I came about this library via a road trip stopover to Canberra from Melbourne (man, that was a LONG drive!) – making this my second library visit for this trip. So while my boys were looking at tanks and war memorial displays at Euroa – I went to the library. Of course! Date & time…
Library Visit 2019 – Ferntree Gully Library
This was the first library I visited during a recent family road trip to Queensland. So we were in the middle of looking at a van (Fiat Scudo) in Ferntree Gully (a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria) when we needed to print out a form for transferring vehicles (by the way we didn’t end up buying…
Reading Project 2019 – The Seven Dials Mystery #3
It’s been 3 decades (3!) since I’ve read an Agatha Christie book. I used to devour her books when I was a teenager. I loved every single one of them – especially the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries. I never ever guessed who the murderer was. And it’s no exception with this particular book….
Reading Project 2019 – The Only Story #2
Every time I think of Julian Barnes (which is not often and who also wrote this book I’m about to review), I think of his book The Sense of an Ending, which I have read and enjoyed. I believe he won the Man Booker prize for that book. Well-deserved too as it was a great…
Reading Project 2019 – The Second Cure #1
I heard this book being discussed on Radio National and I thought it would be a great book to read. I was a little bit disappointed with this story. It felt lame and it was too long winded in the first part. The second part was better – more exciting and fast paced. But the…
SMARTY SQUID 