#AusReadingMonth Wrap Up

Summer in Australia…..

 

1. Life happens….when you made other plans.
2. I don’t know who said that but  this adage is so true.
3. That is what happened to Brona
4. ….during her fifth #AusReadingMonth challenge.
5. A family loss, arrangements to be made comforting others while you need
6. …so much comfort yourself.
7. And then trying to pull yourself together and  get on with life.
8. But that is sometimes easier said than done.

 

1. I discovered #AusReadingMonth 4 years ago.
2. I progressed from one book, to 1 massive Australian classic, to 6 books
3. …and this year 16 books!
4. I read short stories , crime fiction, classics, non-fiction, fiction
5. …and even a paranormal/speculative fiction (1)!
6. I was in the Tanami Desert and on the Silk Road (dark web) searching for drugs.
7. I was in WA with the most lovable families the Lambs and the Pickles.
8. I saw ghosts! I rode with the Kelly gang,
9. …wrote political satire poems with C.J. Dennis.
10. I solved a murder…finally found Tasmania on the map.
11. My finest moments were learning more about the aboriginals
12. …and meeting some old friends, Thea Astley and Nevil Shute.
13. I pushed myself….to read, read and read some more.
14. Why?
15. I did it for Brona.
16. When a friend stumbles you support them in any way you can.
17. I’m not close to Australia….actually on the other side of the world.
18. But I had to be there for Brona, that’s what ‘reading friends’ are for.
19. I had energy for two….and I read for both of us.

 

1. There will come a time in 2018  when I stumble
2. ....a reading ‘burn out’.
3. I know I will get an encouraging  ‘twitter’  message that will comfort me.
4. Brona,  November….
5. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
6. …as Dickens would say.
7. I had the BEST  #AusReadingMonth….ever,  thanks.

Books:

1. My Place – S. Morgan
   
2. Cloudstreet – T. Winton                                      
3. True History of the Kelly Gang – P. Carey
4. Silk Road – E. Ormsby –
   
5. The Grief Hole – K. Warren     
6. The Hands – S. Orr
7. The Life and Work of C.J. Dennis – P. Butterss
8. A Boat Load of Home Folk – T. Astley                           
   
9. A Town Like Alice – N. Shute
10. Essay:  Why She Broke – H. Garner -Walkley Award 2017 Feature Writing
    
11. Position Doubtful – K. Mahood
12. Into the Heart of Tasmania – R. Taylor
13. Portable Curiosities – J. Koh 
14. Salt Water – C. McLennan – READ
15. Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell  – L. Milligan  2017 Walkley Award