tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63195736209131015202024-03-19T18:24:27.341+11:00Triple Threat LibrarianLibrarian - Crafter - GeekTriplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-45971272140927871152017-07-31T14:22:00.000+10:002017-07-31T14:22:03.775+10:00Identity - GLAM blog club July 2017Getting in at the very end here...<div>
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This month's prompt reminded me of <a href="http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/you-are-not-your-job-identity-and.html">this post</a> from Letters to a Young Librarian. It probably covers what I have to say far more eloquently (and with far more depth), but here is my identity story.</div>
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When I first graduated, as a newly-minted librarian who had given up another career path and more besides to change directions, I was very heavily invested in that identity. Had you asked me who or what I was and it were not to learn my name, I would have told you that I was a Librarian. It rapidly became the central fact of my identity, even though I hadn't precisely worked in a library yet, and it would be six years before the word appeared in my job title or description. That didn't dull my investment in my profession or slightly overdone enthusiasm.</div>
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Make no mistake, it's still an important part of who I am still, but that one-factor identity didn't do me any favours, really. When I began to cultivate other parts of myself again - the love of games and stories (both at once if possible) that has always been there most of all - it was beneficial to my state of mind, general happiness and my professional life.</div>
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I still have a strong investment in my profession but it no longer defines me entirely. It's important and valuable but it's not all I am. I take part in professional development but I develop other skills and interests for their own sake. If they overlap, that's wonderful but I don't approach with that expectation.</div>
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And I am happier and better off for it.</div>
Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-18128521001279127072016-01-01T22:36:00.000+11:002016-01-01T22:37:54.808+11:00Reflecting on 2015, looking forward into 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A year ago today I set out to have a year of learning and creativity - instead of making resolutions I decided on a focus for the year. I imagined a great deal of photography, craftiness and self-motivated learning with a professional focus. The year started off much as I'd imagined it, while I was searching for a new job I had a lot of control over how I spent my time and fit all sorts of wonderful things in.<br />
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Then, in June, I moved across the country with a sudden and radical downsize in housing arrangements and several months of general life turbulence while I tried to settle and establish myself first in a share house, and when that didn't work out, in a flat of my own. I've established - or at least started to - a new network of social contacts and am finding my feet, though some days I feel more certain than others.<br />
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Even after the move I found the opportunity to attend training in professional areas and on various topics that caught my interest including origami and cryptic crosswords. Learning how life in general and libraries in particular differ between states was especially interesting with more differences than I expected, a lot of them very fundamental things.<br />
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Asides from a bit of origami I feel like I dropped the creativity ball in the second half of the year - and in the last two or three months the learning activities I did do were mostly incidental rather than motivated by my year's goal. I've been pushing myself very hard and taking on a lot of extra things, which has led to extreme exhaustion a few times and has meant that activities I enjoy like photography and blogging have been neglected. I've been reflecting on this today and have come to the conclusion that despite being overwhelmed at the end of the year 2015 was a very successful year - one in which perseverance and adaptability were needed in large volumes which I managed to produce.<br />
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This reflection leads me to my decision of a focus for this year. 2016 is going to be my year of balance. When I have decisions to make from little everyday things to the potentially life-changing I will be considering them with balance in mind. I hope that it will take many forms from spending my time more wisely to not overloading myself and taking better care of my body and mind.<br />
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One thing I'm starting right away is a challenge to move and be active every day. One of my friends has been encouraging people to take this on - I'll be using the hashtag #move366 on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/triplethreatlibrarian/">find me here if you wish</a>) to track myself and make myself accountable in some way, if mostly to myself. This doesn't mean I'll be spending hours in the gym or cycling through mountainous terrain every day - I'll just try to do something. On those days when I'm out of the house before 7:30 and return somewhere close to midnight I might only have a lunchtime stroll or a decent stretching session to report but it'll be something. Today I started off fairly gently by walking instead of driving when I needed to run some errands.<br />
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I'm feeling hopeful, and look forward to reflecting on this in a year.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-68456344841913596012015-10-12T19:30:00.000+11:002015-10-12T19:30:00.103+11:00Library user behaviour and co-operative differences across state borders<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>As ever, opinions expressed here are entirely my own. This goes for anything in this blog, but it's worth reiterating today.</i></span><br />
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Once upon a time, a reference inquiry was a rarity in my library life. And when I went on a road trip, I could stop over for another CD just about anywhere without consideration of whether I'd stop in that town again.<br />
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Adelaide and Melbourne have very different public library behaviours and internal environments - from the little things all the way up. I've had a lot of time to observe and think on these and write down scraps of what I might say. Instead of writing a tome of minutiae I've decided to focus on two observations - customer usage patterns and inter-library co-operation. The implications of different funding models, particularly the long-term influences, are a third topic that might be worthy of future investigation but I don't feel that I am well enough informed to tackle that subject at present.<br />
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My public library experience has been in three library services, and these shape my observations. The first was a large suburban Adelaide library service with five branches (currently four), a range from wealthy to extreme economic disadvantage and incredible cultural diversity. The second was just outside of Adelaide, a town with two library branches, one of which was full-time, which also served a lot of visitors from nearby regional areas. The third, in Melbourne, is a large five-branch service in an area that's predominantly very wealthy.<br />
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As a serial visitor-of-many-libraries, I believe these two observations hold at least broadly true, if not universally.<br />
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In Melbourne, library users understand that the staff are there to help navigate and pinpoint resources and make use of this opportunity.<br />
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Freshly arrived in Melbourne, during my first week in training, I was amazed how many reference inquiries I responded to. In Adelaide I did respond to reference inquiries, mostly local history and family history, but they were far fewer in number. Readers' advisory questions had been even rarer and I had begun to question the relevance of training in this, but now I receive several each day. Having always loved this part of the job, I am very happy! The only noticeable downturn I've observed since moving is in providing general purpose support in computer and device use <i>outside</i> of supporting library-specific systems and resources. In both services I worked in during my time in Adelaide libraries these were common, general website, email and word processing inquiries being particularly frequent - now inquires rarely stray outside of e-books, WiFi login and printing.<br />
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The reasons for this aren't immediately obvious, I can see the effects of differing user attitudes but the core eludes me yet. I have inklings, but nothing I can make a statement about.<br />
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Whilst I continue to observe and try to understand what makes library users in Melbourne more aware of the professional service capacity of libraries I'd be grateful to anyone who can share their own insights.<br />
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Adelaide's - and indeed all of South Australia's - libraries are recognised for their co-operation by way of the achievements of One Card / OneLMS / PLSA consortium, something I'm asked about often. Their co-operation, however, is much older and deeper. The systems providing public Internet and WiFi are shared rather than operated by each individual service and have been for years. I could visit any public library with my SA library card and log in to WiFi with the same login and no re-registration even before One Card, though that has substantially streamlined the experience. A system less visible to the public, P2, whilst no longer doing everything it was once built for, still offers state-wide consortium buying of collection materials so that even the smallest libraries are able to leverage some of the opportunities of a large buyer. Cross-promotion between library services at both staff and customer levels is quite commonplace.<br />
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Melbourne is different - the library services have a powerful individualist streak - there's the capacity to search across all public library catalogues and for customers to initiate inter library loans thorough Library Link Victoria but asides this the co-operation I see is with other types of organisations - community centres, interest groups and other council or government bodies. Whilst there is interest and talk between library services about doing things differently, they don't seem to have gone terribly far with a myriad of reasons given - though I must add a caveat there, I'm further from such things than I once was so might be missing a lot. It will be interesting to see how co-operative efforts change over the next few years as other examples from around the country continue to appear.<br />
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Both Melbourne and Adelaide have very strong professional interactions (though in Melbourne this is more structured with many more events and the number of people involved vastly higher) - librarians talk to each other, share ideas and values but in Adelaide this has led to more joint efforts.<br />
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I believe that the difference in past and present funding models for the libraries in each city have played a substantial role in shaping the co-operative differences, however as previously stated, I don't currently feel well enough informed to analyse this with any confidence.<br />
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There is greater difference between the libraries in Adelaide and Melbourne than I expected - I knew before I arrived that differences of scale would be substantial, in the city-wide sense if not in every branch I visit. Through Twitter I had become well acquainted with several librarians in Melbourne and noticed professional attitudes were similar in each cities and so expected it to continue into the working reality.<br />
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The various environments - particularly the historical environment - are what I presume to be the driver of difference. I suspect that funding challenges of the past are especially significant to co-operative differences. The user behaviour differences are harder to understand - it appears more fundamental than a short-term publicity effect.<br />
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Most of all I see that each city's librarians have a great deal to learn from each other yet, and that moving from an area of familiarity to another geographically removed from my roots has been a professionally valuable decision<br />
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If you'd like to discuss these differences, or others, I'd welcome it either in the comments or via Twitter.<br />
<br />Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-79908440412417940352015-09-12T20:30:00.000+10:002015-09-12T20:30:01.284+10:00The Discworld series comes to an end (and 24 other books) - books 76-100 of 2015I rounded out 100 books with the last Discworld novel. I was glad that such a wonderful book from an author who's had major impact on my life got that spot.<br />
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Those preceding it are a mixed bag. The post starts out with a lowlight, but ends on a high note. Can't ask for much more.<br />
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As an aside before I get on with this, as I'm now being shared by <a href="https://twitter.com/ausglamblogs">Aus GLAM Blog Bot</a> and has had a substantial increase in traffic as a result, I intend on having all posts on here at least somewhat related to professional matters. Books well and truly pass muster, but when I'm ready to start photo, craft or personal blogging again, I'll have to think up a name for a second blog. I'll be sure to let those who want to find it know where it is!<br />
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<b>76. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24990535-22-dead-little-bodies-a-logan-and-steel-short-novel">22 dead little bodies</a> - Stuart MacBride</b><br />
