Book: Call of the High Country

WOW! Awesome - new favourite author. Tony Parsons books are very much like Rachael Treasure's (whose I also love). This is a brilliant Australian saga about life in the high country of NSW. It follows young David and his family as they struggle to maintain their farm and then to build upon there little empire. There is love and tragedy, weddings and funerals. Lots of drama. Just brilliant. I am rushing home tonight to start the sequel!

Ballarat Library Industry Dinner

On Thursday May 29th we had our second Ballarat Library Dinner at Lekkers. It was a good night and as you can see we all got to wear pearls! It was great to chat to those in the region who work in different libraries. We also heard from the Acting CEO of the public library about their new Swift Consortium which was also interesting.

Book & Bookgroup: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

I was so excited to read this because I had never ever read an Agatha Christie book before (hence the reason I joined a book group to spread my reading further!). Anyway, it was lovely. The writing reminded me of Austen and Bronte with villages and towns and estates etc. Naturally I completely missed who the murderer was (the Doctor) but I throughly enjoyed it like a giddy school child!

NLS4: Dinner venue confirmed

How exciting - we are having the conference dinner at the MCG, overlooking the hallowed turf! It promises to be a wonderful night. I was so relieved when it was confirmed as we had heaps of problems securing a venue. Not that its all booked - bring it on!

Book: I Choose to Live

Oh this was a sad book. It is the story about Sabine who at age 12 was abducted and held captive and raped for 80 days. She was only found because the nasty man abducted another girl. I was so amazed by the determination of Sabine and how she has become such a strong young woman. Just amazing - I forgot I was reading about real life events!