Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Category Archives: Stuff and Nonsense
Things that are making me happy this week
01. It’s Eurovision week (tune me out for the next seven days if needed). Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. Back to the opera. Saw a stunning new production of Aida. The huge LED screens were very impressive (image). Continue reading
20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)
Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy states, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). Continue reading
Sample Saturday – three memoirs
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. I find it hard to bypass a misery-memoir – this week’s picks all fall into that genre. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Beezus and Ramona to Every Frenchman Has One
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. Footy is back, and today my daughter played her 50th game. Continue reading
Stella Prize 2021 – and the winner is…
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld is the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize.
Thoughts: well, that picnic scene is still running through my mind, almost a year after reading it… and a book focused on male violence and misogyny is certainly topical.
Congratulations to Evie Wyld and all the short and long-listed authors.
Things that are making me happy this week
01. More Comedy Festival – this week Nath Valvo. Laughed and laughed and laughed. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – an alcoholic, friends, and a boy
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. No idea why I have any of these. Continue reading