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Starting on a sour note, I'm afraid. I chose this novella as a potential candidate for a book presentation that I give regularly as part of a program at work. My regular fiction reading doesn't really suit there, so I've been picking a few books for this. Doesn't hurt to broaden my reading, after all.<br />
22 dead little bodies is a short book from Stuart MacBride that stands as an independent story but links into his Logan McRae series. We have ourselves a detective who feels like he's being left all the undesirable jobs while his colleague grabs all of the interesting or high profile ones for her own glory. It felt like it was trying too hard to be gritty, rough-edged and crude. In this book, dysfunctional personal relationships and icky behaviour and attitudes are abundant. I don't expect characters to be perfect - that's boring - but this lot just got on my nerves. The first half or so of the book was the worst, it did improve a bit beyond that after some of the character pettiness abated. I have no intention of reading any more though, if this book was any longer it wouldn't be on the list, because I wouldn't have deemed it worth the time.<br />
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If you've been thinking that news and politics have been overflowing with an abundance of stupidity and sub-par thinking then Bernard Keane and Helen Razer will be agreeing with you. They've gone further, and analysed what exactly this stupidity is, why it has happened and re-examined some of the most spectacular examples of stupid with evidence and thought. It's also a very well referenced book that could be used as a starting point for further personal thought on the subject.<br />
I was nearly put off by the first chapter, the example it all hinged on was from a TV series that I'm a few years too young to have a proper understanding of. I'm glad I didn't let that put me off though, because the second chapter was fantastic. The enjoyment and interest on my part continued to fluctuate throughout, but on the whole it was good reading, especially the chapters by Bernard Keane. I particularly enjoyed his chapter on paternalism, and found the examination of 'safe spaces' by Helen Razer particularly interesting. I'd recommend this to those who are interested in perspectives on how our society functions today.<br />
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<b>78. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25267389-paradise-city">Paradise city</a> - Elizabeth Day</b><br />
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This is another book I chose because it might be a good one to present before an audience. This time, I found a good one.<br />
<i>Paradise city</i> is written from four perspectives. The lives of Howard Pink and Beatrice Kizza are linked by Howard's commitment of a dreadful act right at the book's opening. Esme Reade, a journalist, connects to the story as she follows the story of the unsolved disappearance of Howard Pink's daughter some years ago. Carol Hetherington's link is not immediately apparent, but as the story goes on an idea begins to form... and surely enough, her story links in with the others. Howard is not forgiven or excused for the act he commits, and yet the narrative allows him to still be human, rather than a mere antagonist. His daughter's disappearance has affected him deeply. This never makes what he did okay, but it does make it believable.<br />
This was well-written and an interesting read. I wouldn't rank it as one I find exceptional on a personal enjoyment level, but those who enjoy contemporary real world settings with a focus on character development will enjoy it.<br />
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<b>79-80. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25097091-copyfight">Copyfight</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18078311-letters-of-note">Letters of Note</a></b><br />
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Please see <a href="http://www.triplethreatlibrarian.com/2015/08/letters-of-notecopyfight-and-cultural.html">my blog post</a> on these two books and the thinking they inspired. Spoiler: they're both great.<br />
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<b>81. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17278807-a-slip-of-the-keyboard">A slip of the keyboard</a> - Terry Pratchett</b><br />
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Articles within this book are drawn from writings throughout Terry Pratchett's career, from his earliest journalistic writing and throughout the life that followed. They largely centre on his writing career, especially Discworld, and how said career developed, though there's quite a lot else too. There's excellent commentary on fantasy and unsurprisingly, his writings on Alzheimer's and the right to die are thoughtful and deserving of a wider audience. As is usual with single author collections, I found some parts more interesting than others.<br />
Those who have enjoyed Terry Pratchett's books will find this an excellent insight into the person behind the books, those who haven't will still find plenty worth reading.<br />
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<b>82. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3676889-radiator-days">Radiator Days</a> - Lucy Knisley</b><br />
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I discovered this on a library shelf, I hadn't previously known it existed though I've read quite a lot of Lucy Knisley's books. This is a collection of very early work widely variable in both quality and subject matter. Without further ado, I recommend sticking to the more recent stuff.<br />
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<b>83. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9526.Embroideries">Embroideries</a> - Marjane Satrapi</b><br />
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As I inserted the cover picture of this book, I couldn't help but feel like the women on it were waiting for me to tell my own, slightly cheeky or scandalous tale...<br />
From the author of <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9516.Persepolis">Persepolis</a></i> comes another autobiographical work, a collection of stories told by Iranian women as they sit down together (without men) over several cups of tea. The stories shared centre on the experiences of women, particularly regarding sex and sexuality and their relation to culture and society. It leaves the reader with plenty to think about.<br />
For those interested, I'd recommend reading <i>Persepolis</i> first, although it isn't strictly essential the context will help.<br />
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<b>84. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17671956-the-sandman-omnibus-vol-2">Sandman Omnibus II </a>- Neil Gaiman et. al.</b><br />
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As with volume one, this was a very heavy and very excellent read though some parts of it were much better than others. There's not a lot more I can say that won't spoiler, so I'll hold myself back. If you have an interest in graphic novels and want to see just what they can achieve this series really must be on your list. If you're not up for 3-4kg books, you might want to consider the individual volumes though...<br />
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<b>85-86. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16791.Death">Death: The high cost of living</a>; <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22339.Death">Death: The time of your life</a> (Death, Vol. 1-2)</b><br />
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A spin-off from the Sandman series with Death of the Endless as the focal point instead of Dream. During Sandman it was revealed that death spends one day a century as a mortal human - the first volume details one such day. In the second the consequences of bargaining with Death are looked at while re-visiting characters Hazel and Foxglove who were seen several times during Sandman. Death, the character, doesn't appear as much in this one though plays a central role. In general I enjoyed this two volume series and found it time well spent but didn't find it had the same strength as the Sandman series. There's some manga that's been written around the character too, but I haven't managed to get my hands on it as yet.<br />
I'm looking forward to reading Sandman Overture when I can and hoping that it re-caputures the magic that this series didn't quite manage.<br />
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<b>87-89 & 92. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22426.Transmetropolitan_Vol_7">Spider's thrash</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22423.Transmetropolitan_Vol_8">Dirge</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22425.Transmetropolitan_Vol_9">The cure</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22424.Transmetropolitan_Vol_10">One more time</a> (Transmetropolitan, Vol. 7-10) - Warren Ellis, et. al.</b><br />
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Transmetropolitan is another of the how-haven't-I-read-this-before graphic novel series. I guess I'm making amends of a sort lately. I shall endeavour to continue that. I discussed the first six volumes of this series in a previous post, in the final four the series continues excellently. It has a way of finishing up a volume with a big cliff-hangery question, but with a panel that puts a wicked grin on the face of the reader. Several middle volumes of the series, including <i>Spider's thrash</i> felt like a slump to me, but at the end with all of the past threads being pulled back together and firmly yanked, the strength came back, and how. Through the power of words and relentlessly seeking truth Spider brings about change and deals with those who'd bring him down in spectacular fashion, all whilst still being his vulgar, vice-laden self.</div>
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When recommending graphic novels this isn't one I'd often suggest to the beginner reader - it's trickier to follow than many if you are unfamiliar with the how-to of reading comics and it's also one in which people will find something to object to if they want to. For those who've enjoyed comics, especially those that are a touch subversive, however, it gets a hearty recommendation from me.</div>
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<b>90. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10638896-victorian-undead-ii">Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula </a>(Victorian Undead, Vol. 2) - Ian Edginton, Davide Fabbri</b><br />
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<i>Dracula</i>, <i>Jekyll & Hyde</i> and <i>The adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> come together in this horror comic mash-up. After Moriarty's zombie destruction in the first volume, London has been rebuilt with many modern conveniences to the great joy of the populace. Amidst this, a worried colleague of Dr Jekyll calls upon Sherlock Holmes and the Demeter comes into port sans crew but with a strange cargo of boxes. I enjoyed the first in the series immensely but found this one didn't stand up to the first. It wasn't bad, but it's hard to read an okay book with the expectations of a wonderful one behind it. The <i>Jekyll & Hyde</i> elements were executed well but I didn't feel <i>Dracula</i> was handled as well it might have been. Nevertheless, I'm still up for another volume if DC publishes more, <i>Frankenstein</i> would be the most obvious candidate, but it'd also be great to explore some of the lesser-known Victorian horror titles.<br />
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<b>91, 93-94, 97-99. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3217221-locke-key-vol-1">Welcome to Lovecraft</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6120349-locke-key-vol-2">Head games</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7202841-locke-key-vol-3">Crown of shadows</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9674335-locke-key-vol-4">Keys to the kingdom</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13490570-locke-key-vol-5">Clockworks</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16164271-locke-key-vol-6">Alpha & Omega</a> (Locke & Key, Vol. 1-6) - Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez</b><br />
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Locke and Key came well recommended, and to the various people who did so, thank you. Locke and key is an original horror/fantasy series with a lot to offer the reader. As the series begins, the three Locke children live through the horrific murder of their father and as they are still trying to deal with the aftermath, move to the historic family home, Keyhouse. The youngest, Bode, finds a key that opens a door which separates anyone who walks through from their body - and after many years dormant, evil stirs...<br />
The first few books establish a sort of pattern, which is enjoyable. Right as you get nice and settled in, the pattern is smashed and then things really start moving! As the protagonists learn more and cope with the consequences of bad decisions and disaster after disaster the story really grips the reader as it barrels on to a grand conclusion. When I got the last three books I sat down with a pot of tea and read them all in one wonderful marathon reading session.<br />
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<b>95. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23861573-the-shed-that-fed-a-million-children">The shed that fed a million children</a> - Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow</b><br />
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Starting with a spur-of-the-moment trip two brothers made to drive to Bosnia-Herzegovina in a second hand Jeep a charity a charity was born, taking over the family shed that had once hosted a billiards table. As Scottish International Relief it provided aid to devastated and displaced people in the Balkan Wars and homes to abandoned and orphaned Romanian children with AIDS. More recently it has undergone another transformation into a global organisation and is known to the world as Mary's Meals. This charity operates on the principle of one daily meal in a place of education, where the charity provides the infrastructure and materials, but the execution is the responsibility of the school communities. Mary's Meals now feeds more than a million children every day and those who have been supported by it have had opportunities opened up.<br />
