I have such luck with my friends, it’s a lovely thing to be able to celebrate their achievements on my blog. I generally give people their privacy and celebrate privately, but this is a book and you should know by now that I celebrate books loudly and openly on my ...

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This book is left over from ones I provided to the con bag for the Second Australian Discworld Convention in 2009. It seemed like a good idea to reduce the load of books I had in stock and also bulk up the con bag. I can be certain of that ...

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I found this book at Continuum this year. It was the first Continuum since Covid started. It was lovely to be back, I enjoyed myself immensely and bought as many books as I possibly could. Maybe it was too many for my hip pocket to cope with, but it’s left ...

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I’m pretty sure I bought this at Book Fair Australia, the reason I can be that sure about this because I looked at their website and found her on the list of guests. If she didn’t have a table then I would have bought it at the table set up ...

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This is one of those books that I should have read years ago. Published in 1987 and a copy has been sitting on my FIL’s shelf since then. I’m sure he went to the book launch as he’s known the author for a long time. I saw it in passing ...

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This book was loaned to me by a friend. He put it in my hands months ago, possibly as long ago as last spring. I’ve struggled to read it as Kojima has a way with words. Hideo Kojima is an incredibly successful games designer. He’s worked on many games including ...

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This book was chosen for my new book club. I’m writing about the book long before we meet. Why? Because I’m impatient. Not because I want to write my thoughts clear and uncluttered by anyone else’s, but because I’m impatient. Also, it’s a library book and I might not be ...

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I scribbled a few words about this book in 2016. I’ve just finished rereading it and figured I used so few words last time I could easily scribble a few more words today and there would be little double up. Peter Haining is easily my favourite anthology editor. I’ve been ...

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This book was a Kickstarter campaign. Shared by a friend who I know is reliable so I put my money down. Promptly forgot about it, I presume I must have answered the questions about postal address, but I don’t remember. It was a sheer pleasure to open the parcel and ...

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This is a good book to read if you’re needing a reminder about how dependent we are on water. I understand the book is not about water, but it is set in small town Victoria, Australia and they’re going through a drought. I’m guessing a drought in rural areas is ...

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Another of the books I bought at Book Fair Australia. I’ll get through them at some point. I certainly chose an eclectic bunch of books. This one is non-fiction. A memoir talking to us about the author’s life. It has both good and bad points. It is well written. We ...

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This is one of the books I bought at Continuum this year. I bought this and also the anthology she was selling on her table. Pearson gave a talk about how she writes and I thought this to be absolutely fascinating. I figured reading these would give me some insight ...

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I needed something I’d read before, something that felt friendly and light. Looking on my shelves I found Ngaio Marsh. She’s a New Zealand author with some of her detective novels set in England and some in New Zealand. I really love her style of writing. It’s laid back, with ...

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