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Daddy-Long-Legs (Part 2)

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

(see Part 1 here) Well, I’ve finished Daddy-Long-Legs (Jean Webster). I must say, it went distinctly uphill from the point I was at when I posted last (63% of the way through). At that point, I was quite concerned about … Continue reading →

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Daddy-Long-Legs (Part 1)

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Recently, I have been reading Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, having found it for free on kindle. I was vaguely aware of it as a “classic girls’ story”, perhaps something like the Little Women or Anne of Green Gables books – … Continue reading →

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Saturday play – charity shop shopping

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

On Friday, I found myself with free time in Cambridge and one of the things I did was to go charity-shop-ing with Rachel (who found a beautiful ball dress!). It’s a bit contagious – when I found myself on a … Continue reading →

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How to make an unfeasibly long to-read list …

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

… aka a post about goodreads.com I started using goodreads about a week ago – after forestofglory’s visit. She showed me her to-read list and I started thinking hm, that sounds like a good way to keep track of what … Continue reading →

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A Very Short Introduction: The Old Testament (part book review, part rant)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Yesterday, I went into Heffers. I was only planning to buy one book, which is work-relevant (Amongst Mathematicians, by Elena Nardi). But once I was in there … well. (I find it very hard to resist buying books in Heffers. … Continue reading →

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Heffers SFF Evening

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Last night, Heffers in Cambridge had a science fiction and fantasy evening.I was very impressed. They had tables set out around the store, where the authors were mostly based, signing books and chatting to people and things. and then at … Continue reading →

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Easter Day!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Happy Easter! Just some photos today – no tea, I’m afraid. A summary of my day Then family lunch – didn’t take any photos. C’s Dad and brother came over, so there were 5 of us. We had shoulder of … Continue reading →

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Thinking of how blogs have changed my life …

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

A few thoughts on blogging … mostly off the top of my head, but some things that have been rolling around at the back of my mind for a while. (NB: Screenshot taken on 09/11/11 of what was on the … Continue reading →

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