“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.” - Terry Pratchett Guards Guards Don't you just love those old book shops, the second hand kind where old shelves bow under the weight of paper and years, forming dark corridors of promise and reading adventure. They are becoming a bit … Continue reading Of Bookshops and Blackholes
Butterflies for #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CDp4_OzgRSk/ I read Micheal McCarthy's delightful … Continue reading Butterflies for #BookSnapSunday
First nation farming in Dark Emu
#BookSnapSunday “If we are to attempt to understand Indigenous philosophy it has to begin with the profound obligation to land.”― Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu #BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the … Continue reading First nation farming in Dark Emu
Fascism for #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! Afraid I am a bit late … Continue reading Fascism for #BookSnapSunday
Mammoth #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CCz2aJSgjA9/ Really loving Chris Flynn's Mammoth, … Continue reading Mammoth #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday – Show me the way to Go Home
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CCh9aWnpUOz/ Today's book snap is the … Continue reading #BookSnapSunday – Show me the way to Go Home
A Dickensian #BookSnapSunday
Wow weekends get away from me, just quickly posting this weeks #BookSnapSunday. I really didn't know what I would post today but Bronte came home with a copy of David Copperfield. Bronte and her friends have a; 'books we have lied about reading' book club going and David Copperfield is her current choice. #BookSnapSunday is … Continue reading A Dickensian #BookSnapSunday
June reading: Germs, Ghosts and Nullus Anxietas (No Worries)
June was a good month for reading, managed to finish four great books. Two of my June titles nicely compliment each other and are timely and prescient reads given the pandemic challenge the world has been enduring in 2020. As we entered covid 19 lockdown I was interested in reading pandemic fiction and non-fiction. Lawrence … Continue reading June reading: Germs, Ghosts and Nullus Anxietas (No Worries)
Pine #BookSnapSunday
Just a bit late posting book snap this Sunday, busy day. I got the picture up on Instagram early but I have had to wait until now to get it onto the blog. Book Snap Sunday is the one regular post that I kind of stick to, it at least gives me a tiny amount … Continue reading Pine #BookSnapSunday
A beach themed #BookSnapSunday
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrIBtPpx9P/ A beach themed book snap Sunday this week; The Penguin Book of Mermaids, a collection of mermaid themed folk tales from around the world, fascinating the differences between the western mermaid tradition and how other cultures portray the mermaid. This is one of those books you can keep handy to dip into when you … Continue reading A beach themed #BookSnapSunday
