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Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

Wonderful Austalian author Tim Winton has a lovely mix of memoir and nature writing of the land #downunder.

Pictured here with the adorable and incredibly dangerous blue ringed octopus. 😁

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Soubhiville @mreads why is this kind of octopus dangerous? Just more aggressive? It certainly is beautiful! 5y

mreads @Soubhiville They have enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. something like 10,000 more potent than cyanide 😯. And apparently they are small and cute. 5y

Soubhiville Oh! That‘s a little scary! I didn‘t realize there were venomous octopuses! 5y

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mreads @Soubhiville I love octopuses but they are definitely an animal I want to admire from a distance. 5y

Cinfhen Wow!! That‘s crazy @mreads I never realized how readily an octopus could be. #LiveAndLearn 5y

mreads @Cinfhen If you see one don't poke it or try for a selfie. Haha😁 5y

BarbaraBB Tim Winton! Good one. I loved his

Dirt Music: A Novel

erzascarletbookgasm Interesting fact about the octopus! 5y

mreads @BarbaraBB I loved Dirt Music too! 5y

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ReadingEnvy

Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

My best non-fiction reads of 2017.

DrexEdit I have a friend who that radio book would be perfect for! 😊 📻 7y

ReadingEnvy @DrexEdit as long as they don't mind graphic novel style! 7y

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pagesofgrace

Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

bailed

I honestly could barely get through a chapter without falling asleep. Memoirs are really not my thing, especially when they have no real plot and are super repetitive like I felt this was. Now I have to write an essay without having actually finished it 😩😩😩

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Long time Tim Winton hater over here! ✌️ (never recovered from reading Lockie Leonard) 7y

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pagesofgrace

Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

Having this little weirdo as my reading buddy makes getting through this book slightly more bearable #unireadingsucks #dogsoflitsy

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Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

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Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

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I really enjoyed this exploration of how landscape effects us. Tim Winton's island home is the often overlooked area of Western Australia. He looks at the history of the area in vignettes from his own life, and his writing transports the reader to an unusual place of decreasing wildness.

shawnmooney Sounds great! @Trav highly recommended a couple of his novels to me when we met in Tokyo last year, and I definitely plan to get to at least one of them this year. I've never read anything by him yet. 8y

Soubhiville Sounds good to me too! Stacked 🙂 8y

MrsMalaprop Have this on my bedside TBR. Am a massive fan & live in Western Australia. Read his memoir recently. ❤

The Boy Behind the Curtain

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saresmoore Ooh, this sounds wonderful! 8y

andrew61 It sounds great jenny, another author whose name i keep hearing but haven't read. Have you read 'Songlines' by Bruce Chatwin it's a really interesting book about the aboriginal experience in Australia. 8y

ReadingEnvy @MrsMalaprop oh I would love to hear if it resonates with you. For me the landscape was strange and beautiful but unfamiliar. He is someone I need to read more of for sure. 8y

ReadingEnvy @shawnmooney I want to read his novels too. He's slightly on my radar but I haven't read his fiction. 8y

ReadingEnvy @andrew61 I haven't read the Chatwin but want to. I spent a year reading from Oceania but pretty much skipped Australia, so much more to read. 8y

ReadingEnvy @Soubhiville @saresmoore enjoy! 8y

MrsMalaprop @andrew61 I've read Songlines. Hard work and fascinating is what I recall about it. Have read most of Tim Winton's books. The Riders is my favorite, although I think this might be his only novel not set in Australia. If you're looking for Oz setting then Dirt Music is worth a try 😊.

The Riders

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andrew61 There was a recent episode of a radio 4 book prog in which Charlotte wood and helen garner were discussing Australian fiction, I've not read them nor Elizabeth harrower, have you and if so any suggestions. I have daughters of mars in tbr list , and have enjoyed Peter Carey and Kate Grenville, makes me want to have an Australian book tour. 8y

ReadingEnvy @andrew61 I haven't read those you mention, only Peter Carey and Richard Flanagan. I've probably read more from NZ! 8y

andrew61 Id forgotten Richard Flanagan, which was brilliant. 8y

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Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

#bookmail !!! I'm such a sucker for islands. And Australia.

LeeRHarry Yes I too am an islomaniac!! 😊 plus I 💕 Australia 😆 oh and Tim Winton - classic choice! (edited) 8y

ReadingEnvy @LeeRHarry oh is he a classic? It will be my first. 8y

LeeRHarry Definitely - his book Cloudstreet I would say is his most well known 8y

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littleblogofbooks

Island Home: A landscape memoir | Tim Winton

My current read - I started this one while at the coast this week, you can see why! I had hoped to have it finished in time to start 2017 with a fresh book, but never mind. What book will you start your year with? HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! #thatcover #australianauthors

Well-ReadNeck I'm starting the year with

Mischling: A novel

littleblogofbooks That should be great @Well-ReadNeck ! Happy new year 8y

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