What are you reading right now?

[DejaBrew]

Not one we touched, but its up there with some of the ones we did.... (says me looking at To Kill A Mockingbird on my bookshelf, which I'd probably enjoy now but definitely did not as a 14 year old.).

The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall was the one that did me in. If there was ever a book to instill feelings of mind-numbing boredom and manic depression in a Year 8 DejaBrew, that was it. Nice job, high school curriculum - awesome way to get the young'uns enthused about the English Language

 

[blackcat20]

The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall was the one that did me in. If there was ever a book to instill feelings of mind-numbing boredom and manic depression in a Year 8 DejaBrew, that was it. Nice job, high school curriculum - awesome way to get the young'uns enthused about the English Language

Its an impressive skill, to take ones passion and make them hate it.

 

[Cossie]

Ordered a book about Reg Saunders, the first Aboriginal Officer in the Australian Army. Should have it tomorrow.

Only found out recently he was one of the few left behind in Crete in WW2 and managed to evade capture by the Germans for 11 months, with the help of locals.

Personal connection is that he lived close to us in Canberra and one of his sons was in my year at school.
He was also a drinking mate of my fathers down at the Services Club near Manuka Oval.

They had quite a large section of his memorabilia, unfortunately all lost when the club burnt down in 2011.

Fighting for Country - James Saunders

Fighting for Country - James Saunders

www.allenandunwin.com

Also ordered a couple of Cathy Wilcox's collections of cartoons.

 

[Brissy1]

To Kill A Mockingbird

Sticking my neck out posting on this forum, but possibly my favourite movie.

 

[DejaBrew]

Sticking my neck out posting on this forum, but possibly my favourite movie.

So the rest of the forum doesn't go blind....


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