the process: facets

The silver lining to my Winton disappointment is my rather duh moment when I realised that most countries will need more than one book.

There is no way I can read a Winton and tick Australia. His blond, blue-eyed sun kissed version of Australia in not the only version that exists of that country. Australia, like most countries, if not all, have many facets, many angles, many disparate experiences; each valid and unique.

Rabbit proof fence and other books of Aboriginal origin have to be included for all countries where applicable for this project to mean anything. I would be livid if someone read Spud and then considered South Africa ‘done’ so I can’t do the same to other countries. 
I think i just expanded this project exponentially. Yay and oh dear in equal measure

currently reading: Tim Winton – The Riders

Reading yet another real book. Tim Winton The Riders. Have read and loved Winton before. This one is not set in Australia so it’ll be interesting to see how his Austalianness is evident. He has already said something is as obvious as a dunny in a dessert so I am feeling confident this apparent mystery will also make me smile.

the process: Cutting for Stone

I am reading Cutting for Stone at the moment, my book for Ethiopia

And I am gripped. From the first page I was sucked in, in a way that seldom happens

I am not sure why this book is so wonderful to read but it is the most amazing experience. I want to rush off to Ethiopia immediately and immerse myself in the country within the pages of this book. I want to befriend the characters and share their lives and mine

I may just be a little in love

I want to read both faster and slower at the same time.

I am envious of the me who has not even started it yet, and of the me who has finished it.