This book is written by the founder and CEO, a man very much driven by a strong faith as a result of experiences in his teen years. He has had the good fortune of very supportive friends and family and has consequently been able to change many lives. His faith is strong and drives his ambition, but he does not allow this to inspire discrimination or expectations in the delivery of programs. I have a great deal of respect for that.<br />
This is a light read that is interesting, uplifting and thought-provoking.<br />
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<b>96. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7094635-death-most-definite">Death most definite</a> (Death Works, Vol. 1) - Trent Jamieson</b><br />
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Australian urban fantasy, especially that set in Australia and written for an adult audience, is very thin on the ground - asides one other book I've got on the bedside table and a volume of short stories this is about all I've found so far. So when I found this I definitely wanted to give it a go. Steven is a pomp - psychopomp - who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife. It's a profession that runs in his family, most of whom work for a company that does this work throughout Australia. When his colleagues and superiors are murdered, he goes on the run and investigates the who, what and why of this case - and finds that a localised apocalypse could be imminent.<br />
This book was okay, but lacks the polish and writing quality of my favourite series. There's also a reason why the word 'psychopomp' in general and the word 'pomp' specifically haven't caught on throughout. Every time it comes up it's a distraction, it sounds like something fluffy popping into existence. If you've enjoyed urban fantasy in the past, by all means give it a go. I wouldn't use it as a genre introduction though, it's just not strong enough for that.<br />
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<b>100 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25324129-the-shepherd-s-crown">The shepherd's crown</a> - Terry Pratchett</b><br />
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When the notification that <i>The shepherd's crown</i> was ready for collection arrived I was very excited - I have been looking forward to this book for months. But once I had it in my hand I also experienced a sort of sadness, knowing that this was the last time I'd get to read a <i>Discworld</i> book for the first time. I sat down to read it, and was careful not to rush. I started while waiting for dumplings (who has time to cook when there's a book like this waiting?) and continued through a train ride and at home. I avoided rushing but still finished up the book in a single evening before I had to put it aside and give myself time to process thoughts and emotions. As with many of the <i>Discworld</i> books, there was a message - several really - to the reader and they are worth thinking on.<br />
I won't detail the plot for you, because a major development was spoilered for me by a review I stumbled across, and I don't want to do it to someone else. I was initially surprised that there was another Tiffany Aching book as <i>I shall wear midnight</i> felt like a conclusion. But this really makes sense.<br />
In an afterword it's explained that Terry Pratchett didn't finish this book as well as he would have liked - there was more to add and polishing to do. In many places in the book that's visible, I felt that the conversation with Death was one of them. Sub-plots have the ends tucked in rather than tied off, and occasionally the writing is not at the usual standard. This doesn't stop me being very grateful that this book was published, it might not have been perfected but there are some profound and beautiful moments, and the sense of humour is sharp. It certainly won't stop me recommending it, and the rest of the <i>Discworld</i> series to anybody looking for a good book or forty-one.<br />
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Thank you, Terry Pratchett.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-14994208022133258832015-08-16T11:55:00.000+10:002015-08-16T11:55:30.090+10:00Letters of Note,Copyfight and cultural heritage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One book at a time has never been my style. I feel as if it should be, that it'd be good for focus and so on, but recently I had the good fortune to be reading <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18078311-letters-of-note">Letters of note</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25097091-copyfight">Copyfight</a></i> whilst the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cookingforcopyright">#cooking</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23cookingforcopyright&src=typd">forcopyright</a> campaign was in full swing. They complimented each other beautifully.<br />
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A quick aside, as I'm discussing matters of law here, I want to point out that I have not studied law and am not a copyright subject expert. Except where stated, opinions here are my own, derived from earlier experiences, reading <i>Copyfight </i>and materials connected to the <i>Cooking for Copyright</i> campaign<i>.</i><br />
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<i>Letters of Note</i> is a collection of correspondence compiled by Shaun Usher, based on the <a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/">blog of the same name</a>. It's a wonderful book full of insights to popular and historically significant people and times, giving them the human touch a brief encyclopedic article can't. Among my many favourites are the letter from 11-year-old girl who wrote to Abraham Lincoln to suggest that he grow a beard, Tim Schafer's text adventure covering letter to a job application and Kurt Vonnegut's letter to the head of a school board that consigned a class set of his books to their furnace. The letters can be beautiful, funny, shocking and emotional. Presenting primary sources with brief explanations and transcriptions or translations as needed is powerful. It also contains a double page of tiny type with acknowledgements, permissions and copyright statements, a fact I'll return to later. I will also come back to the wonderful Australian inclusion, <i><a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/to-top-scientist.html">To a Top Scientist</a></i> which can also be found on the <i>Letters of Note</i> blog. As I write this a second volume is currently available for pre-order and I am keen to discover what it contains.<br />
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<i>Copyfight</i>, edited by Phillipa McGuinness, is a collection of various discussions and arguments around Australian copyright as it stands in mid-2015, a far more interesting and convoluted topic than might be expected. It doesn't look good for copyright now - and I'm unconvinced copyright in Australia has a "good old days". Copyright is perpetually lagging behind developments in technology and culture. The possibilities brought on by the Internet are among the latest of many rounds, once it was music recordings in wax that caused a shake-up. Unsurprisingly, quite a few of the articles in <i>Copyfight </i>focus on the elephant in the room, copyright owners vs. piracy, which I have no intention of discussing here. Many avoid that headline-grabbing political football of a topic and look at other issues. These make it clear that copyright reform is needed for many reasons beyond the aforementioned elephant. Copyright should encourage creation and balance the interests of creators, investors, consumers (individually) and the general public. I'm not convinced it does that nearly as well as it should.<br />
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A number of problems stood out as I read <i>Copyfight</i>. One was lack of fair use provisions, fair dealing does not cut it and probably never did. Several articles in this book explain some of the reasons for this, especially those by Angela Bowne and Dan Ilic. It's likely I've technically breached this many times without doing anything the reasonable person would consider unfair, I might even have done it in this post. There's another problem in copyright length - while authors and investors need the right to profit from their work, I see the extension from 50 to 70 years after death of the creator as stinking of protection of multinational corporate interests that are disconnected from original creators and encouragement of new creative works. Justin Heazlewood and Lindy Morrison show that performers' copyright offers poor protection to individual artists and smaller copyright owners, especially when crossing national borders. Felicity Fenner shows that copyright for visual arts is ambiguous and inadequate. The public inaccessibility of data and reports from publicly funded research in publicly funded institutions is another issue that is explained in detail by Hannah Forsyth. This is just a sampling of the issues.<br />
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<i>Copyfight </i>unearths some of the complications reforms must deal with - our laws exist in an international environment which is affected by treaties, trade agreements and international relations in a world where not all sizeable markets apply the principles of the <a href="http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/">Berne Convention</a>. Any such reforms would then have to survive meeting the courts.<br />
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It's the copyright status of unpublished works that draws this all together. Tim Sherratt's article in <i>Copyfight</i> explores some of the ways that <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/">TROVE</a> has been used to explore and understand Australia's cultural heritage through digitisation of newspapers and magazines and the impact this has had - and why most of it stops in 1954 and how even that is in risky copyright territory. Alongside these newspapers, Australian libraries and archives contain a wealth of unpublished resources - letters, photographs, diaries and more that could expand our cultural understanding if made available digitally. The Australian National Library alone contains over two million unpublished works (<a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/213._org_adaandalcc.pdf">source</a>, p. 50). At present, under Australian law the copyright on unpublished works never expires. <a href="https://www.alia.org.au/">ALIA</a>'s <a href="https://fair.alia.org.au/">FAIR</a> initiative provides an <a href="https://fair.alia.org.au/cookingforcopyright">explanation, references and resources</a>. Ownership of this never-ending copyright may be unclear or spectacularly difficult to determine - and there is <a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/12-orphan-works/current-law">no exception</a> for orphan works. The holding institution may have some ability to use them, but it is unclear as to whether mass digitisation is covered (<a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/11-libraries-archives-and-digitisation/mass-digitisation">source</a>).<br />
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Once I found several old annotated photographs in a donation to a library I was working in. The donor did not want them returned or destroyed, and the photographs, while insightful, were not of local relevance. As an alternative, I looked into donating them to the local or state library whose collection parameters they fit. The state library was interested, but wanted a donation form filled out which, amongst other things, requested that I assign copyright to them - it was not mine to give. There is no way to know whose copyright it was as the donor was not the photographer and the items did not give clues. Consequently, if the receiving library chose to keep those items their usefulness would be severely limited.<br />
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The pages acknowledging sources and copyright in <i>Letters of Note</i> may be sufficient for that publication, but determining and finding the copyright owners of works in Australian collections would be a greater barrier. Taking the risk that TROVE has in releasing material of uncertain copyright status might not be acceptable to a smaller institution, commercial publisher or private individual. Where copyright owners are living, such as <i>To a Top Scientist</i> in <i>Letters of Note</i>, permission might be reasonably achievable. Some copyright owners would be easy to trace. Many would not, <a href="https://fair.alia.org.au/dear-irene-lavender-blue">an example</a> given by FAIR is of a letter and recipe sent to a radio presenter where there is a theory as to the author's identity, but no certainty.<br />
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So whilst I found the reading of <i>Letters of Note</i> enlightening and wondered what an Australian version of this might teach, I am not likely to find out while our copyright laws remain as they are. Bring on the change.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-20568156251259919592015-08-10T13:37:00.001+10:002015-08-10T13:37:38.155+10:00Speed-reviewing - Books 41-75<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We've got a loooong way to go in one post, so much so that I've even used a break. I'll only give more than a passing comment for books that stood out from the crowd for some reason, and I've grouped the series items for the benefit of all, with one exception. I notice that there is a very high proportion of graphic novels, probably in part a reflection on how crazy the last months have been. They're wonderful when you don't want to commit to a novel with its much longer read-time.</div>
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Examining the use of data, statistics and scientific research in media and beyond, this book is excellent. It shows many of the ways in which numbers and research findings can be used or misused to mislead or misrepresent on any number of topics. That's good in itself, but it also goes some way to teaching the reader how to critically evaluate claims they might encounter, what is a good quality standard and how professional areas can reform to ensure that they adhere to high information and quality standards.<br />
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This is a collection of newspaper columns and other articles written over a number of years, polished up a bit and ordered so that there's a sense of order to the book. One of the longer ones is readily available on the author's site <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2006/11/methadone-and-heroin/">here</a>, and it's interesting reading.<br />
