Miranda Spary

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read and life as she sees it . . .

It's been a huge week of change: a tearful farewell to our lovely gulet Miranda on Turkey's south coast, then two days in ridiculously fascinating Istanbul, a day of sloth and yum cha in Singapore, a quick coffee with friends in Christchurch; so I was as fidgety as a 3-year-old boy with a full bladder as we finally landed at Queenstown Airport.

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read and life as she sees it . . .

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read and life as she sees it ...

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read, and life as she sees it ...

London's burning and the world is in major financial meltdown.

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read and life as she sees it . . .

It is a miracle the Queenstown Times has made it to 500 issues, as the powers that be there certainly didn't choose this journalist on skills, experience or qualifications.

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read, and life as she sees it ...

Arrowtown book buyer Miranda Spary continues her regular column about her recommendations for a good read and life as she sees it ...