Revolution (review-esque ... thing)

Yesterday afternoon, I finished reading Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly.
And I'm not really sure what I can say, besides this: It was the closest to perfect book that I have ever read.
Ever.

It follows the story of Andi, who lives in Brooklyn. She is trying to get over the death of her brother, Truman, which she feels is her fault.

Alex (Alexandrine) lives in France in the 18th century. She gets to know the Dauphin, Louis-Charles, and when he is locked away during the revolution (he was a threat to the throne).

Andi visits Paris and finds Alex's diary, and then, well, stuff happens.

Writing Reviews is not my stronghold, but I have to say, this book had everything I like to read about. It all combined to create a wonderful, gripping tale, with some of the most realistic characters and scenes I may ever read about.

It's the type of book I could only dream of writing.

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Some Photography.

Bear in mind that I am a truly terrible photographer ... but I do a lot of it, so I thought I'd just dump some here!

 The sun just about to set - taken from my front deck, around October-ish?

 The most perfectly green tree in all of Australia, I swear. Taken around late-October, on holiday in the Southern Highlands.

 Late September - flowers in the back garden.

 Just before Christmas - set the camera on self-timer and ran around throwing tinsel in the air. Goodness, the house is ... messy.

 Around Christmas. The sun shining through clouds over the ocean, last time I went to the coast.

 January? At my friend Frances' ski lodge. Found some old candles and lit them. Spazzed a bit. Let out our inner pyromaniacs. Took heaps of photos. (Frances is lighting it).

 February? Not the best photo, but I love all these books ... almost all of them have shaped me in some way.

Had to document how perfect this cup of tea looked ...

The parsley in our garden is just so freakin' green!!

(November-ish)

November?

The sun looked really perfect with the window and curtains and stuff ...

-The End-

TAA-DAAA!

:)