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Shooting Pheasants…
Well, despite my best endeavours, I’ve been busy over the last week or so (Oxfam bits and pieces, and an unexpected visit from my Younger Daughter), so I’ve not been looking at anyone else’s posts, or checking my own, and consequently missed seeing that I had been selected by Jane and Briar, over at Fleur…
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My Life in Books!
A selection of some my old childhood books – can you guess which is my favourite? I’m always fascinated by other people’s reading habits (when I’m in someone else’s house I always look at the bookshelves) and I’ve really enjoyed the occasional My Life in Books series Simon T runs over on his blog Stuck…
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An Indian Adventure With A Suitable Boy
Over the last couple of years I’ve looked at the Team Reads run by Lynne over at dovegreyreader(an exceedingly good blog – if you’ve never seen it, take a look, now), and considered joining in, but never quite plucked up the courage. Normally I like to race through a book to discover the ending, then…
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Singing – with a Girdle in her Hand!
October has been a funny sort of month, when I don’t seem to have got into my reading or writing stride at all. I started well, but I was at my Mother’s for a bit earlier in the month, and the Man of the House and I have just been on a last-minute break down…
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A Story That Never Really Got Under Way…
I’ve finally got round to posting my thoughts on Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Carousel which, if you remember, I won in a draw organised by Pam over at The Travellin’ Penguin, and read while en route to my Younger Daughter in London. I’m the first to admit this is not quite my usual literary fare, and…