What do you get when you combine a sporting franchise run by an egotistical bozo that is feeling the economic downturn, a female billboard model on the verge of getting fired, and a reality TV show? A Dash of Reality. … Continue reading
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Travel Theme: White
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Ailsa’s theme this week is WHITE. This wee guy greets Chevvy and I often as we walk around the estuary and I wanted to share him with you. And because it talks about vanilla sex I thought I might add … Continue reading
Play Him Again: A Review
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When I received the synopsis of this book and a request for a review I was intrigued. Jeffrey Stone’s request was unusual enough in itself to tell me that anything he had written could be good. Hi, Jo, how are … Continue reading
The Angry Woman Suite
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The Angry Woman Suite is an unexpected novel. Most authors shy away from having more than one protagonist. Lee Fullbright has three. This different take actually works which I found surprising, as I have rarely come across a book where … Continue reading
Self publishing or self indulgence ???
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Lately I have been receiving e-mails from authors requesting that I review their books. Sounds good so far…free books. But let’s look at the last three books that have come my way. Corpalism by Arun D Ellis: The first two … Continue reading
Speculation
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*** It is always nice when a friend remembers you in their will isn’t it ? But what if what they leave you is a choice ? Remember that TV show The Money Or The Box. What would you choose … Continue reading
Winnie – the – Pooh
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I was undecided about whether to include Pooh in the reading challenge. It was such a favourite as a child. Then I remembered the joy I found in the Hundred Acre Wood when my own children were small. In the … Continue reading
Charlinder’s Walk
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With the world the way it is I thought the premise of Charlinder’s Walk would make for interesting reading. In 2010 a great plague strikes. By 2012 it has taken down the majority of the world’s human population, with only … Continue reading
Little Women
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This was a childhood favourite. Maybe because my own world was a little topsy turvy did it seems the the world of the March’s was a lovley place to inhabit. Their trials were there for sure…but the loving unit they … Continue reading
Rebecca
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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” As I read the opening line to Rebecca a haze formed around me, the lights drifted away, the sounds of life as I know it dissipated and I fell in to … Continue reading
Black Beauty
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Black Beauty was one of the first books I remember reading as a child. As a child I loved the fact that the story was told from Beauty’s POV. I’ve read that when Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty she hoped … Continue reading
What I thought of Scorpio Rising
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They say that adversity makes you stronger. If that is true then the characters of Alex Ivanov and Brigitte Dartois are two of the strongest characters you’ll likely ever meet. I really enjoyed Scorpio Rising and read it in a … Continue reading
The Spiritkeeper
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Quite early on when I started to blog, I found a website that drew me back – each time reading new chapters the writer had posted from her novel. I began to comment on her personal blog, and luckily for … Continue reading
Black Like Me
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It was the summer I turned fourteen that I wandered into a dusty book shop in Maroubra. The shop itself was almost hidden in a small dingy mall. The windows were grimy; a fag hung from the mouth of the … Continue reading
Living Oprah
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A few weeks ago a friend mailed a copy of Living Oprah to me. One day I must ask her why she thought I needed to read it. It took a while for me to get around to reading it. … Continue reading
