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101 Amazing Facts about Australia
In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Australia. Separated into sections such as its geography, its people, its wildlife, famous Australian figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside!
Whether you are planning on visiting Australia, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your bookshelf. Find the information you need, fast!
Whether you are planning on visiting Australia, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your bookshelf. Find the information you need, fast!
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21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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January 30, 2021
So this year I have decided to double my usual challenge. Just now I decided this. Every year I try to read a book a day, and many of those are picture books because I love picture books, and the new kids' books are displayed conveniently near the library door, and often there are themed displays. It's fun and spontaneous and good when I feel overwhelmed by life or responsibilities or what have you. Sometimes one becomes bogged down in serious or literally heavier books, in which case a picture book is an easy way to regain a feeling of progress.
So there's that. But also, and I freely volunteer that this is petty, I really want to get back on the list. When I joined GoodReads back in 2008, I had already been in the habit of keeping track of my reading since, more or less 1988. Over the years I lost versions of print lists and changed databases and such and became possibly a wee bit obsessed with having a long-lasting version. So when I joined GR after the demise of a truly beloved site, Readerville, I came bearing a database. Which I uploaded. And also, my To Read list increased exponentially. So basically I showed up and pretty much instantly became a member who had read a lot of books and one who added a tremendous number of books to the database. Never was I especially popular, none of my reviews ever got more than a few likes, but a lot of books reviewed meant that I popped up a lot. My reviews had a long tail, if you will.
So yeah, I am never going to win any recognition in the world at large, but I was in the top 50 of the Top 100 readers on GR because I had been writing reviews for 20 years at that point, and I had made an effort to keep track of what I had read and when.
That was nice. And then one day I noticed I wasn't on the list. And I still don't know why. Looks like I should be. Whatever. By dint of reading a truly stupid number of books in one year and keeping track in real-time I hope to either draw attention to a trivial but inexplicable weirdness or just read my way back on to the list. Because anything trivial is worth making a minimal but genuinely pointless stab at, right?
Plus my libraries have hooked me up with a number of electronic options for books, and I should be able to find plenty and turn them around quickly without inconveniencing my fellow patrons.
So, here I go: #1 on my new 365 Kids shelf.
Plot twist: it isn't a picture book. One of the flaws with Hoopla is not being able to easily distinguish text-only from picture books. So, likely to see this sort of thing again.
As for the title: while not all of the facts were amazing, quite a few of them were. There isn't a lot of context, just a list under a heading. And it really doesn't seem fair to start history with the English arriving. But that's it.Library
Library copy
So there's that. But also, and I freely volunteer that this is petty, I really want to get back on the list. When I joined GoodReads back in 2008, I had already been in the habit of keeping track of my reading since, more or less 1988. Over the years I lost versions of print lists and changed databases and such and became possibly a wee bit obsessed with having a long-lasting version. So when I joined GR after the demise of a truly beloved site, Readerville, I came bearing a database. Which I uploaded. And also, my To Read list increased exponentially. So basically I showed up and pretty much instantly became a member who had read a lot of books and one who added a tremendous number of books to the database. Never was I especially popular, none of my reviews ever got more than a few likes, but a lot of books reviewed meant that I popped up a lot. My reviews had a long tail, if you will.
So yeah, I am never going to win any recognition in the world at large, but I was in the top 50 of the Top 100 readers on GR because I had been writing reviews for 20 years at that point, and I had made an effort to keep track of what I had read and when.
That was nice. And then one day I noticed I wasn't on the list. And I still don't know why. Looks like I should be. Whatever. By dint of reading a truly stupid number of books in one year and keeping track in real-time I hope to either draw attention to a trivial but inexplicable weirdness or just read my way back on to the list. Because anything trivial is worth making a minimal but genuinely pointless stab at, right?
Plus my libraries have hooked me up with a number of electronic options for books, and I should be able to find plenty and turn them around quickly without inconveniencing my fellow patrons.
So, here I go: #1 on my new 365 Kids shelf.
Plot twist: it isn't a picture book. One of the flaws with Hoopla is not being able to easily distinguish text-only from picture books. So, likely to see this sort of thing again.
As for the title: while not all of the facts were amazing, quite a few of them were. There isn't a lot of context, just a list under a heading. And it really doesn't seem fair to start history with the English arriving. But that's it.Library
Library copy
November 9, 2021
2021 Reading Challenge #30: Set in Australia
I had a hard time finding a book for this challenge. Originally it was going to be Big Little Lies buuuuuuut I didn’t want to do that so it took me a while to find a replacement. I thought this was a nice substitute, quick and informative. I had fun listening to this and now my want to visit Australia has risen! I’ll get there one day.
I had a hard time finding a book for this challenge. Originally it was going to be Big Little Lies buuuuuuut I didn’t want to do that so it took me a while to find a replacement. I thought this was a nice substitute, quick and informative. I had fun listening to this and now my want to visit Australia has risen! I’ll get there one day.
January 19, 2016
Quick read
This book did not take long at all to read, but it was still very interesting. Good for people with a mild curiosity of Australia.
This book did not take long at all to read, but it was still very interesting. Good for people with a mild curiosity of Australia.
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