Thank you @MrsMalaprop . Once again the right book at the right time. A delightful reassuring read for me. I would have loved to have met her. Such a delightful positive honest outlook. Reassuring for me right now at this stage of my life.

Would have to be the best book I‘ve read this year. An important book about important issues for all humans. Facts told in a fictional tale that will stay with me forever. Tim Winton sums it up perfectly “ A Masterpiece “. @MrsMalaprop

So many quotes in this book however this is what this book does . It is an amazing book. @MrsMalaprop

I had to give up. For me the characters were not conniving at all. Right at the start a 4 year old was saying and doing things no 4 year old I know does. At the end the author does say it‘s written to help young people understand etc. This Afterword the best part of book for me. I did keep trying to finish but decided better books for me to read. Would be interested to hear what other people think. @MrsMalaprop

Picked this up a couple of days ago in an op shop. Felt compelled to read it despite my big TBR pile. Tim is a journalist and his writing is very easy to read. I read it in a day and although it‘s sad in parts it‘s hopeful. An insight into mental illness. My brother is a recent sufferer and this book explained some of what happened to him.
I seem to be reading a lot of memoir lately. My age??? @MrsMalaprop

Book mail and until I read it I couldn‘t remember why I got it. 🙃. It‘s a gift for Friday. My wonderful partner and I have been together 33 years and married for 1. 🌈. A beautiful story about differences. @MrsMalaprop

A quick afternoon read in the autumn sunshine. I‘m not a graphic novel fan but my partner is and we have shelves of them. Decided to try some. This was a quick read, delightful art work and my kind of ending. Perfect. @MrsMalaprop

I‘m a Ben fan , his first book in ages. I think I understand hashtags a bit better now. 😊 A satire on the times we are now living. Thought provoking. Funny in parts. I got a bit bogged down in it and part way through thought this is a so so. However it improved and I really enjoyed the last part and ending. Saw him recently talking about movie he wrote All Is True. Such high energy. @MrsMalaprop

Finished just in time for book club this evening. I really enjoyed this story and the excellent writing. The complexities of families. Terrible things that can happen and the good that can emerge. @MrsMalaprop
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Read this recently when I was helping in the school library. Delightful and I learnt something I didn‘t know before. During WW1 they sent billy cans ( small bucket like tins used mostly in Australia for making tea over a camp fire) , packed with goodies and notes for the soldiers. This wee boy is hoping his dad gets his. This is story of what goes in the billy. Great illustrations. Such interesting details. @MrsMalaprop

About to start this book and hope I can get it finished in time for book club on Monday. Another local author who has lived overseas but now back in Perth. I‘ve heard her talk so looking forward to reading the book. @MrsMalaprop

Almost gave this a SoSo but decided I‘m not in a good place to be reading just now. I did find it a bit hard to keep track of the characters , and sometimes the plot got the better of me. However it is very well written and author , though Irish , is living here in Perth. @MrsMalaprop

Happy Easter everyone. My two Easter gifts. Book and grandson. The book is a kids book but not sure how much kids would take to it. Text is in cursive and not a lot of colour in pictures. However the writing is lovely and touched my heart as book given to me by my partner. @MrsMalaprop

This was a very pleasant and vivid read for me. Vivid because I‘m a Fan of the TV series and I can see and hear all the characters. Love that. The series so like the books. Such great detail of the countryside, makes me want to go visit. She seems to base her novels on places where she is living. I see she no longer writes the series about the Shetlands as since her husband died she no longer goes there. He was a bird watcher there. @MrsMalaprop

Wow!!Just finished this morning. Words escape me. I just loved it. My 13th Aussie book for the year. @MrsMalaprop

Rabble book shop buy @MrsMalaprop and @Rissreads . Can‘t wait to read it. Heard her on the radio. Local woman I think I remember. Will get recent one if I enjoy this one. Everyone who has read it seems to love it.

Bookmail and can‘t for the life of me remember why I ordered them! Both look good though. @MrsMalaprop

Well translated from the German, I was enjoying this book but it got to be just a little too long. Unsatisfying ending for me. @MrsMalaprop

A great book I would recommend for book lovers. But I had to stop reading it. Because I wanted to go find the books I was reading about. 😊 I already have a huge TBR shelf . I recognised some of the authors but lots I had not heard of. A book you can dip in and out of. @MrsMalaprop

@MrsMalaprop @Rissreads Took me ages to master but I‘ve done it after a fashion! Now you will need to explain hash tags to me and why I would use them!

@MrsMalaprop and @Rissreads guess where I went again today?😊😊😊 Lovely book by the way. Story told in an easy way for kids but great for big people too.

Once again the perfect book lands in front of me just when I need it. A family member is dealing with mental health issues right now and I‘ve also had my own issues over time. This book is one young woman‘s journey through depression and anxiety , well written and relatable. @MrsMalaprop

One of the many things I love about reading is it lets me inside the heads of other people and I get to understand things in a different way. This book did this for me in a big way. I want everyone to read this book. I loved the ending my favourite sort. Thank you @MrsMalaprop

Delightful. The book was fact. The DVD of the TV series was fiction based on facts. Amazing woman — Molly. Glad I read this book. Enjoyed the DVD too. @MrsMalaprop

@MrsMalaprop next to bookshop is an op shop. There I found this beautiful interactive edition for $5. A good day.

Thank you again @MrsMalaprop for telling me about this bookshop. It‘s just a hop , skip and a jump from the chiropractor I go to every month. So guess what I will be doing! There range of kids books is amazing. I had to restrict myself to these three. All wonderful. I love Anthony Brownes illustrations. Phoenix is based on a real child. The other is about having 2 dads on Mother‘s Day at school. Recommend them all.

