I had expected to read more books last month as I was home all month. I suspect family history activities got in the way.
As we are off travelling shortly and will not have too much time to read I am pleased that I am ahead of the game in the Goodreads Reading Challenge
I must have been in a generous mood last month as I awarded rare (for me) five stars to two titles on the list, The Paris Novel and The Diamond Eye.
Once again my month provided an eclectic mix of biography, history, fiction, murders and kids' books. Family was a theme in several of the works. I particularly enjoyed Unsettled as it made me think and reflect on Australian history and made me ponder on any interactions that may have occurred between my white and indigenous ancestors. Balcony over Jerusalem by John Lyons, a news journalist who keeps popping up on the ABC, providing me with a perspective on the ongoing situation in the Middle East. My four Libby accounts provided most of the eBooks I read in June.
BTW I also read a few that aren't yet listed on Goodreads.
Considering that I had a little holiday at the beginning of May I'm quite satisfied with the results of my reading this month. I'm also pleased that my four Libby accounts supply me with plenty of free reading matter. I also read a couple of local history books which are not in the Goodreads database, I'll have to rectify that.
I'm still on track to finish the Goodreads 2025 Challenge.
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| My progress in the Goodreads Challenge |
Here are the covers of some of the books I read. The only one that was a disappointment was Convict Orphans.
In efforts to clean up my stuff (personal assets) I am going through my genealogy folders and of course I'm unearthing some treasures of times past that had faded from my memory
Back in 1970/1972 I was the Children's Librarian at Randwick Municipal Library (now Randwick City Library). In those days, when many schools did not have libraries on site we forged strong alliances with local schools and hosted regular visits from there classes. We also cooperated with neighbouring Municipal Libraries on several ventures. One of these that I had forgotten was a small publication, Children Writing.
With the Children's Librarians from Waverley and Woollahra Libraries and support from local schools in our areas we edited and published several issues of Children Writing. I cannot remember how many issues were published or what happened to the funds raised from its sale.
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| Children Writing : Record on Trove |
When I fired up Trove this morning I was delighted to see that four Australian libraries hold copies of Children Writing a little project to which I made a contribution to over 50 years ago.
I grabbed my phone and took a few snaps of my copy of Issue 2, June 1971 this morning.
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| Cover of Children Writing |
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| Title Page |
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| Editorial |
In the past year since travel opened up for Australians Robert and I have taken several journeys at home and overseas. While I posted many photos of these adventures on Facebook I want to leave a more permanent record of some of our adventures. This challenge provides me with opportunities to share my photos and stories while recording some personal history.
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| Wee Waa, NSW |
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| We walked past this near Kings Cross in London |
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| In Cobh, Ireland |
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| Another image from Cobh, Ireland |
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| Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
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| Excellent selection of books to borrow and some to swap on Regent Seven Seas Voyager |
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| I couldn't spot a building but snapped this drive-by photo of a library sign in Bora Bora |
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| The Library on Seven Seas Explorer is also well stocked and is a better design than the one on Voyager |
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| Is the Literary Institute in Murrurundi, NSW a library? |
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| Another drive-by in the main street of Gunnedah, NSW |
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| My third visit to the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey |
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| The Public Library in Broome, Western Australia |
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| The Library in Bletchley Park, England |
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| See the security guard in this library admonishing me for taking this library photo in Rome, Italy |
