Disquiet tells nothing directly yet reveals a world of pain in the simple descriptions of a very macabre story. It’s a story I could have lived without, yet once I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. I needed the conclusion, the funeral to take place so I could feel it was done with. The […]

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I wish I could press pause on the holidays. I want the time to last longer. There is so much I am just beginning to get into after unwinding, celebrating, tripping off to Sydney and now the holidays have shrivelled up and there’s only a week left. How did that happen?
I am listening to an […]

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I bought this book for Tom last year when he was doing VCE. The way he was studying I thought he could do with some alternative income producing strategies. Turns out I needn’t have worried. He left the book behind when he left for Airlie Beach. I started reading it when I was on long service leave, I […]

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Darin and I went to the Prom today. Tidal River was bursting at the seams with people so we decided after lunch to head to Squeaky Beach. There is a carpark there now. Last time I went there I had to walk from Tidal River. It was gorgeous. White, squeaky sand and blue water that […]

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I am listening to ‘The Time Travellers Wife’ on audio right now. It’s been great to be able to get a book into me whilst I am doing other things around the house.  I think that ironing or cleaning leaves quite enough mental space to listen to a story whilst you are doing it. 
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‘Kill the Possum’ is like ‘Our Little Secret’ in some ways. It lets you into a world where young people are trapped in secrecy and powerlessness. It is a very thought provoking book and filled me with anguish in parts. I could feel the pain and desperation in the young teenage males who had no where to go […]

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‘Our Little Secret’ is very popular with the girls at school. Now that I have completed it, I can see why.  It’s set in a small community and unpretentiously reveals some of the hardships teen girls grapple with. The position the young, innocent heroine finds herself in is described with a clear youthful voice. It was very believable and I’m […]

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After all the whinging I’ve done this week about school, I thought I’d share one of my favourite moments I had this week as a teacher. I leant a book to a student who was doing the NAPLAN tests and didn’t have one. She asked me for one so she would look organised. She wasn’t a reader […]

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Yes, I’ve finally finished the ‘Twilight’ series. If it weren’t for the enthusiasm of the young people I surround myself with, I don’t think I would have got to that happily ever after ending, it was. I really didn’t see how it was all going to turn out. I’m not going to spoil it and […]

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