Book Review – How to Kidnap the Rich

Before we left for our road trip last year, I heard the presenters of the RN Bookshelf discuss this book by Rahul Raina. I immediately reserved this at my local library. Although, I only got to read it after we got back from our 3.5 months road trip. So what is this book about? Well,…

Book Review – Dune

I read Dune by Frank Herbert during our road trip last year. Actually, I wouldn’t have read this book if there wasn’t a new film of the same name coming out. Yes, I remembered the boring and slow movie made by David Lynch back in 1984. But I’ve forgotten most of the story and characters…

Library Visit 2021 – Flinders Mobile Library

This was another serendipity moment. We were checking out the niche little town of Melrose in South Australia when I saw this mobile library! Here is their timetable for the first half of 2022 – just in case you’re in the Mt Remarkable and Port Pirie regional areas. Date of visit: 7 September 2021 Features:…

Library Visit 2021 – Woomera Community Library

For some reason, I did not make notes after I visited this library. I’ve looked everywhere. That’s very unusual of me not to write anything about it. I now have to rely on my failing memory… Date of visit: 25 August 2021 Features: This was a spacious library considering the town’s population was only 120…

Book Review – The Sky So Heavy

I picked this book up from the free book bin in the Port Augusta Library and read it during our road trip through South Australia last year. I don’t normally read young adult fiction books but this one from the CBCA award-winning Australian author Claire Zorn is not bad. It’s easy to read and a…