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Sunday, October 31, 2021

Compulsory Halloween Post 2021

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  Here is this year’s compulsory Halloween post. It will be kept short because I’ve done one a couple of years ago and another that was a ha...
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Friday, October 29, 2021

Nati Del Paso: A Guest Post

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  Today’s guest post is from Nati Del Paso, an American writer whose first book, a collection of themed short stories, has recently been pub...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

When You Know You Have Made A Difference

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  Sometimes you make a difference without even knowing it. As a teacher, I know it. It’s not always academically, but when a former student ...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

A Richard III Binge

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  I have been bingeing recently on Richard III stuff.   It started with Josephine Tey’s novel The Daughter Of Time , one of my comfort rea...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Book Blogger Hop: Do You Prefer Traditional Or Self Published?

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  Book Blogger Hop is a series of weekly blog post prompts on a web site called Coffee Addicted Writer. Some people use it faithfully, weekl...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Puff Piece by John Safran. Penguin Random House Australia, 2021

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  This is comedian John Safran’s third book. The first one, Murder In Mississippi , had John investigating the murder of a white supremacist...
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Monday, September 20, 2021

Retro Review: The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay by Michael Chabon. London: Harper Collins, 2001

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  I bought this book in paperback some time ago, started reading, mislaid it and bought the ebook. The print copy has turned up again, but I...
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Friday, September 03, 2021

On Bingeing On Streaming Services!

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  What are some ways of coping with lockdown? Well, one way is to catch up with shows and films you missed when they came out. And we in Vic...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

August 31 - On This Day!

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  Every now and then, I post about events and birthdays on a date, and try to include, if possible, writers and books. There aren’t too many...
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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Just Finished Reading… Scandal In Babylon by Barbara Hambly. Edinburgh, Severn House, 2021

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  I have been reading Barbara Hambly’s books for many years, starting with a gorgeous fantasy novel, Dragonsbane . Next I read the Darwath t...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Of Fan Fiction And Villains

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Many years ago I had a friend who was into fictional bad guys. She was writing fan fiction with heroes such as Darth Vader and Dracula. She ...
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