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Melbourne Writers Festival: Enquire Within (Saturday) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:32 pm
I came home pretty tired from my Friday at Melbourne Writers Festival, but there was no time to sleep in and recover on Saturday as I was off to another full day of books and author goodness! Sarah T...
Melbourne Writers Festival: Enquire Within (Friday) 25 Aug 2013 | 03:36 am
This weekend was the start of one of my favourite times in Melbourne. Melbourne Writers Festival officially started on Thursday night and continues until next weekend and, for book lovers, there is pl...
Bookish Quotes: From The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal 23 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
Barbara O'Neal is rapidly becoming a must read author for me. I love the combination of her voice and her stories, of the way she includes books and food in particular in her stories among other thing...
Library Loot: 21 to 27 August 21 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the l...
Weekend Cooking: Chicken with Plums 17 Aug 2013 | 02:43 pm
This week I discovered the World Movies channel on our version of cable. I probably shouldn't quite put it like that. I mean, it isn't like I am the first person ever to find it. More the discovery wa...
Library Loot: August 14 to 20 14 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the l...
Fables, Vol 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham 12 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
Before I get started on this review, I will mention that this is volume 10 in the Fables series. I am pretty sure I have managed to keep it spoiler free but at 10 books in, there may well be something...
The Tudor Secret/The Tudor Conspiracy by C W Gortner (The Spymaster Chronicles) 12 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
I have long been a fan of C W Gortner, not only because of how much I enjoy his books, but also because of the gracious way in which he interacts with his readers. I really enjoy the way that he has p...
Remembering Elizabeth Peters 11 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
Image from author's website I was saddened this week to hear of the passing of author Barbara Mertz who also wrote as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. My introduction to the fertile imaginatio...
Weekend Cooking: Rhubarb Cake 10 Aug 2013 | 03:29 pm
A couple of weeks ago I was at the supermarket doing my general shop when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that there was rhubarb for sale. Given that it is not in the shops very often I do noti...
