0351 | Birdsong | Sebastian Faulks
Context: Was reading this while I visited the war memorial in Port Moresby. So many who died even after WW2 had officially ended… REVIEW Heard a lot about this before…
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0341 | The Thin Man | Dashiell Hammett
Context: Got some nice chairs to relax on for the veranda while reading this. REVIEW Not read any Hammett before but as soon as I hit the first line, I…
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0335 | Oroonoko | Aphra Behn
Context: Began the mammoth task of scanning all our unscanned office documentation while reading this. REVIEW This is a short story about a king abducted from his tribe in Surinam…
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0332 | The Fox | D.H. Lawrence
Context: Starting a run of exhausting rehearsals for Cinderella. And, before you ask, no, I’m not an ugly sister. REVIEW Haven’t read any Lawrence for quite a while. Actually, not…
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0328 | Under the Volcano | Malcolm Lowry
Context: As I was struggling to reach the end of this, I finally got myself a practice amp for my guitar. REVIEW When I bought this in second hand bookshop…
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0318 | Last Days in New Guinea | C. A. W. Monckton
Context: Discovered this on the Rare Books shelf in the Branch Library here at Ukarumpa REVIEW A long while ago, I came across a two-volume set in a charity shop….
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0313 | Man and Wife | Tony Parsons
Context: Finished this off in a day while me and the Mrs stayed for what could potentially be the last time with the mum-in-law at the lodge on the Norfolk…
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0312 | Remembering Babylon | David Malouf
Context: Read this as we enjoyed tea and cakes at the River Tea Rooms on the banks of the Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire REVIEW I don’t think I’ve…
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0300 | The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context: Started and finished this in the garden as I’ve taken to 30 mins a day pottering around there ridding my body of office toxins. REVIEW The first audio book…
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0298 | 200 Shots – Neil McDonald & Peter Brune
Context: First book I finished off in my new comfy chair, one of our first buys in Ukarumpa. REVIEW A friend here at Ukarumpa lent me this and a couple…
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0288 | Before All Else Fails… Read the Instructions–Kevin G. Hovey
Context: While reading this, I twice took this road north from Male to attend cargo cult meetings in Rereu. REVIEW Hovey’s task is to help Christians a) understand a Melanesian…
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0283 | In Search of the Source – Neil Anderson
Context: Our source while living in the village was a tarp we rigged at the back of our house to catch rainwater. REVIEW Heard a lot about this book, especially…
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0281 | The Pearl – John Steinbeck
Context: Finished this off the day we decorated the meeting house with palms and said thanks to our wasfamilis. REVIEW Steinbeck hasn’t written anything that I haven’t enjoyed in some…
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0260 | Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgeworth
Context: Finished this off as I flew from Cleveland, Ohio to Dallas, Texas for some training for work. REVIEW Right from the start, I knew that this was an unusual…
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0248 | A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
Context: The wife bought some lovely flowers and the room filled with their scent as I read this. REVIEW “It’s better than the Kite Runner,” said a friend. Even the…
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0246 | A Hero of Our Time – Mikhail Lermontov
Context: This is the first of a few books I’ll be reading from the collection of Russian literature the guy we’re living with has. REVIEW Never heard of Lermontov, Philistine…
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0243 | Chances Are… | Michael & Ellen Kaplan
Context: Finished this off as we stayed with friends in Flackwell Heath. REVIEW Got this for my last birthday and thoughtI’d better finish it before my next birthday comes round!…
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0241 | Think | Simon Blackburn
Context: while I was reading this, the guy who owns the house we’re living in broke his ankle. REVIEW My wife’s aunt gave me this one for Christmas…. (ahem) Christmas…