Tonight I have finished up all the things I had intended to get done this weekend! So I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself about that. I even did my tax. I don’t know why I put it off…. took less than an hour. It’s so simple now with all the rollover stuff and other boring […]

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I totally enjoyed my final outing for these winter holidays last night and returned home this afternoon ready to embark on the big home clean up. Instead I baked! Go figure. I don’t really do a lot of that generally. I made lemon and poppyseed shortbread. It is delicious. I went shopping and got some food […]

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This book is a delight. It’s uplifting and made laugh during the sad bits and sniffle when things were rosy. The central character, Lily, an innocent, imaginative and optimistic young girl with a hunger for love that leads her toward it in magical ways. I adored it and just have to quote some of my […]

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I have finally completed this slim novel. I began reading it a long time ago, perhaps even last year. It is a retelling of a childhood spent in the deathcamps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. It was very intense to read. I have no concept of how he survived. This book won the 1986 Nobel Peace […]

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 ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder is a dark tale. It has been shortlisted in the Picture Book category for the 2008 CBCA Awards. It’s no pretty little picture book with a feel good ending. ‘The Island’ doesn’t tell readers about prejudice, fear and the illogical feelings that arise in others when confronted with someone different, […]

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I’m not sure when the CBCA Short List for 2008 was announced. I haven’t been reading much lately. I’m not sure why, lack of time perhaps. I think the last young adult book I read was probably ‘Boy Overboard’, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Looking over the list this year, there are only a couple that I have already […]

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The perfect Easter movie is ‘Chocolat’. I often think of that scene where the mayor wakes up from a chocolate coma in the window of the Chocolate shop. I just love it. It is delicious and the perfect accompaniment to the excesses of the Easter season chocolates. Let’s face it, you can’t watch the film […]

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‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ by Khalid Hosseini was another great insight into the changes that have occurred in Afghanistan. It also contained stories of the different kinds of love experienced. The main love story was quite beautiful and touching, yet the closeness that grew between the two wives was equally touching. The harshness of the lives of […]

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Mercury moved forward today but it will be March 10th before it gets back to where it was before it began going backward. This full moon is in Virgo. The eclipse intensifies the energies. I want to focus on my health and make some improvements whilst this energy is beneficial for that kind of endeavour. […]

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Anthea’s book, ‘My Girlosophy’ would make the perfect gift for a young woman. I have ordered a copy for myself, even though I’m an old girl. This book is about one of my favourite things, journaling. It includes examples of Anthea’s journal and other ‘real life’ girl-you can read all about the many treasures in the review.
At school, in […]

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