when only the best will do

 

Are you one of those people that loves to sing along with radio ads?!

 

Didn't think so.

 

But for those who are, here's a CD full of them.

Golden tunes like Happy Little Vegemite, Aeroplane Jelly, Benson and Hedges, Toyota - Oh What A Feeling, Nigger Boy Soap Pads (seriously), and Hard Yakka.

Surely you'll want this on repeat on a long car trip.

 

2012 eclectic reader challenge: april - historical fiction

From www.goodreads.com : 


"At fourteen, Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provençal lavender farm and sent to work in Marseilles. Her life there is hard and impoverished, but Simone discovers the music hall and a dream: to one day be a famous dancer and singer...




Belinda Alexandra has created a tale of passion and courage that moves from the backstreets of Marseilles to the grand music theatres of Paris, from the countryside of Provence to decadent pre-war Berlin and jazz-age New York. " 


Felt a bit 'meh' in the 1st half of this book, but am so glad I pressed on! I loved the story & the WW2 history from a French perspective was fascinating. The characters were maybe a bit 2D if I'm gonna b picky - but I really loved this. 

Never read anything from this author before (this was recommended by a bookmobile regular!), But will def read more of Belinda Alexandra's stuff! I gave it 4/5 stars on Goodreads (Would've given it 4.5 stars if I could've!)

i've been everywhere, man

Ok, I love listverse. But I love it even more since this afternoon I stumbled upon their top ten list of Bizarre Travel Guides. Holy mini-break, Batman!

For example:

At last! And it's the "REVISED" copy, so you know it's up-to-date!

We've all been there.

Must check our library for some of these titles...

love to travel (anywhere)?

Here's a site to bookmark and frequent. Globe Genie lets you travel anywhere in the world and take a peek... Click on 'teleport' and... suprise! Brilliant.

Go to Globe Genie

itchy feet

Don't ya just love it when other people's travel pictures are so beautiful, you just want to hop on a plane right now? Here's a couple of pics from a friend's trip to Italy...so gorgeous!