Delia reviewed Superman by Mark Millar by Mark Millar
I’m new to comics…
2 stars
And maybe this is all disjointed because it’s an out of order collation, but I’m not convinced with the writing…
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Delia finished reading Superman by Mark Millar by Mark Millar
Delia reviewed Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Life on our planet as you've never seen it before
A team of astronauts in …
Beautiful and restful
4 stars
Audiobook - it’s both a brilliant and potentially damning thing that this book almost instantly put me to sleep; and I’m not sure that it would have been one I would have been able to read physically. I enjoyed the detail of the astronauts day to day life and at times it read more like an autobiography or documentary than fiction. I listened to the end and don’t remember how it ended… and yet I don’t mind. This is the vibe of it I guess.
Delia finished reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Life on our planet as you've never seen it before
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect …
A biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 12 …
Pitch perfect
5 stars
After reading “carrying the fire” last year, I’m super impressed with this shorter, illustrated book that captures so well the Apollo mission and Michael’s personality.
Delia finished reading The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert
A biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 12 space capsule while his colleagues …
Delia reviewed Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles
Home is many people and places and languages, some separated by oceans.
Where is the …
Several threads that take a while to come together
4 stars
Beautiful writing, the feeling of disconnection I think is deliberate? But hard slog in the middle. Loved the last few essays that gently pulls it all together
Delia finished reading Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles
Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles
Home is many people and places and languages, some separated by oceans.
Where is the place your body is anchored? …
Delia reviewed Shackleton's Way by Margot Morrell
Dated yet excellent (at least 2/3 of it)
4 stars
So a book from the early 2000s is going to have some hilarious commentary on what it’s like since the baby boomers have found themselves in executive leadership, and the role of the internet in the world. It was a book in chronological chapters of Shackletons ordeal with learning points as summary and then reflection from modern leaders. It could have done without the latter - most especially glaring when comparing the last part of Shackletons journey across an island with two other men; frostbitten and starving, making the call to careen down a sheer glacier simply because there was no other way; closely followed by the CEO of Jaguar making record profits by encouraging staff to push themselves to the limits? Uh-uh - not a match!! But the bits about Shackleton himself were well written accessible and compelling, and I’m grateful for his story to be nestled in the …
So a book from the early 2000s is going to have some hilarious commentary on what it’s like since the baby boomers have found themselves in executive leadership, and the role of the internet in the world. It was a book in chronological chapters of Shackletons ordeal with learning points as summary and then reflection from modern leaders. It could have done without the latter - most especially glaring when comparing the last part of Shackletons journey across an island with two other men; frostbitten and starving, making the call to careen down a sheer glacier simply because there was no other way; closely followed by the CEO of Jaguar making record profits by encouraging staff to push themselves to the limits? Uh-uh - not a match!! But the bits about Shackleton himself were well written accessible and compelling, and I’m grateful for his story to be nestled in the self help/leadership corner of the Hospital library. Would (half) recommend.
Delia finished reading Shackleton's Way by Margot Morrell
Delia started reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Life on our planet as you've never seen it before
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect …
Delia reviewed Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of …
Love the Cairngorms, don’t recognise them here
2 stars
On one hand, loved (some of) the writing, read the book within a day- loved (some of) the themes. Passed the placenta test… but the twin trope was awful and the violence and hypocrisy about responses to violence; had too many happy endings for too many difficult topics
Delia finished reading Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen …
Delia reviewed Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial …
Game changer
5 stars
I’m hoping in time this book will age out, as criticisms of Australian society become unfair, and further knowledge about aboriginal land management informs new industry and preservation… at times feels a bit brow beating but it’s (for me at least) a new perspective, entirely new and exciting
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists …