Wreck this

During the week my sister sent me a book for the hell of it, to torture me I'm sure. 

I have OCD tendencies, always have had.  It's very hard for me to start a diary or journal, or even a colouring in book as I don't want to spoil it.

So when this arrived it caused me some stress:

According to Penguin Books Australia : Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchist's Artist's Way - the book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it.

Drawing outside the lines, are they crazy?

The book includes many acts of vandalism, including poking holes in pages, rubbing pages with dirt, use a page as a napkin, wiping your feet, you get the idea.  I don't think I can bring myself to do many of the activities requested, but there are a few fun things I can get on board with.

I'll be collecting stamps from my mail, doing some drawings and generally try to extend myself and have some fun.

What about you? 

Could you wreck your journal or does the thought of messing something up on purpose bring you out in hives?

Love Jo xxx

And the winner is...

                                     


The winner of my Animal People book give away was Surely Sarah.


I have sent an email, please get your details back to me and I will get your prize straight out to you.


Thanks to everyone who entered.


Jo xxx


This review was part of Product Talk by Nuffnang

Animal People - Review & Giveaway

This review is courtesy of Product Talk by Nuffnang

I love a good book, in fact I love to read full stop, often having several books on the go at once!  In the absence of books or magazines I would read a cereal packet.  

So when I had the opportunity to read and review Animal People by Charlotte Wood I was delighted.  I haven’t written a book review since school so it was a bit of a challenge.

                                   

Animal People follows a day in the life of Stephen Connolly, and it is a bad day.

Stephen is not a happy man, bullied by his mother and sister, unfulfilled by his dead end job and having decided his relationship must end he embarks on a day that goes from bad to worse.

Overlaid with the relationships between people and animals, and Stephen’s inability to relate, Animal People explores the best – and worst- of our society.

A great read, thoroughly enjoyable.  I haven’t read Charlotte Wood before, but I will be in the future.

Now for the giveaway.  I have a copy of Animal People for one of my readers.

•  Just follow my blog and leave a comment about whether you consider yourself an animal person or not.

•  For additional entries tweet and share on Facebook. 1 entry each, just leave a separate comment.

Entries will close 4.00pm Wednesday 23^rd November 2011 and the winner drawn via random.org and announced on the blog.

Please make sure I can email you to let you know you have won!