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<b>42-43 &50-52 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11325591-chew-vol-4">Flambe</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13556942-chew-vol-5">Major League Chew</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15791566-chew-vol-6">Space Cakes</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17929633-chew-vol-7">Bad Apples</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19536000-chew-vol-8">Family Recipes</a> (Chew Vol. 4-8) - John Layman, Rob Guillory</b><br />
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Loved this, looking forward to reading more. Highly recommended for graphic novel fans, even the superhero-averse.<br />
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<b>45 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6404170-how-to-win-friends-influence-people">How to Win Friends and Influence People</a> - Dale Carnegie</b><br />
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I read this over the course of a couple months, little bits at a time. I had avoided reading it for a long time due to a self-help-book allergy (*achoo*) but this one was well worth the time. It made me think about the way I behave and how my actions may be perceived. It's not perfect, of course, but worth the time to read. Most chapters are only a few pages and it's best not to power through it as the aim is to consider and absorb the ideas rather than simply run eyes over the words.<br />
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<b>46 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21416690-the-invisible-library">The Invisible Library</a> - Genevieve Cogman</b><br />
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Although I enjoy the steampunk style the few books I've tried have been insufferable, or history with cogs glued on. Pleased to say this one was enjoyable. Looking forward to more when it comes out.<br />
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<b>47 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/511150.Storm_Front">Storm Front</a> (Dresden Files 1) - Jim Butcher, read by James Marsters</b><br />
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The audiobook I listened to while packing and sorting the house in Gawler. Well familiar with the book previously. Brilliant reading by James Marsters<br />
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<b>48 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8928004-page-by-paige">Page by Paige</a> - Laura Lee Gulledge</b><br />
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A nice coming-of-age story, beautifully done as a graphic novel. Really appreciated the street art angle.<br />
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<b>49 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21822372-the-genome">The genome</a> - Sergei Lukyanenko</b><br />
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Interesting SciFi read, with elements of parody. The parody was subtle at first so there were a few things that jarred until I realised that. There's a lot lost in translation, I suspect, but still a great read. The Russian-ness really shines through as with Lukyanenko's other books. I hope the companion book is translated.<br />
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<b>53 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20575446-in-real-life">In real life</a> - Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang</b><br />
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Not sure this one hit the mark it was aiming at. Very mixed feelings.<br />
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<b>54, 62 & 64 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12479382-assassin-s-apprentice">Assassin's apprentice</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68487.Royal_Assassin">Royal assassin</a> & <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22016392-assassin-s-quest">Assassin's quest</a> (Farseer Trilogy) - Robin Hobb</b><br />
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An author I've been meaning to read for a very long time. The series is very strong on character development and growth, at times the plot moves relatively slowly but the the pacing works. Heck of a time commitment per book beyond the first... I've started to read the next series already.<br />
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<b>55 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22040598-the-sculptor">The sculptor</a> - Scott McCloud</b><br />
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Until the last week, the heftiest graphic novel I'd read. Bit Faust-y, quite good.<br />
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<b>56 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23628916-trigger-warning">Trigger warning </a>- Neil Gaiman</b><br />
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Many excellent reads in here, unsurprising given the author. Several were familiar having been published separately or in other things.<br />
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<b>57 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833462.Guards_Guards_">Guards! Guards! the graphic novel</a> - Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs et. al.</b><br />
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Only read if you're familiar with the source novel or you'll be totally lost. Even so, doesn't really compare. Read the other Discworld graphic novels instead.<br />
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<b>58 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23622918-wayward-vol-1">String theory (Wayward, Vol 1)</a> - Jim Zub, Stephen Cumming & John Rauch</b><br />
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Not bad, but not really my thing. Odd that the on-book review compares it to Saga.<br />
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<b>59 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262-a-darker-shade-of-magic">A darker shade of magic</a> - V E Schwab</b><br />
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Third book in a row of "not dreadful, not really wonderful either". Perhaps I would have appreciated it more if I hadn't read so much good dimension/alternate reality switching fiction in the past.<br />
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<b>60 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25525456-to-hold-the-bridge">To hold the bridge</a> - Garth Nix</b><br />
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Really enjoyed the title story that connects to the Old Kingdom series, I'd met many of the others before in other places. Seems a common thing with single-author collections. Overall, as is so often the case with short story collections, mixed bag.<br />
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<b>61 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/618303.Fool_Moon">Fool Moon</a> (Dresden Files 2) - Jim Butcher, read by James Marsters</b><br />
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My in-car audio for the long Adelaide-Melbourne drive. Kept me sane. Wonderfully performed.<br />
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<b>63 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20775020-an-age-of-license">An age of licence</a> - Lucy Knisley</b><br />
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Good read, though 'Relish' is still my favourite by this author.<br />
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<b>65 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23302170-how-to-survive-anything">How to survive anything</a> - Lonely Planet</b><br />
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Some amusing sections. Read when totally physically and mentally exhausted, and it was the right thing for that time.<br />
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<b>66, 68, 70-71 & 73-74 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22416.Transmetropolitan_Vol_1">Back on the street</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22417.Transmetropolitan_Vol_2">Lust for life</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22418.Transmetropolitan_Vol_3">Year of the bastard</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22421.Transmetropolitan_Vol_4">The new scum</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22420.Transmetropolitan_Vol_5">Lonely city</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22422.Transmetropolitan_Vol_6">Gouge away</a> (Transmetropolitan Vol. 1-6) - Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson</b><br />
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Another case of why haven't I read this already? Much like another yet to come, a very significant graphic novel series I just hadn't got to before.<br />
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Spider Jerusalem is a drug-taking, chain-smoking, violent, disrespectful and generally unpleasant star journalist, forced back to a city he doesn't want to be in by a book deal he's not finished yet. Set in a possible future, the city is riddled with corruption and Spider, for all his faults, might be the one person with the intelligence and nerve to penetrate the lies and speak up for what's right. These are fantastic, though I'm reading a few other things before returning to the series as I need some books prepared to speak on soon and I'm not sure these'd fly as book recommendations to the audience I have at work...<br />
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Oh, and, one of these has an introduction from Patrick Stewart.<br />
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<b>67 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522686-fables-vol-21">Happily Every After</a> (Fables 21) - Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham et al.</b><br />
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This series is nearing the end, and there's a lot of wrapping-up going on. Sadly not entirely Jack-free, but a good volume.<br />
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<b>69 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805977-victorian-undead">Sherlock Holmes vs zombies</a> (Victorian Undead, Vol. 1) - Ian Edginton & Davide Fabbri</b><br />
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Great fun with all the classic characters and a serving of horror on the side.<br />
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<b>72 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15797754-the-new-deadwardians">The New Deadwardians</a> Vol. 1 - Dan Abnett & I N J Culbard</b><br />
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An alternate history where a zombie apocalypse has wiped out much of England and the wealthy have taken 'the cure' and become vampires to avoid the worse fate. Edwardian society, strict etiquette and an old-fashioned mystery mix with an interesting setting to create a great read. One of the many volumes that makes me wish I wish I could recommend more of the great works I read without running into the brick-wall dual prejudices against horror (or other speculative genres) and graphic novels. I'll keep working on it.<br />
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<b>75 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17137673-the-sandman-omnibus-vol-1">Sandman omnibus, Vol. 1</a> - Neil Gaiman et al.</b><br />
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A truly gargantuan volume, incredibly heavy, truly wonderful. My graphic novel education is missing a few of the greats of the format. This was one of them, but I'm already getting into the next volume and correcting the oversight. Deserves a bigger review, but nothing I've written so far really does it justice.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-1639103009371271832015-08-09T20:44:00.001+10:002015-08-09T20:44:30.790+10:00Things I learned moving to MelbourneI haven't posted for ages - I suppose that deserves an explanation. I've got a new job (woo!) which involved moving out of my house in Gawler to my parents' house in Adelaide then across to Melbourne, all in the space of two and a half weeks in mid-June. Then, a month later I realised I was going to have to move again. By the end of July I'd racked up my third move in two months. I really hope not to need to move again this year.<br />
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Time to share a few of the lessons I've learnt, though there will be more to share later and most could be expanded into posts of their own later.<br />
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So far, Melbourne weather has generally had higher lows and lower highs. I don't mind this at all, as it's the savagely cold mornings that I most dislike in winter. The rest I can deal with.<br />
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One of the single biggest adjustments has been to roads and traffic - not the size of the city or the volume of it, so far I've avoided problems with that, but just that it's different. So different that I'm going to write a future post about it. In the meantime, I'll just note that wet tram tracks are disconcerting to drive on as you slip all over the place.<br />
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The public transport is better than Adelaide's generally, though that you can't use Google Maps for journey planning or buy a single trip ticket is a little frustrating. Most of my trips have involved stringing multiple legs together so the app for the system has been a must have, used in combination with Google Maps as I have to work out the intersection or station I need to get to, not just the name of the final location. It's so far managed to get me where I go without serious event, though I did quickly learn that my station in the first house was not the one named for my suburb, and if I made that mistake I had a long walk ahead of me. I'm trying to walk or use public transport wherever realistically possible, but the newer house isn't so well placed for it. I'm looking forward to cycling more when my bicycle gets here.<br />
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Libraries here exist in a different environment and the user trends are also quite different to those I've encountered in the SA libraries I've worked in. There's plenty adjusting and learning to do, I think making that adjustment offers a great opportunity for professional improvement. When I have some thoughts in order I'll see about posting them.<br />
