tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56631801520109628412024-03-06T02:04:25.530+11:00Pamela's Book SpotPamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-12754576366336481852015-01-25T09:55:00.000+11:002015-01-25T09:55:55.553+11:00I'm back - for good this time!<div style="text-align: justify;">
I cannot believe that it has been a year and a half since I last posted. Lots of changes in my life and lots going on!</div>
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Anyway, am back for good this time (I hope!). Not well at the moment so perfect opportunity to try and read some books when I feel up to it.</div>
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Just finished Lost and Found By Brooke Davis and Cress By Marissa Meyer. Both were pretty awesome I have to say! </div>
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Lost and Found By Brooke Davis was a pleasant surprise for me. Not what I expected but a great read. Characters you fall in love with and an easy holiday read. I really enjoyed it. </div>
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Hope you enjoy these books too!</div>
Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-39926137693740358372013-07-02T18:24:00.001+10:002013-07-02T18:24:18.683+10:00Thirteen Reasons Why By Jay Asher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just finished Jay Asher's 'Thirteen Reasons Why' - I don't know what to say - such an important book with such important messages, but so much to process. Am not able to review this book yet as I don't quite know what I feel. I will come back to review 'Thirteen Reasons Why' when I have taken it all in.</div>
</span>Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-65026472349209074972013-04-28T18:33:00.001+10:002013-04-28T18:33:08.677+10:00Books read in April!<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am desperately trying to catch up in my Goodreads challenge to read 100 books this year!! Here is what I read in April:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc;">Here is the synopsis from GoodReads
if you are interested:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc;">Dancing with someone is an act of trust. Elegant and
intimate; you're close enough to kiss, close enough to feel your partner's
heartbeat. But for Vanessa, dance is deadly – and she must be very careful who
she trusts . . .</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Vanessa Adler attends an elite ballet school – the same
one her older sister, Margaret, attended before she disappeared. Vanessa feels
she can never live up to her sister's shining reputation. But Vanessa, with her
glorious red hair and fair skin, has a kind of power when she dances – she
loses herself in the music, breathes different air, and the world around her
turns to flames . . . <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Soon she attracts the attention of
three men: gorgeous Zep, mysterious Justin, and the great, enigmatic
choreographer Josef Zhalkovsky. When Josef asks Vanessa to dance the lead in
the Firebird, she has little idea of the danger that lies ahead – and the
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<!--EndFragment-->Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-49753431383689510052013-04-02T08:50:00.003+11:002013-04-02T18:35:55.069+11:00The Happiest Refugee: My Journey from Tragedy to Comedy By Ahn Do<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9781742379302&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir" border="0" src="http://www.fishpond.com.au/affiliate_show_banner.php?ref=3241&affiliate_pbanner_id=35026247" /></a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Title</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9781742379302&affiliate_banner_id=1">The Happiest Refugee: My Journey from Tragedy to Comedy</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Author</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Ahn
Do</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Published: </b>Allen & Unwin</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>No. Pages: </b>304</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Themes: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Refugees, life, family</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> Genre:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Autobiography</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> Rating</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:
4.5 stars</span></span><br />
<b style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Review</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Happiest Refugee is the life story of Australian comedian
Ahn Do. It documents his early life in Vietnam, the plight of his family as
they travelled by boat to Australia as refugees and their new life in
Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a story that will move you to tears at times but make you
laugh out loud at others. Reading about the journey from Vietnam to Australia
really brings to light the horrendous and unimaginable trauma that refugees
such as Ahn Doe and his family have suffered. It is a tale that certainly made
me realise how lucky I am to be born in a country like Australia. I found it
heartwarming to read about the genuine and profound gratitude and love for
Australia that Ahn and his family show and I was inspired by the generosity and
kindness they have shown to others despite their own hardships. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This was a really well written book that covers a topic few people
know much about in a heart wrenching and honest, yet inspiring way. I
definitely recommend this book to others.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mao’s Last Dancer By Li Cunxin</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Lake of Dreams is a story of love, loss and
redemption that delves into the darkness of one family’s grief stricken past
uncovering a history of lies and secrets. When Lucy returns home to the Lake of
Dreams she is quickly entangled in uncovering the story of an unknown distant
relative and her quest to solve the mysteries of her family’s past takes her on
a journey that ultimately allows her to come to terms with her own grief around
the passing of her father when she was a child.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with the topic of women’s suffrage. The plot is strong and the
characters are both well developed and believable. Not amazing, but I
