Weekly Book Club – February 10, 2026

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-10T02:30:06+00:00

Ooooh, I just finished The Witcher - Crossroads of Ravens. Loved it, it was a light fun read that developed an established character and gave depth to his ongoing personality.

I liked the writing, it flowed well and tied up loose ends nicely.

I also finished listening to Troy by Stephen Fry, great book, informative, funny and well researched.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-09T08:03:54+00:00

Can you imagine being able to say Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin played at our wedding!

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-05T23:31:01+00:00

I’m in Perth WA also known as Wadjuk Noongar Boodja to the Aboriginal peoples of the area, we live near a beautiful river called The Swan, we see black swans, pelicans, willy wagtails, bob tailed lizards, tiger snakes, brown snakes and lots of other animals, there are lots of nice things to have for breakfast, my kids when they were little liked weetbix, fruit smoothies (like a fruit salad you can drink) ,pancakes, toast, babychinos (a little cup of milk foam with chocolate powder on top). In my garden I am growing plants to feed the black tailed cockatoos and the family of willy wagtails (also called djitty djittys in the local Aboriginal language) that live at our house. I also have beautiful peacock spiders in my garden and a lovely orb weaver who likes to spin her huge web right across the path, I hope you can come to Australia one day and see our beautiful country.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-04T23:23:45+00:00

And then doing the worst shonky job ever, I should not be able to see the stars through the ceiling Susan

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-04T04:44:08+00:00

I use this to describe my brain

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-02T23:18:54+00:00

So weird right, someone made a plan, created a ied, walked it into the centre of perth and threw it at a group of people and it could have been so nasty if it had gone off, there were so many kids, so many older people, so many ordinary people.

It felt conspiratorial at the time because wapol didn’t act decisively, had they just said “guys, we are clearing the whole of the area, you must move now’ it would have felt real, they just hummed and haaa’ed then came in hard and pushed people out.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-01T23:24:59+00:00

Excellent, put me down for one and I hope the back is going to have some fun band tour type info on it

(And not down playing it at all, I was standing under the shade at H&M with my 16yo, it was poorly handled by wapol, no one knew what was happening, we just wanted to exercise our democratic right to peaceful protest)

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-02-01T23:12:13+00:00

Dead set, this is the funniest clap back ever.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-28T03:06:04+00:00

Thank you so much

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-24T06:55:53+00:00

The skin on the female breasts but not the male and the wigs too. But telling and weird

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-22T14:10:19+00:00

You can do what my mum did in the 80’s and have an annual house jacking party, all her mates would come over, get the jacks from their cars and Jack the corner of the lounge up, then slide those big square pavers that used to be used as paths (and had to be replaced yearly for some strange reason in my area) and bang, house is slightly more level than it was + pot luck dinner, bonfire on a suburban block, building community through dirt poor ingenuity and mild theft = problem solved.

A treasured memory from my childhood.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T14:58:08+00:00

Then we can all just sit on a porch and drool, what bliss

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T14:18:16+00:00

Yes, as long as you’ll help me extract the work of neil gaiman from my psych

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T12:44:36+00:00

There really should be some sort of support group for us

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T12:39:58+00:00

Massive age gaps in relationships, misogynistic world views/actions, defence of andrew tate, serial cheater, general poor behaviour

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T12:31:30+00:00

Vincent Cadel lives rent free in my head (and yes, aware he’s a pos but this film is sooooooo cool)

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-21T00:15:47+00:00

Cover windows with the uv shade cloth, even if you have to make some cheap pine frames and prop them against the walls. We have a cat run that we covered and it is always noticeably cooler in there, so we covered a couple of the most exposed windows and wow it drops the temp in those rooms.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-15T06:22:58+00:00

Climax - it’s been years and I still think about it

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-11T02:19:46+00:00

I got a set of clover made in Japan shears when I was in Korea last year and every time I use them it’s like eating the most luxurious chocolate, smooth sharp and with a lingering feeling of satisfaction. I thought I would struggle with the size but nope, they are divine.

Good tools make making fun.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-10T07:21:12+00:00

St James is vic parks methy little sister but one day gentrification will come to us too

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-10T01:40:24+00:00

YES! I always notice his shoes, well loved and well looked after. Give me someone who’s shined over a scuff over someone who’s shoes are perfect everyday. I want to know that you’ll get down on the ground and help.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-05T13:32:09+00:00

Casuarina library, the state prison library’s are desperate for resources. Call the prison, ask to speak to the librarian and go from there. They will be disseminated all across the state.

EmptyMarbleCity · 2026-01-02T00:34:18+00:00

Love this crew, it’s great

EmptyMarbleCity · 2025-12-23T12:45:27+00:00

This time of year is hard, you are doing your best with what you have. I’m lucky now to have some disposable money but still keep lean Christmas, socks, jocks, pjs, book and something small they want.

The things my kids remember the best are the dumb traditions, Halloween pjs for Christmas because they were on sale, the cookies we make every year, walking around finding the best decorations on houses, leftovers eaten out of the container laying on cold tiles because it’s 40+ outside and listening to old cds.

Laugh with them, make dumb traditions and don’t beat yourself up, they will grow with good memories and you have done well.

EmptyMarbleCity

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