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Free plastic shopping bags. They're still a thing here, and the first time I saw them I hardly believed my eyes. Just about every shop or take away place reflexively puts whatever you have, however small or easily carried, into a bag. Supermarkets often put very little in a bag, whereas in SA where the bags are purchased they are fully loaded. I've had a single lemon and a take away container with its own handle presented to me in a plastic bag. I'm doing my best to use as few as possible.<br />
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I'm living in a very small flat - not as small as a bedsit, but not much bigger. Easily the smallest place I've lived in for more than a week or two at a time. I also have very little of my stuff with me. I miss having access to some of my stuff, most notably my bicycle, comfy sofa and bookshelves, but it puts very little pressure on me. I like this very much. I didn't feel like my volume of stuff was excessive before, but next time I get to de-store it all I'll have to think hard on how I want to live in future.<br />
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Possibly as a result of two well-spoken parents and the focus on clear enunciation from singing and choral classes at a young age I've always fielded the occasional "where do you come from", but they've usually been months or years apart. Adelaide's accent is notably milder than Melbourne's, and now I'm getting this a few times a week, especially from library customers and random shop assistants who are surprised to learn that I'm Australian and have spent almost all of my life here. To a person from another country I sound Australian, to Australians, apparently not. I don't like the where-do-you-come-from-ing, but I'm resigned to it.<br />
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On the whole, I feel like I'm doing well at work and I'm certainly enjoying the chance to learn and do new things. Outside of work has been a little difficult for a while now but I think it's settled down and I like my new place.<br />
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I'm sure there's much, much more, but that will do for now.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-18569033293932376632015-07-17T21:57:00.001+10:002015-07-17T21:57:48.108+10:00HiatusI've been away for a bit now, moving states and other such things have consumed my time and energy. So I let this and the photo project slide a little - I had hoped to resume by now but it's not going to be possible. I'm hoping mid-August I'll be able to post properly but if I can return sooner, I will.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-45535624034699271512015-06-10T13:26:00.000+10:002015-06-10T13:28:13.333+10:00Comparative GPS<div dir="ltr">
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My first GPS device was a Garmin 62s with a separately purchased map pack that collectively set me back about $750 in 2011 or thereabouts. It's best for hiking (and geocaching) but is capable of navigation. I bought a car mount and tried it out. The results weren't great. It had no idea where Fullarton Road or occasionally, entire suburbs, might be and directed me to take illegal or impossible turns. If made to recalculate more than three times it would stop navigation in a huff. Worst, it could only beep. I returned to using paper maps though still use this otherwise rugged and reliable unit - just not as a driving GPS.</div>
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The majority of my experience is with the function built into Samsung Android phones, particularly an s2 and a note 3. This does have peculiar ideas about pronunciation and what constitutes a slight turn vs. a turn but the verbal instructions are timely and clear. I don't even have to remove my phone from my bag once it's set. It is patient with recalculation and has good traffic data that lets me know the best route at the time I want it.<br />
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This brings me to the experiences I have had in the last week. I have had the opportunity to drive a 2014 Subaru with inbuilt factory GPS while moving. It's a very nice car. I am already regretting not having cruise control in my own. The first few times I used the inbuilt GPS it went well. I really liked the indication on which lane to pick and the pronunciation was no worse than my phone's. This was until I visited friends last night and had a slightly unfamiliar route to take afterwards. I chose a point along the way rather than the destination as it was easier and I was tired. As I did not stop at the destination the car nav kept telling me to turn around all the way home and I could not see how to cancel it.</div>
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In the morning, it attempted to start navigating to the same place. I didn't have time to figure out how to cancel, so just programmed my destination from the device's history - the house I have just left and am cleaning, a trip of around 50km and, in decent traffic, about an hour. I know the drive between my parents' house and my own very, very well. The route the car chose without benefit of traffic data was absurd. With peak hour in full swing it would go through many of Adelaide's most congested areas. I drove another way - South Road was very congested but quite quickly I was on a series of linked expressways and highways and flying along at 90-110kph with the aid of cruise control and none of the congestion. I thought it would be interesting to see when it recalculated to my route. I was first concerned before I even reached the first expressway as it asked me to turn from the underpass onto a road more than five metres directly overhead. It constantly nagged for u-turns and asked me to take every single expressway exit.</div>
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As I drew closer to my destination the game instead became one of seeing how close I could get to my destination without it agreeing with me. The answer amazed me. I arrived, parked in the driveway and looked at the display informing me that while my car was on the nav map's finish flag I had 92km and over an hour and a half to get to where I already was. Since it's such a strange result I took a picture so you can see the truth of it.</div>
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I zoomed out and noticed that it wanted me to go back to a place on its route shortly after I deviated from its plans. I think that I will use my phone from here on. With SA requirements I can't look at that at all, but at least it is not so mind-blowingly daft.</div>
Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-13645904238282695582015-05-18T22:36:00.001+10:002015-05-18T22:36:58.074+10:00Seeking out art and making my own<b>Week 20 (11-17 May)</b><br />
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At some point I got ahead of myself, this week is actually week 20...<br />
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With a whimsical photo of my fridge and onions at the supermarket, you can see that my week got off to slightly dull start. I did make a bookmark, at least. Thankfully things picked up toward the weekend, on Friday Cibo's offered free coffee for it's first day in Gawler so I took some puzzles and did a little people watching. On Saturday I visited the Art Gallery, which I'm slowly working my way through trying to see everything. I can only properly look at so much art in one day, and at the moment I've almost finished Gallery 3 - the first two galleries only took a visit each, but the third is much, much bigger. A third trip ought to be enough to see it properly. I also took time to check out the unofficial art around Adelaide. This week's feature photo is one of the coolest I've found in a while, if you want to see it for yourself it's behind the ANZ in Rundle Mall.<br />
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I'm really proud of the photo I took on Sunday too. It's the last of the small images, and was taken to the theme 'Home' in the photo a day I intermittently take part in. I've enjoyed it so far, but not really drawn any attention. There are some very talented people there. This photo, however, has been something of a success. I didn't really want to take a picture of my house - it's a nice place to live but not terribly photogenic. Instead, I just played with the idea and came up with an image captioned 'Home is where the books are'.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-57158776765776693522015-05-16T22:30:00.001+10:002015-05-16T22:30:40.183+10:00Past, Present and Future (books 36-40 2015)<b>36 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64469.The_Wee_Free_Men">The Illustrated Wee Free Men</a> - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Player</b><br />
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The Queen of the Fairies steals Tiffany Aching's sticky and irritating younger brother. As nobody else is likely to rescue him, Tiffany, a practical, sensible and responsible girl, sets out to do the job herself, with help from the drinkin' fightin' and stealin' Nac Mac Feegle.<br />
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I know the text version of this well and enjoy it very much, so when I saw an illustrated version in the library I thought I would be lovely to revisit The Chalk. The story was as wonderful as ever, the illustrations beautifully done. I especially loved the feegles trying to steal letters from the text.<br />
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Two days after I finished reading it, I found my very own forgotten copy, sitting sadly in my bookshelf...<br />
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<b>37 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17264824-get-over-yourself">Get Over Yourself (Princeless Vol. 2)</a> - Jeremy Whitley and Emily Martin</b><br />
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Adrienne, Bedelia and Sparky continue on their quest to rescue Adrienne's sisters - though she doesn't find quite what she expects the first time she encounters one. This book was not quite as strong as the first, with some unrevealed plot points being a touch obvious - though it will be fun to see certain characters work those things out. Regardless of faults, it's a fast-paced adventure with protagonists who are doing their best to work things out as they go and keep trouble at bay. There's plenty being set up for the rest of the series, and I look forward to seeing where it goes.<br />
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<b>38 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22029529-kaleidoscope">Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories</a></b><br />
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Kaleidoscope is a celebration of diversity of all kinds, and a wonderful collection of YA short stories. It won Best Anthology at the 2014 Aurealis Awards and several of the stories within were nominated or won awards in their own right. I've written a little on some of my personal favourites.<br />
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The first story <i>Cookie Cutter Superhero</i> by Tansy Rayner Roberts was a great start that looked at gender, disability and superheroes, focusing on the expectations that a society has surrounding its superheroes.<br />
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As I've read Twinmaker and Crashland by Sean Williams, I was keen to read <i>The Legend Trap</i> a story centred on a group of teens exploring an urban legend surrounding teleportation, a technology that is a very everyday part of their lives. They get a great deal more than they bargained for...<br />
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<i>End of Service</i> by Gabriela Lee is a wonderfully disturbing story in which a girl whose mother, who worked overseas and was consequently rarely present, has died. I am lost on how to describe it much further without giving the game away.<br />
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<i>Happy Go Lucky</i> by Garth Nix is a story set in a dystopian future. The main character lives in a society where quantified luck defines your rights, privileges and opportunities. The story has a point to make regarding the current politics surrounding asylum seekers and the "stop the boats" policy in Australia.<br />
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<b>39 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20697561-gnarr">Gnarr! How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World</a> - Jon Gnarr</b><br />
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Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger in Birrimun Park, the last natural landscape in Australia. Certainly, the cactuses aren't strictly accurate but tourists expect cacti in a desert, and they are necessary to keep the park open and maintained. It is in the Western Quarter of a vast megacity that sprawls along Australia's eastern coast. The night before a visiting ranger is expected to arrive, there is a murder in the park. Virgin and the visiting ranger, Nate Sixkiller, are dragged into a situation that rapidly spirals out of control.<br />
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It's difficult to define the genre, it's not unusual to find a genre-crossing book but this one has a bit of everything. It's a Western/Mystery/SciFi/Horror/Fantasy/Romance/Action/... that promises to be the starting point of a highly innovative series.<br />
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I found the romance handling a bit cringe-worthy, but I'm willing to say that's just a matter of personal taste. When I look beyond that, there's a lot to enjoy. Parallels are drawn with the political and social environment of Australia today, speculating what might come of these.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-8686894294591678512015-05-14T23:10:00.000+10:002015-05-14T23:19:18.120+10:00Fairies, knights, adventures and cannibalism (books 31-35 for 2015)Oooh, wow. Time I stopped reading for a few seconds and made a bit of an effort to at least <i>partly</i> catch up.<br />
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<b>31 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20958632-the-darkest-part-of-the-forest">The Darkest Part of the Forest</a> - Holly Black</b><br />
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In Fairfold the fairies and elves are largely unseen, but close to hand. The locals know how to behave to remain safe, and their tourist industry is thriving. A few tourists die horribly each year but it's expected. Fairies and elves are captivating, but deadly. In an unbreakable glass coffin in the woods a boy with horns has slept for generations...<br />
