01. Invested in a new Kindle (only my third in 18 years, so I think they’re good value if you apply the ‘cost-per-use’ measure!). It’s fab. Especially love the return of the page-turn buttons. Continue reading
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It’s hot. Buy scarves.
It’s really tiresome when people moan about the weather.
So I’ll keep it brief.
It’s bloody hot in Melbourne. It’s meant to be autumn and yet we’re having a heat wave. We’re on our tenth consecutive day of 32 degrees plus (that’s 90F for my northern hemisphere friends). Overnight the mercury is hovering around 26 degrees (79F). Yesterday when I got into my car the dashboard read 48 degrees (118F). So what do I do? Buy some scarves, of course. Continue reading
New jacket required
There’s a whole shopping world out there for people who like reading accessories – I don’t mean bookmarks and little lights that clip to your book. No, I’m talking about book bags printed with LOLs, jewellery that says you’re a keen reader and wall art all about books. I have a million of these kinds of trinkets on my Pinterest boards (and will share some favourites soon) but I came across a very nice reading accessory freebie today, thanks to Constance Reader.
Printable dust jackets – the most stylish way to tell everyone “Go away, I’m reading.” The downloadable book jackets are the work of Sarah Enni, Tracey Neithercott and Erin Bowman. And while I can’t quite wrap one around my Kindle, I will be printing them to provide fair warning to my family that ‘Mum is in book mode – please do not ask for a biscuit/ help changing the toilet roll/ shoe laces to be tied’.
