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June 2016

Books Read

Laurence

The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton (completed June 2016)

Sweetbitter – Stephanie Danler (completed June 2016)

Animal Farm by George Orwell (completed July 2016)

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (completed August 2016)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (completed November 2016)

Paper Towns by John Green (completed November 2016)

Executive Orders by Tom Clency (completed November 2016)

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (completed November 2016)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (completed November 2016)

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer (completed November 2016)

Marching Powder by Rusty Young (completed December 2016)

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (completed December 2016)

The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (completed December 2016)

The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy completed (completed December 2016)

The Martian by Andy Weir (completed December 2016)

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (completed January 2017)

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (completed January 2017)

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (completed January 2017)

Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas (completed January 2017)

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (completed in Januay 2017)

The Twelve/The Passage by Justin Cronin (in progress)

Maree

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park (completed May 2016)

After You by JoJo Moyes (completed May 2016)

New York by Edward Rutherfurd (completed May 2016)

Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez (recommended by Jann Marx) (completed June 2016)

The Fear of Flying by Erica Jong (recommended by Meghan Pinfold) (completed June 2016)

Animal Farm by George Orwell (completed June 2016)

The Martian by Andy Weir (recommended by Laurence Bullivant) (completed June 2016)

Inferno by Dan Brown (completed July 2016)

Belle by Lesley Pearse (completed July 2016)

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (completed July 2016)

The Great Gasby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (completed July 2016)

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (completed July 2016)

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (completed August 2016)

Elizabeth Smart: My Story by Elizabeth A Smart and Chris Stewart (completed August 2016)

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (completed August 2016)

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi (completed August 2016)

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (completed September 2016)

Marching Powder by Rusty Young (completed September 2016)

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (completed September 2016)

Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James (completed September 2016)

Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James (completed September 2016)

Grey  by E. L. James (completed September 2016)

Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 – 5) by Hugh Howey (completed October 2016)

First Shift – Legacy by Hugh Howey (completed October 2016)

Second Shift – Order by Hugh Howey (completed October 2016)

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (completed November 2016)

Paper Towns by John Green (completed November 2016)

I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb (completed December 2016)

Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keys (completed December 2016)

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (completed January 2017)

Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas (completed January 2017)

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (completed January 2017)

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (completed January 2017)

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (completed February 2017)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (completed February 2017)

The Mistletoe Bride by Kate Mosse (completed February 2017)

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (completed February 2017)

Unbroken by Paula Morris (completed February 2017)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (completed July 2017)

Alcatraz #1259 by William G Baker (completed July 2017)

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (completed July 2017)

Lucy in the Sky by Paige Toon (completed August 2017)

Handle with Care by Jodi Pilcott (completed August 2017)

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (completed August 2017)

The Passage by Justin Cronin (in progress)



Louisiana – New Orleans

We made our flight from Los Angeles to Dallas, which was so overbooked the airline staff were offering people cash to take a later flight. We would have considered this, however we wanted to get the show on the road. We were ready to leave California. After arriving at the ‘hotel’ at 12:30 am, we slept fitfully and briefly before making the 8 and a bit hour drive to New Orleans.
Arriving in New Orleans was interesting. We had booked a room for the night on our lunch stop at Subway. Turns out, it was an old asylum and was more like a hostel than a hotel. Either way, we took food recommendations and ate ‘Poboys’ for dinner. The Blind Pelican turned out to be an exceptional recommendation and we ate far too much (as usual). Continue reading 



California – San Diego and Los Angeles

California Dreamin!

I have to say that the amount of driving between cities and through states definitely is not a dream.  It is not until you actually start to travel through, explore, and then move on that you feel the vast distance of America.  Until this point, it the sheer size of the country has eluded me.  Laurence on the other hand, being the main driver, has felt it from the start. Continue reading 



Arizona – Flagstaff and Phoenix

I think that we stayed in one of the worst places we could in Flagstaff.  It was about $40 a night for a small Motel unit.  There were people drinking and smoking for a lot of the night and I didn’t sleep much.  Laurence slept marginally better than I did, but I think his discomfort was from the bed and pillows rather than the noises outside the room.  This was our first stop after Las Vegas and I think we were both trying to be cautious with the amount we spent there and trying to tighten the belt a little.  In hindsight, $10-15 more per night is not too much to pay for comfort.  The sole benefit of the Motel was that it had a cute Diner across the road which we ate at on five occasions over the three nights that we stayed there. Continue reading 



Navada – Las Vegas

The flight from Sydney to Los Angeles was a long one – we had gotten up at around 5:00 am to avoid the Sydney traffic and get to the airport for our flight leaving later that morning.  After 13 hours of flying with only an hour or so of snoozing on the plane for each of us we landed in Los Angeles – it was sill 6:00am on the same day!  This, and Maree’s inability to stay awake any longer (can anyone say Zombie!!!), made the 5 hour drive to Las Vegas a painful one.  We were both ready for some sleep when we arrived at the hotel at about 2:00 pm.  After a quick nap we went for an explore, had some food, and turned in early for the night. Long flights suck. Continue reading 




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