definitely enjoyed The Lake of Dreams and it was an easy read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Last week I finished The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. It was a great read, but I had some conflicting thoughts about the blurb and the storyline. <i><a href="http://pamelasbookspot.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/review-other-hand-by-chris-cleave.html">Click here to read my review.</a></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Other than that I am still reading <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9781844091164&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank">The Lost Art of Being Happy</a>, by Tony Wilkinson,</span></span><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> </span><a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780857865533&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">Life of Pi</a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">, by Yann Martel and </span><a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780755374045&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">A Discovery of Witches</a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">, by Deborah Harkness which I have nearly finished. </span><br />
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-54255418975302130662013-01-27T19:47:00.001+11:002013-01-27T19:52:22.630+11:00Review The Other Hand - By Chris Cleave<br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I finished reading 'The Other Hand' By Chris Cleave also published as 'Little Bee'. This book was a real eye opener for me in regard to the issues that it dealt with and I really was drawn in to the story very quickly. It was really fast paced and I couldn't put it down, but it certainly wasn't anything like I imagined it would be. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The blurb for this book gave nothing away at all, but it did give the impression (to me anyway) of a heartwarming or ultimately uplifting tale which it certainly is not! It is a great read that has an important social message, but it is confronting and it is heartbreaking. I really think that readers should have been given more information about the topic/issues addressed in this book via the blurb to allow them to make an informed choice as to whether or not they could cope with reading such a book. </span></div>
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-86071843586141304042013-01-26T15:26:00.000+11:002013-04-02T18:36:57.259+11:00I WILL be Creative!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year I have made myself a promise to make more time to do the things I love and to be more creative! Too often I find myself working when I get home instead of enjoying myself so this is an area of my life I really have to work on. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, at the beginning of the year I took down my old calendar and said to myself, as I do each year, '<i>The pictures in this calendar are beautiful! I'll keep this calendar and frame some of them or cover something with them</i>'. I then placed the old calendar on the bench ready for me to re-use. It has been sitting there ever since and I am sure I have a number of calendars I thought I would do the same thing with just sitting in my garage waiting for me. As I was cleaning up today I picked up the calendar from the bench and thought '<i>I am never going to actually do anything with this!</i>' and headed out to the recycling bin but in the time it took to walk outside, guilt crept in and wrapped itself around my thoughts as I remembered my promise to be more creative, so I turned around and came back inside with the calendar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sat down, looked at the pictures in the calendar and waited for 'creativity' - it had to be there somewhere!! But alas I couldn't find it, so I searched the internet for upcycling ideas. I came across these super cute envelopes made from ruined Little Golden Books and thought '<i>Hmmmm, why not try and make these envelopes and maybe even some writing paper from the calendar!</i>' So that was what I did, or I should say what I have started. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finished the envelopes today and I think they look pretty good - I would like to get a letter in a beautiful envelope like one of these. Here they are - my first go at upcycling - from 2012 calendar to ready to use envelopes! :) (Forgive the crappy photography which makes them look skewed and crooked though). What do you think? Do you do anything with the pictures from your previous years calendar? Here are three of my favourites....</span></div>
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-84761612813286850112013-01-25T18:58:00.003+11:002013-01-25T19:55:58.988+11:00The Friday 56 - The Other Hand, By Chris Cleave<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZgBu4JodH92tgU8YEGyk-E4msdkGCtF4LhnhRqEsLWya9YVWjJNOQDPeTw2FgDVB5v1RYsbeJyXn7ErK34_hsuoTutf7HlKYRPcJSXr5181CRadQMJMXVedSxkOFpLAx8vQ-vjrBY10/s1600/Friday+56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; font-family: Molengo; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZgBu4JodH92tgU8YEGyk-E4msdkGCtF4LhnhRqEsLWya9YVWjJNOQDPeTw2FgDVB5v1RYsbeJyXn7ErK34_hsuoTutf7HlKYRPcJSXr5181CRadQMJMXVedSxkOFpLAx8vQ-vjrBY10/s200/Friday+56.jpg" width="144" /></a> <span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda over at </span><a href="http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Freda's Voice</a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">. The rules are simple:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weeks 56 comes from <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780340920244&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank">The Other Hand</a> by Chris Cleave which I got the other day. I picked it up and read the first page and before I knew it I was half way through! WOW! I am totally engrossed in reading this great book which is also known as 'Little Bee'. I have never read anything by Chris Cleave before - WHY NOT???? Amazing writing and storytelling.</span></div>
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-80430387652035030682013-01-24T09:07:00.002+11:002013-01-24T09:08:21.710+11:00Alphabe-Thursday - Jj<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><i>This great meme is hosted by Jenny Matlock. <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday" target="_blank">Click here</a> to visit the website and join in the fun! </i></span></span></span><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I am going to use Alphabet Thursday to show off some of my favourite children's picture books each week! I love using picture books in my teaching and do have a particular fondness for vintage picture books.</i> </span></div>