A delight. You will find yourself in this book.😊 Thank you @MrsMalaprop

Really enjoyed this read. Right book at the right time. Just delightful. @MrsMalaprop

Wish I could have bailed but needed to read for book club. I didn‘t enjoy the art work, the print was way to small and I don‘t understand the end. Not my thing I guess. I sort of got some of the content , the curse of the internet, live content, trolls, death threats, conspiracy theories. I‘m not a graphic novel fan and this did not change my mind.

I watch and listen to this amazing woman most days. She is now in the USA and pops up all over the place. I really enjoyed reading this book. She is a great storyteller. The things she has seen and the places she has been and the things she has done. Just amazing. Published in 2014 it‘s a reminder of news past and how something‘s haven‘t changed much in parts of the world. Sad, uplifting, and in parts funny.
@MrsMalaprop

I needed a break from the non fiction I‘ve been reading. This was perfect. I love his writing and especially this series. I always learn something. The last chapters made me smile and in his acknowledgment he posed a bit of a quest to do with the titles of the chapters. I‘m about to see if I can solve it! @MrsMalaprop

Spent a gift voucher today. Cloth bound copy of Jane Eyre with added notes and a Bronte family tree. The other two were on the “ special” table. Aussie legends is fun and informative. The other I‘ve wanted to read for a while but was reluctant to buy given the mixed reviews. @MrsMalaprop

I would recommend this book highly. Writing it took a toll on the author but I‘m very glad she researched and wrote it. Enlightening and frightening. It could happen to any of us. However if you are high profile person it‘s highly likely to happen to you. This book proved to me that a troll is not always some odd lonely person but they could be that person you work with, your neighbour . Scary.
@MrsMalaprop

Could the answer to trolling be parenting? Perhaps. Supervising what and when your kids are online is getting harder and harder I‘m thinking, but I know some parents are having a good go at it.

Scary book. I never thought this was such a problem. I‘m half way through and becoming educated in some disturbing activities . So happy that Litsy , for me anyway, has been positive .😍.

Another Aussie read for me. I loved her first book but a bit unsure about this one. Great writing but for me uncomfortable subject. At least it had my kind of ending. @MrsMalaprop

Found this in the free box. It was published in 1999. It‘s about a young girl in the Aussie suburbs in the 70s. If you were a child then or a parent or just want a glimpse of family life back then, you might enjoy this book. I‘m now reading The Choke another Aussie book about childhood in the 70s but about life in a country town.
@MrsMalaprop

Disturbing and insightful. I was uncomfortable reading it but needed to get to the end , hoping for happiness.
I know a young person who for the past 2 years has refused to eat and hardly moves. Right now she says she just wants to die. So reading this book was both hard to read while at the same time somewhat insightful.
@MrsMalaprop Not an easy read for me. However can see why it won the award.

Excellent. Thank you @MrsMalaprop .

All I knew about Steve Jobs was that he started Apple and he had died. This was his daughters look at him. The daughter he denied until DNA came along. After reading I wonder how much Iike him she is/ was. Writing is very matter of fact. Not as emotional as I would have thought given how he treated her.
I came away from this book not liking him. Would now like to read someone else‘s point of view. @MrsMalaprop

Delightful. That‘s Truman Capote on the cover. I loved the photographs. Cat lovers will love it. Would make a great gift for a book and cat lover. The short writing with each photo also very interesting. @MrsMalaprop

Just had a binge watch of this. Every bit as good as the book I thought. We have one of few remaining DVD stores in the West. The owner is aiming to be the last one. In a nearby suburb there is the last Blockbuster.
The world is changing but I‘m hanging in there! 😊. @MrsMalaprop

A bit weird for me. Has a sci-fi dimension to it. Based on an historical fact. Her great great grandfather survived a wreck. The steamship Admella sank off the SA coast in 1859. She uses these facts to weave a different sort of story. This is my third Aussie read for this year. 6 books read and half Aussie. @MrsMalaprop

Easy to read but not an easy read! I had worked out the plot but was not too sure how he would end it.
Great Aussie fiction. His description of the boys childhood took me back. Times of innocence and freedom.
@MrsMalaprop

Hot day here yesterday so watched the DVD. Seems we also had the book in the house. I‘d never heard of Molly. A very interesting life. The man she worked for wrote a book which my partner had to read when she was doing her medical training. After watching the DVD looking forward to reading the book first published in 1954. Molly died in 2012. She was 93.
@MrsMalaprop

Finally finished it. I think it was just a bit too long and I had trouble with the switches from one time to another. Book is set in the past, the now , and the future. However I learnt a great deal about bees and how important they are and how if we are not careful we could be in big trouble if their destruction is allowed to go on.
A lot of honey on toast consumed during the reading. @MrsMalaprop

Should be tidying the house! 😊. But remembered the library was open! Top two books were on my list . Can‘t remember why I put them there. 🙃 . Both look like interesting reads. The other two were on the new books shelf and thought they looked interesting also. I love cats.😻. Anyone read any of these?

I know this is a classic American children‘s story but I have never read it. So found this in an op shop and just watched it. Delightful. Now to source a copy of the book to read. @MrsMalaprop

I haven‘t read a lot of her books but found this on the new books shelf. I loved her style of writing after some of the books I have tried recently. However I woke early one morning and read right through to nearly the end. A mistake. This books needs to be read slowly, perhaps just a couple of stories at a time . An amazing life.
@MrsMalaprop