More reading

I have just finished Sally Vickers - Instances of the Number 3.

I really enjoyed this as a light read, much needed after The Tivington Nott (Alex Miller) which I found quite brutal (story surrounds a deer hunt).

I have just started an Isabel Allende book that I found in the local op shop. I haven't read her for ages. An old favourite!

Island Beneath the Sea

This one is set in the slavery era in the Spanish/French colony of Saint Domingue. As usual Allende's story focuses on a strong women who forges a new life from her birth into a role chosen for her amid times of inequality and disadvantage.

Reading in 2015

Earlier this year I finished The Rainforest. It was recommended by a fellow Knowledge Manager.

It was hard going as a lot of the focus was on venture capital and finance for entrepreneurs and start ups. There were some highlights and useful information in it including the rainforest canvas, which I will attempt to put to use at work.

 

Then I read a Christmas gift. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do.

Amazing book, I laughed and almost cried. It resonated with me because my sister in law is Vietnamese and it gave me a little more insight into their culture and history. I wonder how anyone can question the legality and desperation of those seeking asylum, especially via boats.

I have just finished Beloved Land by Gordon Peake. I have several reasons to be interested in Timor-Leste. I work in an agency that is involved in aid/development in the region and found many of Peakes reflections on the international aid community resonated with other things I have read and heard. 

  

My Mother's cousin devoted his life to the Timorese cause but unfortunately died 10 years ago.

Now about to start reading, one of my favourite authors and a book I picked up in a second hand shop in Tilba, NSW last week. The Tivington Nott by Alex Miller.

Happy reading!