Pass the Book

Last night I finished a book that I was given by Anj after she wrote this post.

She had a giveaway of books from her bookshelf and asked for her readers to say which book they'd like.
I couldn't decide so I left it up to Anj. She sent me this one...

I enjoyed it, it was a good read.

Here's the blurb...

While 30-something Londoner Tessa King questions her no-strings-attached lifestyle, she also witnesses her friends' difficulties in marriage and parenthood while playing godmother to their broods. Nick and Francesca battle to keep their sullen teenager out of serious trouble; Billy, a single mom, can't break ties to her now remarried ex-; Helen and Neil, fairy tale parents to twin boys, are hiding something; successful Claudia and Al struggle to conceive; and Ben and Sasha have no plans to have children. But Ben also happens to be Tessa's best friend, and perhaps the love of her life. When tragedy eventually strikes the group, bonds are tested, and Tessa is forced to re-examine what she thinks will really make her happy. A painful look into the fears, doubts and desires that make and break marriages, this debut novel from Londoner Adams is notches up from the usual chick and mom lit fare.

But when I finished I thought, "Uh oh, another book for my finished book pile, because I have no room on my bookshelf!"

Then I had this thought...

What if I pass this book to someone else in the same way Anj passed it to me?

I wonder how far it will travel and how many hands can hold it??

So, if you'd like to keep the book moving, all you have to do is say so in the comments and promise to pass it on in the same way when you have finished.

I have added a Linky to this post so that you could add your post and we can follow the book on its travels.

If you want to be next...you know what to do.

Thanks Anj for passing this one onto me.

I'll put the names of anyone interested in a hat and draw one out next Tuesday.

The Book

If you would care to scroll down my sidebar you will notice I have started reading a new book.
But this isn't just any old book.
This book was written by my 86 year old father-in-law.
He grew up in the gulf country, in north west Queensland, in the early pioneering days.
He went to war and has been a successful cattle station and race horse owner.
He has many wonderful stories to tell and we were so excited to have been handed our own personalized copy of his book on the weekend.
I've begun reading and I just don't want to put it down.
I can see it as a movie.  He writes just as he speaks, with the charm of an old bushman.
I'm not up to the part where he met my husband's mother yet. I'm sure it will be an emotional read when I get there.
We've been eagerly awaiting this book for months.
They have self published and have copies for family and friends.
It's an amazing gift.  I only wish I could share it with all of you.

Must Have Classics

Last night was the parent information night for the Prep classes at our son's school.
I have been to many, many of these before.  But last night I got to sit in the chair and just watch and listen which was soooo much easier than being the one standing out the front.  I loved it!

On the way out we collected a handout about developing literacy and on the back was a list of 20 'Must-have classics' for Australian children aged from birth to four, for suggested reading at home.  I'm embarrassed to say we have not one in our house.  But many of them are ones I loved reading to my classes when I was teaching.  So now it is my goal to starting buying up these classics until we have the whole list, well, most, OK, some.

Here are the books...

Do you have any of these?