My only connection with the world and online community is via my mobile. It is now over a fortnight since I have been in this situation and it is distressing. However, I will try to do some short blogposts via the Blogger iphone app.
That brings me to the real topic of my post, namely my Christmas present to me. All my life I have really associated Christmas with being given books. As time has gone by, I have got fewer books and that is probably a good thing for my book-filled house. However, I always get a few and they will feature in a few of my posts.
The first one I want to talk about is my own present to me. A couple of days before Christmas I was heading to Readings in Carlton to collect some books I had waiting for me for Christmas presents. On a whim I checked their online catalogue to see if they had a book that I was interested in and joy! They had a copy at Carlton where I was headed.
The book is Adrienne Mayor's The Amazons which was published by Princeton University Press in 2014. This is a great and wide-ranging investigation into Amazons in antiquity. I had known about the research for this book for some time as I am part of a Facebook group that Adrienne Mayor set up to crowd-source information on Amazon-related topics. This has been a fascinating group to be part of and an example of the great use that social media can be put to.
I delved into Mayor's book the day I bought it and am really enjoying it. It is the sort of book that one can either dip into or read straight through. I have been doing both and gaining great enjoyment. I am so glad that on a whim I bought it as my Christmas present to me.
Book sounds great! I can also relate to your telco issues. A few months ago I had a week with no mobile...worst part was not knowing what was wrong or when it would be rectified! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteIt is awful! 16 days without landline, wifi or internet on my PC. The one good thing is that it has forced me to use this clunky Blogger app. I don't like it very much and it has limited functionality but at least I realize I can use it for simple text and picture!
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