First piece of advice: if you hypothetically happen to already be a crazy ball of PMS-ing emotions, maybe give this one a pass until next week. Unless you’re a fan of messy, snotty, tears. Hypothetically. This book centres on Tom and his wife Isabel, just after WWI. Tom is a lighthouse keeper on a remote island off the coast of Australia- isolated from anyone except his wife; a supply boat comes every three months, and they get to visit the mainland once every three years. […]
Temeraire Down Under
Let’s be real: Temeraire is the Forrest Gump of dragons. He goes everywhere, just when the action where he happens to be is most important. World history hinges on his behavior. He meets all the famous people and gets to be on a first name basis with all of them. And we get to go with him and see the entire world. THE ENTIRE WORLD! This time, we get on a dragon transport and travel with Will Laurence and Temeraire to Australia. Having had a […]
I hate you, but I kinda understand you… Now let me go back home
Rating: 3.5/5 Summary: Gemma Toombs is a sixteen year old with wealthy parents who like the travel. While in Bangkok airport, Gemma meets Ty who at first glance seems oddly familiar. Ty kidnaps Gemma and takes her to the middle of nowhere in one of Australia’s deserts. Gemma launches multiple escape attempts, but she can’t ever seem to escape Ty and his desert home. I think what most surprised me about this book was how much I actually enjoyed it. I picked up this […]
The Wide Brown Land
“This is a country that is at once staggeringly empty and yet packed with stuff. Interesting stuff, ancient stuff, stuff not readily explained. Stuff yet to be found.” Every time I read this book it reawakens in me a longing to visit Australia. I want to see literally every place Bill Bryson visits. I can’t get enough information about the animals and plants (whenever I reread it, my Google search history is full of tingle trees, potoroos, cassowaries, and box jellyfish). What is it like to ride […]