Life
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I was in Canty’s Bookshop on the weekend doing what I do best there. Lurking by the YA shelves, earwigging on good book chat and pretending I am not wanting to buy the same series for the third time, but with different covers. A girl near me was in full flight about her sexual awakening
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There is something about Russian stories. They speak to my soul. I do not know why or how Russia has snuck into my psyche. I have never been. I was planning to though. I even wrote about Six Days in Leningrad and made a mega list for Moscow and St Petersburg. Then life rolled on.
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I haven’t been reading much lately. Which feels weird to say because I still read all the time, just not the fun kind. Slightly terrifyingly, I decided to go to uni. Yep. Nearly 40 and back in the books, only this time it’s textbooks and lecture slides and APA referencing rules that haunt me. Between
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Sometimes a book just falls into your lap at the right time. Hardcore Carnivore by Jess Pryles did exactly that for me. I may have told my hubby I bought him a present, but since I get bbq out of it, I’m not sure who the present was actually for. Anyway, Jess is an Aussie,
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WOLF.E by Paisley Hope – Brooklyn Biker Romance Bliss (and My Favourite Souvenir) Alright, confession time: this was a total cover buy. I was in the US last month and, after a bit of gentle persuasion (read: relentless badgering), I convinced my husband to take me to The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn. If you’re a
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I’ve been re-reading a lot of my favourites recently. I’m in a littlew bit of a reading rut, so am returning to those tried and true books that just sneak into your soul, cause honestly, some books change you. The Outsiders is one of those. Written by S.E. Hinton when she was just sixteen, this
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It’s a bit of a different post this time, but when I spotted Pizza: The New Classics on NetGalley, I immediately hit request. No hesitation. Pizza has always been one of my great loves — it’s comfort food, it’s celebration food, and honestly, it’s just good food. I’ve travelled the world for a good slice.
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John Marsden passed away last month, and honestly, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him. I can’t say anything that so many others haven’t said, but I wanted to try and share with you what he meant in my world. He was one of those authors who didn’t just write books—he changed lives.
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I have a love affair with Hilarie Burton Morgan. She just doesn’t know about it. I developed a total girl crush on Hilarie when I was a teenager watching One Tree Hill, where she played Peyton Sawyer. Aside from the nearly being kidnapped, in a school shooting and all sorts of dramatic things that happened
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First, let me open with Happy New Year! I can’t believe we are almost halfway through January! It’s that time of year where people reflect on the last year and look forward to this one, and I have spent the last few weeks thinking about this. I don’t generally make resolutions as I am a
Books, Boots and Bakeries 