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Book Review Coming Soon..The Girl, the Gold Tooth and everything..
Mina Clark is losing her mind - or maybe it's already gone. She isn't quite sure. Feeling displaced in her over-priced McMansion-dotted suburban world, she is grappling not only with deep debt, a mostly absent husband, and her playground-terrorizer 3-year old Emma, but also with a significant amnesia she can't…
Book Review Coming – A Slap in the face
Looking forward to reading this one!! Review will be coming A Slap in the Face Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't William B. Irvine Oxford University Press Description Insults are part of the fabric of daily life. But why do we insult each other? Why do insults cause us such…
Book Review – Breaking the habit of being yourself
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself Dr Joe Dispenza I was intrigued by the title of this book, being someone who knows all too well the mistakes they make yet still makes them habitually and I wanted to read what Dr Joe had to say about changing it all for…
Duffy is heading home…..
Just for a couple of weeks, but I will be back blogging in no time with a few book reviews (24 hours on a plane will be my reading time!) and some awkward stories to
Which book to read next?
Looking for a book to read? If you love Stephen Fry then you will surely love David Mitchell. Great author, comedian and somewhat of a school swot David's Memoir 'Backstory' will have you laughing and also cringing as you relive those really awkward childhood moments (particularly if, like me, you…
Book Review Coming…. Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself
After my Christmas break I am back and coming soon with a new book review through NetGalley. Breaking the habit of being yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza looks an interesting read. Do you think your parents are complete whack jobs? That circumstances which have occurred in your life and genetics…
How can a book be this good without words?
It's Christmas Eve and time to wish you all a very merry Christmas and post a festive blog. I thought about my best Christmases and of course, with any happy childhood you think back to that time when Christmas was truly magical. I then thought about the books I loved…
200 Years of Grimm…
So, 200 long years since the brothers Grimm released their first collection of stories. Today they are still in print, made into movies and elements used in todays cartoons and kids TV. I remember as a young child listening to the Marshall Cavendish Storyteller tapes with my brother. Mum would put…