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I enjoy dark fantasy, and this was an enjoyable way to spend an evening. The way that fairies and elves fit into this world and how they and Fairfold interacted clearly had a lot of research behind it. I found the relationships between the key characters interesting, if a bit overdone for my preferences. So all in all, worth the time to read if not likely to feature on this year's best-of list.<br />
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<b>32 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15981592-the-one-hundred-year-old-man-who-climbed-out-the-window-and-disappeared">The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared</a> - Jonas Jonasson</b><br />
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On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson is sitting in a nursing home room, while preparations for a party go on. The Mayor will be there, as will the local media. Allan decides he doesn't like the way things are going - so he leaves, via the window, to anywhere but here. Along the way he meets a curious cast of travelling companions and we hear the story of his extraordinary life.<br />
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This will be hard to beat for the best book I've read this year. The story drew me in, so much so that I nearly missed a train stop. Truly hilarious too, my fellow commuters (and before that, fellow campers) gave me some worried looks as I repeatedly failed to contain laughter. When I saw this circulating madly in the library a year or so ago I assumed it was just another so-so flavour of the minute, I'm pleased to report that I was wrong.<br />
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I'd recommend this to just about anyone. If you haven't read it, do. It's not a difficult read and the reward is spectacular!<br />
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<b>33 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14623529-save-yourself">Save yourself! (Princeless, vol. 1)</a> - Jeremy Whitely et. al.</b><br />
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Princess Adrienne has no interest in waiting to be rescued from her tower, and the dragon guarding her isn't keen on her intended fate either. So the two of them set out to rescue Adrienne's sisters...<br />
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A quick read, I picked this up after seeing it on a recommended reading list... somewhere ... a while ago. A funny, clever story. More aimed at children, but I've never let that stop me enjoying a good story.<br />
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<b>34-35 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7870457-chew-vol-2">International Flavour</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9256590-chew-vol-3">Just Desserts</a> (Chew v. 2-3) - John Layman</b><br />
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Two more books in this inventive, humourous and rather gruesome series. I've read several more volumes since, and well... it gets better later on. These were still pretty decent. These books start laying down more groundwork for a much longer story arc. My memories of the others I've read since have got a bit jumbled with these, so I'll write more when I review those.<br />
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<b>Week 20 (4-10 May)</b></div>
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A couple of this week's photos are of cards I made in the past week. I like simple designs and precise techniques. I don't really have a lot to say this week, though it was a good week. I was especially pleased with my performance at netball this week. My fitness is improving rapidly (as one team member suggested, Netball is basically an hour of interval training) and I'm doing well in GK. I went a long because I love the opportunity to get out have a run on a team with friends, but I'm finding more than that. I haven't taken any photos, though, as I've been too busy on court.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-81834842558663156432015-05-07T14:20:00.000+10:002015-05-07T14:20:28.343+10:00Looking up (photo post)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Week 19 (27 April - 3 May)</b></div>
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Things started to look up a bit this week. Sure, some of the troubles I've had for the last few months are still hanging about (the job search continues) but things have happened that have relieved my stress somewhat.<br />
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One upside of this is I feel more able and inspired to take good care of myself. I'm cooking more and enjoying the delicious rewards of that. The photo I featured is a self-saucing lemon pudding that I made with lemons from Mum and Dad's lemon tree.<br />
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Other upsides of the stress reduction are a bit of an improvement in my creative output - the book title story in the last photo is one example. I've also started a clean up and out of the house - going through and re-ordering drawers and well, everything. I'm doing it a little at a time and aiming for the house to be a little better when I go to bed than when I woke up. I've only really had one fail day, and the next day I was right back on track. Seeing things improve bit by bit is enough to keep the motivation going.<br />
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So there's nothing earth-shattering in this week's post, but nevertheless, things are looking up. I still have some challenges, but I'm dealing better with them now that one of my big stresses is somewhat relieved.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-69499765898676575492015-04-30T22:20:00.001+10:002015-04-30T22:20:37.445+10:00A sort-of recipe (and week 18 of my 2015 photos)<b>Week 18 (20-26 April)</b><br />
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This is a highly disorganised sort-of recipe, because like many things I cook, I made it up as I went along. I follow recipes for things that aren't very forgiving but otherwise I like to experiment a bit. Quantities are vague or guesses, because I didn't use any measuring tools whatsoever. It's titled 'Apple Filo Dessert' because although it's somewhat strudel-y I don't know what else to call it. Presentation is conversational and informal, because.</div>
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First, make cheat-y stewed apples. Take one apple, peel if you wish (I didn't), remove the core and chop into small, flat slices. Put in a microwave-proof bowl with a tiny bit of water, a spoonful of brown sugar, a handful of sultanas, a knob of butter and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Stir. Cover bowl with a plate/lid/whatever and microwave for a minute or two, however long it takes for the apple to go soft.</div>
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Next, prepare filo pastry. When mine defrosted it turned out to have split into quarters along the fold lines. No worries. I can work with this, just a bit of a jigsaw, and small serves instead of one large one.</div>
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Melt a couple teaspoons of butter in a small dish. Lay one piece of filo pastry on a board and brush it with butter. Put another on top, and brush with butter again. Repeat until the pastry is at least five layers deep. Tidy up the edges if you want. Place slices of apple, overlapping, along one edge of the pastry, make sure some sultanas get in there as well. At this point you can choose to either fold or roll the pastry - I made three, and the one that's shown is rolled but really, be as creative as you like here. Once that's done, put in a baking tray on baking paper and brush with butter again. These were baked at 180 degrees celsius for half an hour, but if you make something larger you might need to wing it and guess the time...</div>
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Enjoy hot, or let them cool. They're pretty darn good either way.</div>
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Here are the rest of the week's photos - this was the last of the catch-up weeks I started in the last post but I left this one as the week hadn't finished yet - and then I woke up on Sunday to find the internet was out across the area, and it just came back a few hours ago.</div>
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The rose has been edited minimally, Mum has one variety 'Jubilee 150' which is so bright you'd swear it'd been photoshopped when you look at it. The autumn leaves are also in Mum and Dad's garden, it's putting on a very colourful display at the moment.</div>
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Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-21835944761729704542015-04-24T12:00:00.000+10:002015-04-24T12:00:24.808+10:002015: A photo odyssey, part nextThis is a catch up post, I'm just going to give you a few photos for the weeks I've missed posting for rather than worrying too much about having one a day. When I set out to take these photos, I promised myself I wouldn't let it get too stressful. It's a personal project taken on for the fun of it. So next month I'm going to try using prompts again because I find them a good source of inspiration - and in the cooler months I find photographic inspiration in much shorter supply than usual.<br />
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<b>Week 13 (16-22 March)</b><br />
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The highlight photo is from the chocolate walking tour I went on - a birthday present from Mum and Dad as this year I decided that I was more interested in doing things with people than coming up with a list of stuff. It was amazing! We stopped at seven venues, tried an amazing variety of chocolatey things and learned quite a bit as we went! This mint iced chocolate from Steven ter Horst was absolutely wonderful.<br />
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<b>Week 14 (23-29 March)</b><br />
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The most significant thing this week, was that with incredibly inconvenient timing, my phone completely failed. Attempts at bring it back failed, and a new phone was ordered. After a phoneless week, I got the new one... which has a fault with the aux out. So it's gone back for repairs and as I write this I'm using a temporary very cheap phone I bought. It's got an incredibly dreadful camera in it, and I'm eager to have the very nice new phone back.</div>
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The highlight photo I chose because I preferred it to the dead phone photo (which is the first little one, I was feeling silly that day). It's part of my back fence, though the gate is in the neighbours' section. It's a heritage listed stable wall and gradually crumbling but it is quite beautiful.</div>
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The highlight this week was a camping trip - I spent the long weekend with a great group of people camping, walking, photographing and snorkelling. There's a much bigger album of photos on Facebook if you are interested. The highlight is a fishing boat on the beach at Pondalowie Bay, near our campsite. The oldest graffiti is from 2008, so at a guess that's roughly how long it's been there. It made an amazing photography subject (and backdrop)!</div>
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During this week I actually had my new phone, I had some important calls to make/take and hung onto it until I could arrange a substitute. The photo of my feet has a short story - I took a photo much like it for Instagram on my previous phone, but I wasn't able to send it out before my phone shut itself down for the last time, not able to connect to a computer for retrieval (thankfully all but that photo had been backed up).</div>
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A pretty normal week, mostly, and one for getting things done. In the case of the first photo, with a chai and in the Adelaide City Library. After my haircut, I had work to get done on a deadline. The library proved to be a great place to plug in and get things sorted out.</div>
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I also went to a Board Games Day event - and won the door prize! Otherwise it was a good but unremarkable week of getting things done.</div>
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Bacon + Eggs + Pancakes + Maple Syrup is the love story that won me some movie tickets in a twitter competition. There really only was one way to celebrate...</div>
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Side note, I actually like this one highlight, other smaller photos format. It's far less time consuming to put together, and I think it looks better too. Just as well I decided to change format for the catch up!</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">21 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16268894-what-makes-us-tick?from_choice=false&from_home_module=false">What makes us tick?</a> - Hugh Mackay</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought this book at Writers' Week during the Adelaide Festival of the Arts. Although I didn't know much about Hugh Mackay's writing his talk sounded interesting, and I had time - although he mostly spoke about a different book I decided to try this one.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this book, Hugh Mackay explains ten drivers of behaviour and decision-making beyond the basic needs of food, water, air and such. Throughout the book a variety of situations are given and the interaction of these drivers is explained. I started to think of similar situations I've seen, and began to see the behaviour of others I've met with a fresh perspective.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a book that really made me think - it gave me a lens to look through when thinking about my own choices and actions and those of others. I plan to revisit it again in future as it's knowledge well worth keeping active in my mind. Along with other books I'm currently reading or have read in the recent past I'm finding that I'm developing a new way of looking at things and learning from them. This can only be a good thing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This book of poetry mixes issues teenage girls frequently face with fairytales and feminism. I found about half of the poems in the book very enjoyable and cleverly written, but didn't really find much for me in the rest, especially the fairly substantial number of them tackling eating disorders. This might well be a reflection of personal experience, so others might find something more in those.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A mysterious cult, a fire-breating dragon, a collection of unlikely guardsmen and (gasp!) a stolen library book. This book was my introduction to the wonderful and hilarious Discworld. I'd attempted to read <i>The Colour of Magic</i> before but hadn't got far. This book did the trick. When I heard that Sir Terry Pratchett had died I wanted to re-visit the Discworld, and I thought that the book that got me into it was the right place to go back to. I was sad to hear of Sir Terry's passing, but I was soon laughing along with this book. It's sad that he's gone, but the books he's left behind will bring many hours of laughter and good cheer to people for many years to come.</span></span><br />
