Books In August

Failed the Book Bingo Challenge though not perturbed as I’m not visiting the Library looking for reads these days preferring to work through books laying around the house.

Biggest disappointment was Bastard Behind The Lines by Tom Gilling, a biography about Jock McLaren who escaped from both Changi and Sandakan during WW2. Because McLaren went guerrilla there was a lot of here say and to be honest, I needed a mud map to keep up with it all.( which could also be an indication of where my head was at. A reread may be worth consideration when life is a little more normal). I scored this book 1 out of 5 for format and clarity and 5 out of 5 for McLaren performing an appendectomy on himself. Ewww.

With half the country still in Lockdown my headspace needed a realignment from which I made the decision to be less isolated and move away from books. Prickle ball or crystal healing as alternative hobbies, what do you think?

Well, that was another Epic Fail.

A girlfriend donated a bag of books for the Little Library and some brand new kiddies books which I’m passing onto a local group who sew new pjs for children. These pjs will go into new backpacks for when Community Services are forced to intervene.

I couldn’t resist buying a bag of books from the local Op Shop for $6 – purely to assist the economy of course – and I’ve a few select books on marketplace trying to raise a few bob for Wounded Heroes, who assist ex vets and their families at a grassroots level. ( And who are doing it particularly tough at the moment).

The Friday night book club (with wine) continues and I’m rereading Catch 22 after forty plus years, and I’ve just started a new book club with the local Probus Club.

Crystals were never my thing anyway.

WHAT ARE YOU READING?