Books As Habits....

When a book is good enough to earn a place on my shelf I have developed the habit of marking on the inside cover each time I read it. Some seem to be annual journeys like the Hawk and the Dove trilogy or Jane Eyre. Then there are the ones that get lost in the corners but emerge every few years for a fresh reading.

This week it's a 200 page autobiography by Jill Conway titled The Road From Coorain. My notes in the front show 1994, 1998, 2001, and now 2009. Not on the 'most favorite' list but a well written, clean, honest story about growing up in Australia and her slow realization of the catastrophic effect colonialism had on the Aborigine peoples who were there before her. A good way to wind up a summer reading list.