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<br />Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-19745380620469493132013-01-21T08:46:00.000+11:002013-01-21T08:47:06.808+11:00It's Monday! What are you Reading?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwD9P_pwylWIvtDC4MihDDg_dSQcW_M6KIR4kBdEqV9TEOoBQO6e3ROoOHooPSpfk4PkhsxXtRd9sZ5CzZ7nZlI9DQyuaoTT9uHW_2etbvOa1cyvDtXD0xTXRnUrhniCGgOwyyyiFFFo/s1600/It's+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwD9P_pwylWIvtDC4MihDDg_dSQcW_M6KIR4kBdEqV9TEOoBQO6e3ROoOHooPSpfk4PkhsxXtRd9sZ5CzZ7nZlI9DQyuaoTT9uHW_2etbvOa1cyvDtXD0xTXRnUrhniCGgOwyyyiFFFo/s200/It's+Monday.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 27px; text-align: justify;">It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 27px; text-align: justify;">meme hosted by Sheila @ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ead1dc;" target="_blank">Book Journey</a> where you can share </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">what you are reading each week. Be sure to visit Book Journey to link up</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> if want to join in!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Last week I finished The Lacuna, By Barbara Kingsolver and it was such a great read - definitely a must read for Historical Fiction lovers.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9781844091164&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Lost Art of Being Happy: Spirituality for Sceptics" border="0" src="http://www.fishpond.com.au/affiliate_show_banner.php?ref=3241&affiliate_pbanner_id=11514922" /></a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">As part of the 2013 Nerdy Non-Fiction Readers Challenge I am reading<a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9781844091164&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank">The Lost Art of Being Happy</a>, By Tony Wilkinson. I started reading this a while ago but didn't finish so am giving it another go. I don't know if it will live up to some of my favourites such as The Power of Now, By Eckhart Tolle, but definitely has a lot of great content to consider. In the beginning chapters I felt a bit like Wilkinson was arguing the same point over and over again, but now it is moving more into the practise of skills I am enjoying it much more.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780857865533&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Life of Pi" border="0" src="http://www.fishpond.com.au/affiliate_show_banner.php?ref=3241&affiliate_pbanner_id=46115389" /></a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I am re-reading <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780857865533&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank">Life of Pi</a>, by Yann Martel which I read years ago and absolutely LOVED!!! My beautiful friend just saw the movie (against my advice to ALWAYS read the book first) and said she loved it which has inspired me to read it again. Knowing how much I loved it the first time, I am sure to devour it once I start reading so I am waiting till I have a whole day to read before I start - probably tomorrow :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WOW - Barbara Kingsolver is fast becoming one of favourite authors! </span><a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780571252664&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">The Lacuna</a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is an awesome read and it certainly lived up to (if not surpassed) my expectations after having read The Poisonwood Bible. The writing, the story, the pace, the characters - all fantastic! If you love reading historical fiction then you will certainly enjoy </span><a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780571252664&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">The Lacuna</a><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> By Barbara Kingsolver. Here is the synopsis from <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3241&id=9780571252664&affiliate_banner_id=1">fishpond.com</a>:</span><br />
<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c6d9dc; font-family: Verdana;">"The Lacuna" is the heartbreaking story of a
man's search for safety of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the
cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the U.S. and reared in
Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother,
Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, young
Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution. A violent
upheaval sends him north to a nation newly caught up in World War II. In the
mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina he remakes himself in America's
hopeful image. But political winds continue to throw him between north and
south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna -
between truth and public presumption. A gripping story of identity, loyalty and
the devastating power of accusations to destroy innocent people, "The
Lacuna" is as deep and rich as the New World.</span></i></div>
Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-38009813386130667732013-01-19T19:39:00.000+11:002013-01-19T15:27:04.266+11:00Quote it Saturday<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;">
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-12554929980816821912013-01-18T10:10:00.000+11:002013-01-18T10:50:42.602+11:00Alphabe-Thursday: Ii<br />
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Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-39335695170482810052013-01-15T13:45:00.001+11:002013-01-15T13:46:38.564+11:00Teaser Tuesday<div style="margin: 0px;">
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy the company of the devil.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Lacuna, p.56</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barbara Kingsolver</span></i></div>
Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-67376724533125087062013-01-11T15:40:00.000+11:002013-01-11T15:40:15.261+11:00Been to the Second Hand Bookshop AGAIN!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, I have just come back from the second hand bookshop and as usual I have a box of picture books in tow! I know I have to stop doing this, but I can't help myself when I see amazing and beautiful picture books for kids that I can use in my classroom. Does anybody else out there come home with a stack of books every time you go to the second hand bookshop?? I'm sure I'm not the only one...lol :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You meet really interesting people at second hand bookshops too, and every person has a passion for a specific type of book. I love finding out what they are looking for - such diversity within one little shop! I also love it when you find something inside the book like a note, a postcard or newspaper clipping that tells you a little bit more about the book and the person or people who have read it. I will have to show you the newspaper clipping I found inside a book about cats one day, but that is another story!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is John Burningham's ABC! His illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and full of character. I got it and 8 other picture books for $1!!!!! YES just ONE DOLLAR!! You have to check out these illustrations. Here are a couple of my favourite:</span><br />
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<br />Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243561026473531115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663180152010962841.post-86046296116797274802013-01-10T13:33:00.001+11:002013-01-10T13:33:47.003+11:00Alphabe-Thursday Hh
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