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Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead.<br />
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Another brilliant new comic, and one that I am looking forward to seeing more of. The story is engaging, the art beautiful, the characters very interesting. It's been a while since I read this one *cough*catchinguppost*cough* so I've not got a lot more to say.<br />
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<b>17 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18369686-lucifer-book-four">Lucifer, Book 4</a> - Mike Carey, Peter Gross, et. al.</b><br />
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This comic continues to be brilliant, drawing on mythology, especially Judeo-Christian mythology, and spinning a fantastic story with it. Most graphic novel volumes take me an hour to read, tops. There's so much content in these, however, that each one might as well be a short novel.<br />
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<b>18 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20299683-rat-queens-vol-1">Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass and Sorcery</a> - Curtis J Wiebe, Roc Upchurch</b><br />
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Rat Queens was absolutely brilliant. I read it three times before I had to return it to the library. In the first story, now that more peaceful times have come the town of Palisade is finding the adventurers who previously dealt with the town's problems have become a menace. To avoid exile, each group is set a task, but something fishy's going on...<br />
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Centring around an all-female group of Dungeons-and-Dragons style adventurers this hilarious action-filled story has a great deal of potential and I cannot wait to see where it goes next. I'm particularly keen to learn more of Violet's story, though it looks like the next character to get the spotlight will be Dee - not that I'm complaining. An atheist cleric whose family worships an evil god has got to have one heck of a back story.<br />
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Not for those who like their stories squeaky clean and their characters well behaved, but if you're not looking for those things then give this a try, it's got an improbably high concentration of fun within its pages.<br />
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<b>19 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22246009-lonely-planet-you-only-live-once">You Only Live Once</a> - Lonely Planet</b><br />
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I enjoyed this book over some weeks with cups of tea. It's a beautifully made coffee table style book and divided up into ideas based on how long is needed. The majority of stories are very, very brief and don't really give much by way of how, just inspiration really.<br />
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There's still a bit of me that now has the urge to walk/cycle a ridiculous distance. Perhaps I could walk across Ireland... or cycle around the country here. Hmm.<br />
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<b>20 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16181163-the-ladies-paradise">The Ladies' Paradise</a> - Emile Zola</b><br />
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I picked this up at my local library in the 'blind date with a book' promotion, and am glad I did. I doubt I would have picked this up otherwise, as a perceived high chance of a dominant romantic theme generally puts e off.<br />
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54 (23rd February) - Fix - I took time to fix this mouse... he's Mum's and was a victim of kitten curiosity a little while ago. PVA glue was all I needed - that and to tackle the job in stages. At this point there are already some sections that have been glued back together. I was pleased with the results, and the mouse is back on the shelf.<br />
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55 - 12 O'Clock - I was out on the road, almost at Keith, on the longest distance driving day I've yet had. I enjoyed it more than I expected though wouldn't want to do this kind of thing daily.<br />
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56 - Reflection - after an interview I take time to reflect - on this occasion that meant time at Picaninnie Ponds, a place where I really enjoyed the isolation, if only for a little while, and during the drive. While much of my mind focuses on the road and the route there's plenty left to contemplate life, the universe and everything. The skies were pretty spectacular too. They might not be a literal reflection but they help with the reflecting.<br />
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57 - Grow - Something this lobster at Kingston SE did?<br />
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58 - Still Life - I took a few more traditional subject photos but wasn't really happy with them. Instead I focused on background and light. Which I need to work on more... but made some progress. This is my favourite of the shots taken, possibly not the best lit but in combination with framing it seems stronger.<br />
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59 - Thank you - not so much thank you, as thankful. For the festival season in Adelaide, the atmosphere, buzzing and excited, and for good nights out. This night I caught one of the $5 shows and enjoyed some food, drink and people watching.<br />
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60 - Starts with R - R & R and Reading. I've enjoyed a few books with a sociology/psychology angle lately and they've been good food for thought too.<br />
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66 - Spotted some street art on the way to Yum Cha in the city with friends, these were Chinese donuts, crisp pastry inside, soft pastry outside, tasty sauce. I tried tripe for the first time, the flavour (especially with sauce) I found to be decent but I just couldn't get past the texture and found it difficult to eat as a result.<br />
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70 - I made my second batch of jam, this time with peaches. The method was a little trickier but the results were good. It didn't set as firmly as the nectarine jam did but I'm still happy with the outcome. This was also a much bigger batch so I'll have jam for quite a while now.<br />
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71 - A night out at the fringe. I saw 'Randy Writes a Novel' with a friend and had a lot of fun doing so. Couldn't take a photo then, so instead, this was my dessert. It was gooood.<br />
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72 - Colour - I jumped into responding to a prompt today as it inspired me. Overnight I heard that Sir Terry Pratchett died. His books brought much colour to my life and will continue to do so, I love re-reading these from time to time.<br />
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74 - After a huge and wonderful birthday weekend (this mug was a gift) spending time with friends and family and seeing La Soiree, which was absolutely incredible, it was time for a cup of tea. I will keep creating, keeping calm... is a work in progress. Although I'm going forward without prompts for now I'm hoping to resume more regular photography after this break.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-35509958069799371782015-02-27T14:33:00.000+11:002015-02-27T14:33:04.157+11:002015 Photo Challenge Week 8<a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/photo-day-week-eight-february/">This week's themes</a><br />
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47 - From where I stand - if not in the literal sense, from where I stand this jam was a huge success. First ever attempt worked well and has tasted great.<br />
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48 - Routine - or rou-tea-ne. A good cup of tea is an evening routine.<br />
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49 - Bedside - this'd fit into yesterday's theme just as well. I read a little every day before falling asleep. I've since finished one of these.<br />
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50 - Fresh - chilies from my garden. Determined to be red chillies too, the green chillies in this photo have since turned a vivid red.<br />
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51 - This is so me! - I found these theme a challenge, the phrase isn't really one I'd put to use. But I do love working with bright colours in my crafting... and dreaming up ideas from the leftovers. I guess this fits?<br />
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52 - Matching - I made a matching set of cards... I like the minimalist design but a sketch or interesting sticker/object would be easy to add too.<br />
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53 - Macro - macro photography is a form I've enjoyed in the past, though I haven't put significant focus into it in some time. It was nice to spend the day running around looking at things a different way. It's gumnut season, and there are many kinds around. I particularly like the caps on this enormous variety.<br />
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40 - Energy - I burnt some off in the evening along the river track. I'd like to make this a more frequent occurrence.<br />
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41 - This inspires me - I often find street art inspiring, this was done by local artist Jake Sanders for Gawler's Fringe events. I've got a card design sketched out that this inspired, now that the weather's cooled off I'll have to see about making it.<br />
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42 - On the wall - I helped a lady put up her exhibition in a library a few years ago - I told her this was my favourite of her works. After I helped her to take it down again, she presented it to me. Such a good memory every time I see it just inside my front door.<br />
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43 - Pointy - my most used craft tool, an x-acto knife with a lovely fresh blade in it. I feel more confident with it than I do with a pencil or pen. That said, the circle in the background was cut using an adjustable circle cutter, another most excellent tool.<br />
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44 - Temptation - on a very hot day, I felt a great deal of temptation to find a place to immerse myself in water, unfortunately there wasn't a suitable option available. These pigeons found one in the fountain in front of the museum on North Terrace though.<br />
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45 - Love - Once again the library in Gawler ran a Blind Date With A Book promotion for Valentine's Day/Library Lovers Day. I made time to sit down with coffee, roses from the garden and some of a favourite chocolate. As hoped, the book 'The Ladies' Paradise' by Emile Zola was one I'd not have picked up on my own. I do love a good chance to try something new and different.<br />
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46 - Spot - A lovely spot to spend a couple of evenings this weekend... the laneway event in Gawler in connection with the Fringe, 'The Place Next Door' was nice and relaxed, a pretty ordinary laneway transformed into an art-filled performance venue and hangout spot.</div>
Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-84802899645130079662015-02-11T22:16:00.003+11:002015-02-11T22:31:37.493+11:00Visiting/revisiting various youths (2015 books 11-15)<b>11 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24706137-andy-in-trouble?from_choice=false&from_home_module=false">Andy in Trouble</a> - Freda M Hurt</b><br />
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Andy in Trouble was originally published in the fifties - consequently the language is interesting, styles have changed a lot over time. It is, like many children's books still are, centred around illustrations of a moral concept and consequences of failure to observe the concept, in this case, honesty. Elements of adventure and humour are present, and the story's well told.<br />
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When I read this I was spending an evening in the bedroom that had been mine before I left home - it now contains, amongst other things, a bookshelf of my parents' books. I wanted something to read so I picked the first book my hand landed on - this one, complete with original presentation plaque (not from the fifties) inside. I went to find it on Goodreads, and had to add it myself. The author seems to be long since forgotten, but while I won't be anxiously seeking more, it was interesting to see what a book my mother read as a child was like.<br />
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<b>12 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18144700-penny-pollard-s-diary">Penny Pollard's Diary</a> - Robin Klein and Ann James</b><br />
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Penny Pollard, whose rebellious behaviour drives both parents and teacher up the wall, finally meets a friend and co-conspirator in the last place she expects.<br />
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I revisited this after a conversation got me thinking. This is a book I loved when I was younger than Penny is...and was pleased to find Penny's rebelliousness not diminished by time. The original editions were nicer, in my opinion... but if kids since then have enjoyed the book as much as I have, those would have disintegrated years ago.<br />
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<b>13 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22840981-the-tribe-book-1-the-interrogation-of-ashala-wolf">The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf </a>- Ambelin Kwaymullina</b><br />
