January 2012 Highlights

I thought I would share a couple books I have in my “Too-Read” Pile that I would like to start this month! I’m not even in my pyjamas this time! Bed’s not made and the cat is in the same

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January 2012 Highlights

I thought I would share a couple books I have in my “Too-Read” Pile that I would like to start this month! I’m not even in my pyjamas this time! Bed’s not made and the cat is in the same

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2011 Book Count Post-Mortem

Well, the end of the year has been rung in, and here are the stats: Of a total of 68 books. I think the one that surprised me the most was that I had only read 8 and 7 Science

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2011 Book Count Post-Mortem

Well, the end of the year has been rung in, and here are the stats: Of a total of 68 books. I think the one that surprised me the most was that I had only read 8 and 7 Science

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Michael Ondaatje – The Cat’s Table

Finished: September 22 2011 Book Count: 54 When it came to things like ice cream cones and party shoes, my mother always told me “expect nothing and you will seldom be disappointed”. As discouraging as that is to hear as

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Michael Ondaatje – The Cat’s Table

Finished: September 22 2011 Book Count: 54 When it came to things like ice cream cones and party shoes, my mother always told me “expect nothing and you will seldom be disappointed”. As discouraging as that is to hear as

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Charlaine Harris – Dead Reckoning

Finished: July 18 Book Count: 43 People ask me what I think about vampire fiction – mostly in reference to a particular brand of vampire fiction that I am sure that we all know. I have never read these books

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Charlaine Harris – Dead Reckoning

Finished: July 18 Book Count: 43 People ask me what I think about vampire fiction – mostly in reference to a particular brand of vampire fiction that I am sure that we all know. I have never read these books

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WH Auden – The Dyer’s Hand

A book that is very near and dear to my heart, I thought I would share my enthusiasm in person.

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WH Auden – The Dyer’s Hand

A book that is very near and dear to my heart, I thought I would share my enthusiasm in person.

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I Even Love Books without Words in

I really like notebooks. Really, really like them. I seem to have very strong compulsion to write down just about everything that passes through my mind, and coupled with my desire to always be prepared I have one for just

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I Even Love Books without Words in

I really like notebooks. Really, really like them. I seem to have very strong compulsion to write down just about everything that passes through my mind, and coupled with my desire to always be prepared I have one for just

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Ode to my eReader

When I purchased my eReader this summer, it quickly became apparent to me that very few people I knew actually knew me. I am still continually amazed at the burning desire of people to tell me that they didn’t think

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Ode to my eReader

When I purchased my eReader this summer, it quickly became apparent to me that very few people I knew actually knew me. I am still continually amazed at the burning desire of people to tell me that they didn’t think

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PD James – Death comes to Pemberley

Finished: December 20 2011 Book Count: 65 Enjoy some rambles and cat stretches.  

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PD James – Death comes to Pemberley

Finished: December 20 2011 Book Count: 65 Enjoy some rambles and cat stretches.  

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Alec Guinness vs Gary Oldman: Fight!

As you have no doubt noticed before, gentle reader, I do rather like John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. I originally read the book because Benedict Cumberbatch, the most beautiful man on the earth, was to be in the

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Alec Guinness vs Gary Oldman: Fight!

As you have no doubt noticed before, gentle reader, I do rather like John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. I originally read the book because Benedict Cumberbatch, the most beautiful man on the earth, was to be in the

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Reading Week!

This, dear friends, is Reading Week. It is that glorious time between Christmas and New Year’s that I have nothing to do but try stage a last ditch effort to beat my Book Count of the previous year. It is,

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Reading Week!

This, dear friends, is Reading Week. It is that glorious time between Christmas and New Year’s that I have nothing to do but try stage a last ditch effort to beat my Book Count of the previous year. It is,

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Mentally Negligible

When you search “mentally negligible” in Google, this is the fourth site that comes up. LOVE IT.  

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Mentally Negligible

When you search “mentally negligible” in Google, this is the fourth site that comes up. LOVE IT.  

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Books I Bought Today: October 30th, 2011

I thought that I would also start writing a bit about the books that I buy – as sometimes I buy more than I read. I will always read them eventually sometimes they have a tendency to sit in the

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Books I Bought Today: October 30th, 2011

I thought that I would also start writing a bit about the books that I buy – as sometimes I buy more than I read. I will always read them eventually sometimes they have a tendency to sit in the

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