at my time of life. This book is ...

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Remembering I’d written about Dirk Bogarde before I popped his name into my search engine. Lo and behold it comes up with several entries: This one from May last year where I scribbled a few words about the third book in this volume. This one from October 2009 where I ...

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My brilliantly aptly named new series continues. Where I randomly select two books from my shelves and attempt to find a link. I do not promise it will be a good link, only that it will be a link. It might be anything at all. One thing I do promise is that ...

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