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In a world risen from the ashes of the one we know, Ashala Wolf, leader of The Tribe, a group of young people with strange abilities who do not wish to submit to society's restrictions, faces interrogation. The interrogation will make use of The Machine, which can pull memories from your head whether you wish to surrender them or not - how do you protect those you love and have responsibility for faced with that?<br />
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I'm making a conscious effort to add more Australian content, and more author diversity to my reading this year after noticing that it's been severely lacking. I found this book with that in mind, and I'm glad I did. Writing and story are both executed brilliantly and I'm really, really looking foward to reading the next book - the biggest problem being that the third is not out until August. It'll be tough.<br />
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<b>14 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13104040-jerusalem">Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City</a> - Guy Delisle</b><br />
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Guy Delisle spent a year living in Jerusalem with his family whilst his wife was working for <a href="http://www.msf.org/">Medicins Sans Frontieres</a>. This (hefty) volume tells some of the stories and experiences he collected in that time.<br />
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After gaining a new perspective reading Marjane Satrapi's '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9516.Persepolis?ac=1">Persepolis</a>' I thought it'd be a good idea to read more graphic novels examining parts of the world that I could stand to learn more about. There were some interesting stories here, but the book rambles, and at times it really drags. I would prefer something a bit more concise. Naturally, review opinions on Goodreads (as linked in the title) differ wildly, the highly divided opinions that surround this part of the world only inflame that.<br />
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Josephine Browning longs to be a journalist in newspapers and other such serious publications, but lands an internship for a fashion magazine with a notoriously difficult editor...<br />
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If you think this is sounding familiar, you could be forgiven - but don't worry. Despite the similar premise, The Intern isn't a do-over of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5139.The_Devil_Wears_Prada?from_search=true">The Devil Wears Prada</a>, instead it's a mix of believable characters, having to mature in a tough environment and moving away from the people and places that become familiar in school years. This is also, genre-wise, a very long way from my usual reading stomping grounds. Branching out can only be good, both personally and in a professional context as having wider knowledge to help others find the right book is invaluable.<br />
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Also, this adds another Australian author to this year's reading in keeping with my goals, the fourth excluding contributors to short story collections.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-48365303732723920752015-02-09T16:27:00.000+11:002015-02-09T16:27:57.548+11:002015 photo challenge week 6I decided to try out some of the lists of photo prompts, I chose <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/week-6-february-photo-a-day-challenge/">Fat Mum Slim's list</a> for this month, it's weekly so I started on the 2nd.<br />
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33 - Mail - Today's mail included a bunch of advertising junk and a letter for a previous occupant of my house. Instead, I made this card as a birthday/congratulations card. I like sending out mail, both the making of it and giving someone something that wasn't automated in their mailbox.<br />
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Using a few reference images for ideas I sketched some (well, many) foxes, eventually got one that I thought would work. I don't usually start from scratch like that, I've got no confidence in my drawing ability so used this as an opportunity to stretch myself. I'm more confident in my knife work and did modify the image slightly at that stage. I'm out of practice and can see minor flaws, but am learning to forgive myself those, especially working on the tiny scale here (nose is 2mm wide). Nobody else seems to notice them so perhaps I can allow myself a little leeway.<br />
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34 - Water - I had a few errands to run in the Adelaide CBD, once I was done I took the scenic route back to the railway station to enjoy the weather. This photo is from the Adelaide University footbridge.</div>
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35 - Reward - A morning of getting jobs around the house done, so ice cream and some time to read made a good reward. I've finished the book now, fifteenth of the year (!) so I'll be reviewing again soon.</div>
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36 - Something blue - detail of the pattern on my plates, bowls etc. Inherited from Nanna, so there are happy memories every day when I use them.</div>
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37 - Makes me smile - I took this photo on February 6, Grandpa would have been 100 that day. Grandma, Mum, Dad and I visited the cemetery where Grandpa's ashes are interred, took a new bunch of red silk roses to replace the faded ones, and some red roses we'd grown. This is the one I took. It's the memories that make me smile, and it's a big part of why I love growing roses.</div>
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38 - Stripes - Buttons are one of my favourite craft materials. The button necklaces I have made have a wonderful colourful stripy-ness. I pulled some buttons out of my jars to put this picture together. Mmm. Buttons.</div>
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39 - In my bag - something to read. Never know when I'll have a quiet moment or need a book-y retreat. I often have e-books for use on the go, but just now I'm slowly making my way through this book.</div>
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26 - Barbecue in a park, playing cricket and kubb, listening to the hottest 100. Magic. Battery operated radio required so I located my CD/Cassette/Radio from the mid nineties and reacquainted myself with tuning in analogue. The party host tracked down the 6xD batteries needed (apparently a rare size now). Challenge increased as the display is apparently somewhat inaccurate - that photo has it tuned to play 105.5. I was too busy playing cricket and such on the day to take photos, so since the radio played an important part, here it is.<br />
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27 - A haircut does wonders for the way I feel about myself. I don't know why,exactly, but it's not something I'm going to complain about. I thought it was time that my photo appeared in my project too. (The one on day 24 wasn't originally intended to be part of it, bit of an afterthought)<br />
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28 - Calendars have become part of the Christmas tradition, Mum and Dad get me a different one each year. This one features Monet's work, January was 'The water-lily pond with the Japanese bridge' (1899). A whole month gone... dang.</div>
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29 - I'll never get tired of sunsets, you don't even need to go far to appreciate them. This was taken from the end of my driveway. The rest of this commentary's going to head into editing, self-critique and such so if you're not interested, skip ahead ;)</div>
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One thing I've been learning this year is how to use my photo editing tools better. If I want a quick edit and I'm on a computer that's cool with the idea, I'll use google's inbuilt stuff (or instagram's), but for better results I'm using GIMP 2.8, rather good set of tools, and free too - I'm mostly editing levels though I also twitched a bit using brightness, contrast, lightness and saturation. Many of my photos, prior to editing, have colours and contrasts that don't really represent what I saw. Learning to use my camera better will help a bit, but editing will always factor in. I'm trying to strike a balance between beautiful colours and pushing things beyond reality. I think this one's a touch overdone - I should have edited it to be more orange than purple as the sky was predominantly orange that evening. It's a nice image that I find visually pleasing, I think the composition's good if not stellar but while enhancing an image is often necessary I want to represent what I saw, which this isn't quite achieving. I'll keep trying...</div>
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30 - Movie night at Apex Park in Gawler. It was a lovely night though the turnout was apparently somewhat down from the previous week. While I waited for the sun to set I enjoyed one of the cupcakes... again I realised this photo was very fuzzy when I saw it on a larger screen but I can't retake this. So... here are some flowers I saw on the way too? I got two photos of these, the other is a shade clearer but I prefer the composition of this one.<br />
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32 - After a night in the fridge, the results were delicious. I'm very proud of the results. I've tried it both cool and warmed, I prefer it warmed in the oven as it causes the pastry to become super-crispy and delicious.Triplethreatlibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809042517371789550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319573620913101520.post-17175150139653674672015-02-01T22:50:00.000+11:002015-02-01T22:50:06.285+11:00Humour and Humanity - 2015 in books, 6-10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>6 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23103995-the-five-of-us">The Five of Us</a> - Quentin Blake</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A simple story of five children, told for children, in which each child has some kind of impairment or disability, but the focus is on their ability and how they work together to tackle a difficult situation with the help of these strengths.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Their disabilities are not hidden, nor are they explicitly pointed out. The children are not there as <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">objects of curiosity, to check an inclusion box or act in a sympathetic role. They do not take a side role to 'normal' (whatever that is). Their disabilities do not define them, instead their abilities do. I had heard of this book and wanted to see it for myself - it's by no means perfect, I didn't find the story especially compelling, but there are some great things happening here all the same.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>7 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24179216-elizabeth-is-missing">Elizabeth is Missing</a> - Emma Healey</b></span></span><br />
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Maud's memory isn't what it used to be. She remembers the name of her daughter and her carer, but she forgets the tea she made, the reasons she went to the shops and many other things. She also writes many notes to herself, trying to hold on to memories that matter or things she must do. Frequently, these notes tell her that her friend Elizabeth is missing, but nobody takes her concerns seriously so whenever she remembers, she sets out to learn more. Meanwhile, the story of a disappearance in her teen years is retold, bit by bit.</div>
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This book is written well and the first-hand account of dementia is fascinating. Maud's gradual decline is handled very well. I didn't find the plot especially strong or the revelations (with a particular exception) all that surprising but the strength of writing and perspective more than made up for this.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">As mentioned in my last photo post, Brother Sebastian has a strong sentimental value, I was very young when I first read it at Nanna's house. The single panel comics, featuring a light-hearted and </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">mischievous</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> monk are clever and always make me smile. The book isn't that easy to come by, and while looking for this picture I've learned that there were two more volumes published. If I can find them without parting with too many dollars I'd love to read them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This tells Rapunzel's tale, though not the one you know best. The character from the Fables series has rather more to her than you might recall from the fairy tale. She is drawn back to a past life, travelling to Japan to chase down the origin of a cryptic note about her missing children, backed up by a number of other characters from the Fables series.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Whilst this was not a perfect story by any means, for example, I don't understand why Jack is continually inflicted on more and more volumes in this series, he's consistently awful. Despite that it was a big improvement over the first volume. To sum up, the stories told in it were allegedly the stories of the women of Fables, but each was male viewpoint and centred around a male experience of that character. This story avoids a repetition of that (if you ignore the short story in the back, and I really recommend you do) and explores some interesting ideas. I hope that the series continues the trend, but I'll have to report back on that when I've read more.</span></span><br />
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Detailing tips for humans, trolls, dwarves and other species travelling on the newly established railway service on the Discworld, descriptions of stations and towns along the way with suggested itineraries, this travel guide ties in nicely to 'Raising Steam', the most recent Discworld novel.</div>
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Having read at least some of the Discworld books, including 'Raising Steam' is a prerequisite for the understanding and enjoyment of this book. I enjoyed it very much, especially the early sections. The itineraries varied in interest level, though I'm certain I missed plenty of humourous references I enjoyed those I did find very much.</div>
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