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Black Like Me

  It was the summer I turned fourteen that I wandered into a dusty book shop in Maroubra. The shop … More

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Black Like me, book review, books, Jo Bryant, John Howard Griffin, life, non-fiction, people, Personal, racial prejudice, racial prejudice in America, racial prejudice in the 1950's

Hairy Maclary and friends.

Dame Lynley Dodd  is quite a hero to New Zealanders and I suspect to children and grown-ups everywhere who have … More

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Hairy Maclary, Lynley Dodd, New Zealand, photos, sculptures, Tauranga

Outlander

Let’s get this out there first. I love The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. I have from the first moment … More

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books, Caitriona Balfe, Diana Gabaldon, Outlander, reviews, Sam Heughan, Scotland, Tobias Menzies, TV

New Species Series – Review

I recently read these books by Laurann Dohner. Well most of them at least. It started because I wondered what … More

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book review, books, erotica, Laurann Dohner, New Species, romance

When love is a twisted affair, someone is always broken.

A few weeks ago I watched Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby. I had put off watching it, fearful that it … More

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Baz Lurhmann, books, F.Scott Fitgerald, leonardo di caprio, movies, reviews, Robert Redford, The Great Gatsby

Writers’ Envy Gone Mad

I follow Anne Rice on facebook because she touches on some very interesting topics, and the discussions that follow are … More

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bullying, jealousy, JK Rowling, Lynn Shepherd, news, writer bullying, writers

Marionette – My Thoughts

Some of you may know the lovely lady above. T B Markinson is her name for those of you who … More

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book review, books, fiction, Marionette, T. B. Markinson

This lady is no Marionette.

There is nothing better than watching a friend find her way with her passions. So today I am thrilled to … More

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A Woman Lost, books, Marionette, T. B. Markinson

A Dash of Reality

What do you get when you combine a sporting franchise run by an egotistical bozo that is feeling the economic … More

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A Dash of Reality, book, book review, Chic-Lit, Jo Bryant, Lee Murray, New Zealand, review, Tauranga

Rape in the Congo – Love in the 21st Century

Not so long ago an intriguing e-mail arrive in my inbox. It was from David J. Schmidt asking if I … More

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Christian Grey, David J. Schmidt, E.L. James, Edward Cullen, Fifty Shades of Grey, guest blogging, Pirates of the Danube: The Erotic Adventures of Pepper MacOralby, Twilight

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