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Snuck in book 56. Since reading Gina Chick‘s memoir in 2024 I‘ve gone down a rabbit hole of fiction and non-fiction, including wanting to read something written by Gina‘s grandmother Charmian Clift.
It was fascinating to read this novel, published in 1964 whilst having some understanding of Clift & her life circumstances at the time. I powered through this captivating, disturbing & moving little book. Way to finish 2025 👏. HNY🥂🎆. #ozfiction

This is not a Shaun Tan book I am used to but I loved it! It's about a fake inventor named Henry Archibald Mintox and the fake stories about the inventions pictured in the book. The pictures are actually really from the Powerhouse Museum. I thought the pictures, and the stories were great and hilarious.

Did some post-breakfast outdoor reading with Cooper before the heat warning dropped into place.

SPLASHDANCE SILVER is another digital freebie I‘ve had forever, since a) it didn‘t make it onto La TBR because LibraryThing couldn‘t find it and I was too lazy to add it manually and b) for some reason I thought it was like 600 pages long. It‘s actually more like 300, and the first couple chapters were fun! I‘m eager to really sink into the story.

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My #AHRS24 has been delivered (safely, I hope🤞🏻). Can't wait until opening day 💌!
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Are there any other book swaps that are open atm? I try to check @LitsyEvents often but I haven't seen any happening right now.

Historical/literary snippet. At the memorial to Kingsford Smith's 1933 record breaking flight across the Tasman.

I feel like this book really picks up from the second half on. It‘s a portal fantasy to a magic school, so fun premise if that‘s your thing (it is mine), but I got extremely attached to the characters in the latter half and now I‘m seriously annoyed that someone else has book 2 out from the library! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Surprisingly engaging! The characters and dialogue are a smidge childish...BUT I'm enjoying it so far. A good casual read. I'm on to the next book asap because the whole series is free on audible for the next day and a half.