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Thank you @Suet624 so much for sending me this book! Sometimes the experiences we have when we‘re young hold on to us much longer than we think they ever could. A coming of age story of a boy in small town Australia set in the 60s-70s against the backdrop of surfing and the most wonderful nature writing you‘ll ever read. I‘m in New Mexico but for a day I heard the roar of the ocean, smelt the salt of the sea, and felt the sand between my toes. 🌊

A coming of age story about surfing, fear, adventure and heartache. A teenager meets Sando, a renowned surfer, and his wife. Sando becomes his mentor. The first half was filled with fantastic writing about the ocean, about learning to navigate waves, and stretching yourself. Nature was in the forefront. The second half took a dark turn and our teenager, now an adult, continues to live with the repercussions. October #bookspin

Just finished this book by Tim Winton today.
A young boy living & loving the surf, befriends a couple who live near their favourite surf beach.
He and his mate are storing their boards under their house so they get to know this couple, a little more intimately than expected.
Coming of age & life lessons about fear & the common thread through much of Wintons work, life & the holding & taking of a breath.
On the hunt for the movie of the same name.

Cooking some indian dishes tonight whilst listening to Breath

Fish Molee
Dal Kootu
Spiced Potato Samosas 😁😁😁

Making my way through a lot of Tim Winton's books this year. Very calming listening to his poetic style of writing and picturing the beaches of Western Australia even though I've never been there.

The first half of this book was a sensory feast! Tim Winton has a way of describing an environment so you can smell, hear and feel it.
I enjoyed being immersed in the sea and feeling the fear, anticipation, joy, rush and thrill of it.
It took a different turn around half way through, which is fine. But I kinda wish it didn‘t. I liked it as it was.
The ending left me feeling indifferent - a shame since I loved the beginning.

15 books this month (thanks, quarantine). But of that, only 1 of those books was by an author of color, which is such a small percentage. It made me realize how very white my TBR is. Will aim to diversify.

April stats:
5 🎧 audio
7 🖥 ebooks
3 📚physical books
Fiction: 14
Nonfiction/essays/memoirs: 1
Authors of color: 1
Female authors: 8
From my shelf: 3
#monthlywrapup #aprilstats

Another book I picked up because I desperately miss the ocean and surfing right now. Although it‘s uncomfortable at times, this is a very well written book that captures the addiction of thrill in its beautiful and ugly ways. This one is going to sit with me for awhile. I‘m looking forward to checking out the film adaptation.

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 3 😍

@CoffeeK8 have a go at this challenge, if you‘re keen? 😊

I'm very passionate about #BannedBooksWeek and my friends probably get sick of my rants, but censorship exists and is wrong. Until it goes away... I'm not staying silent. @biblio_ginger and I took photos for our shop display and celebrate #SpeakingOut for Banned Books. 🧡 #istandwiththebanned

#unpopularopinion I just didn‘t get it. Didn‘t like it. Didn‘t connect to any of the characters. Only one of Winton‘s that I‘ve read but what does he have against quotation marks!!!🤔

Breath is set in the wild west of Australia. It is narrated by Bruce Pike, a divorced, middle aged paramedic and takes the form of a long flashback in which he remembers his childhood friendship with Ivan ‘Loonie‘ Loon. #wildwildwest #heatofjuly

#OldCoolBooks #DustJackets

Excited to see the movie adaptation of this lovely today 😍. Set and filmed in Denmark, Western Australia. #setinmytown

I‘d somehow forgotten just how wonderful Winton‘s descriptive prose is. The sense of time and place he creates is as good as that of any writer. Long hot Australian summers, and boys searching to be anything but ordinary men like their fathers. For me this is a 5 star book, and Dan Wyllie‘s narration is the cream on top 🤘🏽

Reposting this collection from a few months ago for @MyNamesParadise - some of my favourite #australian books in recent years.

This was my first by Winton, and did I ever love the writing! In sentences that spark and burst, he tells the story of two Australian teen boys' enmeshment with an older hippie couple. I'd have thought the surfing scenes would bore me to tears: in fact, they were exquisite. The sharp turn near the end of the story was jarring, and a little disappointing. But still a rich, rewarding 4-star read. I am eager to read a lot more by him.

In Australian English, I have just learned, a 'bombora' is a wave which forms over a submerged offshore reef or rock, sometimes breaking heavily and producing a dangerous stretch of broken water.

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Excuse my French but holy shit is this ever beautiful writing! ❤❤❤

The opening paragraphs. Dare I say this novel—my first by Winton—is going to be a wild ride?

(@Trav I am finally starting it! 😍)

No-one does the sea like Tim Winton. He has a surfer's respect for the ocean and a poet's eye. I recommend all of his books, but Breath is distilled, lucid perfection.
#septphotochallenge #somethingforsept #setbythesea

#Recommendsday - From Australian novelist Tim Winton, a complex coming-of-age story about taking risks, about the perilous balance between being ordinary and extraordinary - and the consequences of tipping that scale. Beautiful, provocative and haunting.