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Saturday Snapshot- Vivid Sydney

Final installment in the Australia mini-series: 'Vivid Sydney'! Vivid Sydney is an outdoor lights and music show that takes place in Sydney, and I was fortunate enough to attend their June 2018 exhibition. We viewed the 'exhibits' from a Sydney ferry- and thanks to Melinda @ A Web of Stories , I get to share these images with you! Sydney Opera House in the Daytime And showtime! Have any of you ever attended an outdoor lights show? It's an amazing feeling watching a visual artist perform their work for you- I'd love to go back again!

Saturday Snapshot-Whale Watching

Next stop on the Australia Diaries- Whale Watching on the Gold Coast! Thank you Melinda @ A Web of Stories for hosting Saturday Snapshot and allowing me to share my travels with you all! You can see the rest of the series here. Alright here we go! Waiting to board the ship Spotted our first fin! Get ready for the big jump! Now my photography skills aren't the best- and I was a little bit preoccupied with not falling off the boat, so I couldn't get any pictures of the whales completely out of the water. It was a surreal experience though!

Saturday Snapshot- Twelve Apostles

Hey everyone, I'm finally back with the next installment in my Australia Saturday Snapshot series! Thanks to Melinda @ A Web of Stories for continuing to host this series! Photo credits go to my dad for this one! Here are some stunning rock formations along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. View from the Twelve Apostles Have any of you driven the Great Ocean Road? Let me know in the comments below. Have a great weekend!

Saturday Snapshot-Antique Cars at Queen Victoria Market

Hey guys! This summer, my family and I traveled to Australia. I'm linking up with Melinda @ Westmetromommyreads to bring you pictures of my travels through Saturday Snapshots. I'm starting a series on my trip, so get ready to see loads of Australian sights! This week, I'll be sharing pictures of some Antique cars we saw while at Queen Victoria Market (Melbourne). Hope all you car buffs enjoy! Have any of you been to Australia? Or do you recognize any of these cars? Let me know in the comments below!

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Publication Date: January 11th 2018 Genre: Historical Fiction My Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Source : Own Copy This novel is based on the true story of two Slovakian Jews who survived the horror of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Lale Sokolov was made the tattooist at Auschwitz and had to scratch numbers into his fellow inmates' arms every day. He was forced to carve what eventually became a prominent symbol of this terrible time. Lale used this position of relative superiority to create a small business of trade. His survival and that of those around him, depended on it. His post allowed him a certain degree of movement, which he used to exchange money and jewels taken from his murdered comrades for food and essential supplies. "Many owed him their survival"

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Publication Date: February 28th, 2017 Genre: Young Adult, My Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Source: Own Copy Starr Carter attends a fancy suburban prep school. She has friends who live in suburbia and spend hundreds of dollars on clothes and makeup. Starr can't afford that. Starr goes home to a poor neighborhood, where tragedy seems to be the norm. The balance she's managed to strike between her two worlds is shattered when tragedy befalls her community again. Starr witnesses a policeman shoot her childhood friend, Khalil. He was unarmed. Now his death is making headlines around the country. People are calling him a drug dealer, a gangbanger and so many other things. The cops try to intimidate Starr. The local drug lord tries to intimidate Starr's family. All the while, she's the only one who can attest to what really happened.