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I shall read on a train, on a plane …

Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

But sadly, I can’t read under water. Well at least I couldn’t, until this weekend.

Scuba diving, Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

I have acquired a new phone housing for diving that allows access to all your apps, including Kindle! So if I wanted to, I could read under the water 😂

But Aliwal Shoal is well known for its active population of sharks, so taking a moment or two to read is really not advisable 🦈😂

Ragged tooth shark, one of many!

In reality, I was taking a photograph of a diving buddy.

It was such an amazing trip, and of course I did read, but safely above the water 📖

Marble ray
Slightly blurry cowrie
Nudibranch
So many starfish

This is my other love. The sea 🌊 it brings me peace and calm.

My happy place 🥰
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Gone diving…

Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

I am going scuba diving for the next 4 days. Time for some vitamin sea!

I have packed my Kindle (fully stocked), earphones for my audiobooks, and the latest Lauren Beukes novel, Bridge.

Not sure if I have enough books. What do you think?

😂

Posted in My bookish personality

I tried, I swear I tried

Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

Instead of a misspent youth, I worked in a local municipal library throughout my undergrad degree. Yes, I was that girl. Locum for anyone on leave, off sick etc.

Dewey decimal system forever 💪 and let’s not even mention the extra books allowed on my library card as a staff member! Bonus!!

When the trend of organising bookshelves by colour as opposed to alphabetically took hold of everyone, I could simply not do it.

It went against all my literary standards and the thought hurt my heart. But one day, I did it. I did the colour thing and it looked beautiful, for about an hour …

Then it began bugging me. My Dean Koontz books were all over the place and let’s not even talk about the Patricia Cornwells. I know! Shocking!

It lasted less than a week. Now we are back to alphabetical, by author’s surname, as it should be. Sanity has prevailed and my little librarian heart is at peace once more.