What r u reading ? What have u just finished reading ? Would u recommend it ?

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Def see Hunt for the Wilderpeople if you like Sam Neill. Hilarious.

It was based on memoir by Barry Crump, who was a famous bushman in NZ. He hunted deer, possums, wild pigs.

My next read is going to be Alone in the World by Miriam Lancewood, she's a Kiwi/Dutch adventuress, I guess you could say. She gave up her teaching job to go live in the wilderness.

I love books like that.

After I finish reading Entitled about the royal family Duke and Duchess of York. I know you don't care for the royal family Suze, but I'm always reading about them. I don't know why, they just fascinating esp when most are badly behaved. It's like reading the book of Kings in the Bible. Most of them were evil. Why??? All that wealth and power must have gone to their heads.
 
Entitled was bad.
I mean the people in it were badly behaved, and after reading it I returned it to the library, nothing new there. Lots of money spent on nothing much.

I'm not keen on peeps who have all these charities, pledge money but then don't do it, or they do it and fundraise etc but then keep the monies for themselves. That's just wrong.

I'm now reading about Lulu. She sang To Sir with Love and she was married to a Bee Gee. She was young when she entered the music industry and was easily manipulated. I'm a bout half way through. She was from Glasgow and had working class roots. Class is a HUGE thing in the UK apparently, almost like the caste system in India, so if anyone 'lower class' breaks into the 'upper class' it's a miracle - to them, hoping to be accepted.

Elton John said as much - how could a guy like him be a rock star? Meaning, how can someone from working class stock or roots earn a huge heap of money and be rich? Lifestyles of the rich and famous really only belong to the already rich (and famous)
 
I’ve just finished two books, and I honestly loved both of them!

The first one was The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp. This book had been on my reading list for YEARS. For some reason, I was almost afraid to start it because I thought it would bring up too many emotions. Now I’m actually wondering why I waited so long to read it. It was such a beautiful, honest and relatable book and it really opened my eyes to many things. I’d definitely recommend it!

The second one was Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers and WOW… I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end. ❤️ It was SO good. When I reached the end, I actually cried. I just kept thinking, “Oh, how I wish I could find a man like Hosea for myself.”

Right now I’m reading The Calling by Janette Oke. I’m only going to say that for now… I’ll tell you more about it later.
 
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Yes Redeeming Love was good but she wrote another one about a pastor of a church (can't remember the name of it now) and that was good too, as well as Leota's Garden.

Sometimes Christian fiction can be a bit preachy or heavy handed but some authors like Francine Rivers have found the right balance. I don't know what men think of Christian romance though. Men don't tend to read romance novels, except for maybe Nicholas Sparks.
 
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I've just finished Alone in the World by Miriam Lancewood. It's her third book about her times living in the wilderness. She goes with her husband or fellow intrepid travellers on expeditions up mountain passes and survives on rations and what she can hunt/forage or grow herself, or the kindness of strangers. Sometimes she goes solo.

Its pretty good and love to read about something I don't think I could ever do!
 
Just finished a Very Private School a memoir by Charles Spencer

Harrowing childhood memories of a terrible British Boarding School.

Not a fun read. Almost like Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre, except the pimps were school prefects, and the predators were the teachers.

And sadly it is true not just Charles was abused, but most of the boys in the school save the popular ones. They didn't tell their parents at the time because most were afraid, and they were completely isolated and brainwashed to think that bullying, abuse was normal. Plus they had corporal punishment.

I never really got the reason why rich parents would send their children off to boarding school (apart from what was seen as getting an education) when they could have gone to day schools or been homeschooled instead. But it does seem from Charles perspective that it was just the done thing ---and the Headmasters and teachers were deceptive, turning on the charm when the parents visited. But the rich parents, esp the divorced ones, just used the time when their children had been packed off, to travel around the world and go on holidays ?!
 
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Just finished a Very Private School a memoir by Charles Spencer

Harrowing childhood memories of a terrible British Boarding School.

Not a fun read. Almost like Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre, except the pimps were school prefects, and the predators were the teachers.

And sadly it is true not just Charles was abused, but most of the boys in the school save the popular ones. They didn't tell their parents at the time because most were afraid, and they were completely isolated and brainwashed to think that bullying, abuse was normal. Plus they had corporal punishment.

I never really got the reason why rich parents would send their children off to boarding school (apart from what was seen as getting an education) when they could have gone to day schools or been homeschooled instead. But it does seem from Charles perspective that it was just the done thing ---and the Headmasters and teachers were deceptive, turning on the charm when the parents visited. But the rich parents, esp the divorced ones, just used the time when their children had been packed off business class flights to australia, to travel around the world and go on holidays ?!
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I’ve just finished a particularly interesting section that gave me a fresh perspective on staying motivated and learning from challenges.
 
The People's Princess by Flora Harding

It's a novel, but it's based on the lives of Princess Diana as she's getting ready for her wedding to Charles in 1981, and Princess Charlotte who lived 200 years prior and was almost Queen. It was very interesting to read about Princess Charlotte as her life paralleled Diana's, they had a lot in common.

Sometimes I wish Diana had paid heed to all those that said 'Don't Do It Di!' but then she wouldn't have borne William and Harry. Even so her life was short but she did make her mark in many people's hearts so it wasn't all bad.
 
I'm going to request those books you recommended Suze on Queen Elizabeth the first. I don't really know too much about her, except she was Virgin Queen and had something against the Spanish. And that the Elizabethan age was one that flourished in terms of art and culture.

Now if anyone had any argument for staying single and not marrying, we can do no worse than look to this Queen. lol
 
Now reading 'How to make a dress' by Jenny Packham

Its more of a memoir though, not actual book of dressmaking patterns. I wish still had those. The only place that has them is Spotlight, and when I asked if could have the catalogues when they expired and got the new ones, they told me no!

I would have loved them to put in the school library and we could have a pattern library, and learn to sew. But then we'd need sewing machines. GRR

Stupid modern day curriculums! It's all computers/tablets and 3D modelling/printers now (which aren't cheap)
 
Just finished 'Tall Blondes' a book about Giraffes by Lynne Sher. Lots of facts and information and lore of giraffes, back in the past centuries, people just did not know what they were or what to do with them lol. When Royalty came across this unusual animal, they had to have it for their zoological menageries.

Now reading 'Orwell's ghosts' a book about George Orwell and how people still read him today, and how it relates to modern day political movements. Which I am sure everyone is tired of...
 
Oh those historical tomes on Kings and Queens sorry are much to much for me to read/digest at the moment. I mean over 600 pages in fine print. I'm afraid I don't have that much attention span or stomach for (horrible) history.
 
Reading Spine Tinglers Snow Day. This very odd so far compared to other books in the genre. I'll have to finish it before recommending. The series is written by multiple people under the name M.T. Coffin.
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