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Solar by Ian McEwan
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
The Sisters' Brothers by Patrick deWitt
25 Rue Therese by Elena Mauli Shapiro
Honour by Elif Shafak
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Best Bits of my Week w/c Monday 12 December 2011
This post is in response to Love In The Nest’s new linky idea, celebrating all the best bits of our week, all the little things that bring a smile to our faces and a glow to our hearts. Counting our … Continue reading
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A Dog’s Dinner
This post is inspired by http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week23/. This weekly challenge is to write a creative piece of 100 words in response to a prompt. This week’s prompt is to choose a favourite carol and re-write it with the theme of a … Continue reading
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Snow
This was the snow situation hereabouts this time last year. Not quite 6 feet, more like 4, deeper where it had drifted and been blown up against buildings. It was lovely for Christmas time. It couldn’t be more different this … Continue reading
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Fiction Fridays – A Certain Age by Lynne Truss
This post is based on a concept by @homedad. His idea is to celebrate the best books written for children, and he’s doing that here: http://www.tamingtoddlers.blogspot.com/p/fiction-fridays.html. I’ve decided to do it a little differently and post the book that I’m … Continue reading
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Grooving around the Christmas Tree
The Groovingmums bloghop encourages women to consider themselves a bit more, to sparkle as a woman in our own right as the festive season approaches at breakneck speed, to move forward with goals large and small and to get that … Continue reading
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Fiction Fridays – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
This post is based on a concept by @homedad. His idea is to celebrate the best books written for children, and he’s doing that here: http://www.tamingtoddlers.blogspot.com/p/fiction-fridays.html. I’ve decided to do it a little differently and post the book that I’m … Continue reading
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The Window
This post is inspired by http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week-21/. This weekly challenge is to write a creative piece of 100 words in response to a prompt. This week’s prompt takes the form of a picture, below. She sat at the window, … Continue reading
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