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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: February 2007
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Sunday, February 25, 2007. Marilynne Robinson's voluptuous prose drew me into this simple story. Late in the book she asks "When did I become so unlike other people? Links to this post. Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Hugh Lunn's Lost For Words is subtitled "Australia's lost language in words and stories". It is as scrumptious a book as ever you could wish to dip into. And I do dip. Here is a sample. Watch for more. Links to this post. Sunday, February 18, 2007.
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: June 2007
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Tuesday, June 26, 2007. We need a bit of joy today, wouldn't you say? The marvelous Hugh Lunn gives us these words to live by. Whack oh the diddley-oh! My late father John used this expression and the alternate Whack oh the duck! When things were going along swimmingly, everything is tickety-boo or everything's hunky-dory. He's happy as a sand boy, she's over the moon, I'm pleased as Punch (that well known wife- crocodile- and cop-beater). Links to this post. Noise, wr...
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: What Makes Sammy Run?
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Friday, August 10, 2007. What Makes Sammy Run? The New York Times named it "best first-novel of the year". Schulberg's father, the legendary producer B.P. Schulberg, told him "You'll never work in this town again. How will you live? Of great interest, though sobering, is Schulberg's Afterword, written in 1989. He laments "The book I had written as an attack on antisocial behavior has become a how-to book on Looking Out for Number 1.". August 10, 2007 at 8:47 AM. Read-a...
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: May 2007
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Thursday, May 24, 2007. Thanks to Colonel Colonel for pointing us in the direction of Wigfield, the Can-Do Town that Just May Not. Links to this post. Saturday, May 19, 2007. Due Preparations For The Plague. Here is an uneasy meld of a thriller with the drama of the abandoned child, or in this case, children. A plane is highjacked and all the hostages eventually killed, excepting the children who are offloaded*. Anyone else read it? Links to this post. After finishing ...
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: July 2007
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Sunday, July 15, 2007. Lovers of Janet Evanovich's cool and messy broad will be thouroughly satisfied. And if you haven't met Stephanie yet - go and do it right now. Links to this post. Monday, July 9, 2007. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Olivia the Pig says "Reading always makes me happy". Here you can read the things I write about the books I read. And occasional other stuff. View my complete profile. Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller.
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: The Restraint of Beasts
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Thursday, June 7, 2007. The Restraint of Beasts. If you're after bone-dry wit, writing of surpassing economy, and all you need to know about burying bodies standing up in post holes, this is the book for you. Set in the cut-throat world of professional fencing, and featuring Magnus Mills' trademark odd shaggy specimens of Modern Man as characters, this book is a chilling joy, a creepy treat, an hilarious tragedy. Then read All Quiet On The Orient Express. June 15, 2007...
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: Noise, The Proposition, Look Both Ways
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Sunday, June 17, 2007. Noise, The Proposition, Look Both Ways. For some reason this week I haven't been reading my books at all. Lots of newspapers and magazines (I am a magazine fiend) and of course the interwebs. I have also been watching a lot of Australian films on DVD. I try to see them in the cinema, but a few have gotten past me for various reasons, so I'm having a fest at home. Love Nick Cave, especially The Mercy Seat. The Johnny Cash version rocked as well.
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: Lost For Words
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Tuesday, June 26, 2007. We need a bit of joy today, wouldn't you say? The marvelous Hugh Lunn gives us these words to live by. Whack oh the diddley-oh! My late father John used this expression and the alternate Whack oh the duck! When things were going along swimmingly, everything is tickety-boo or everything's hunky-dory. He's happy as a sand boy, she's over the moon, I'm pleased as Punch (that well known wife- crocodile- and cop-beater). Punch was a crocodile beater?
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt: April 2007
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Blue Flyer / words by Cissy Strutt. Thursday, April 26, 2007. Links to this post. Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late. Following the scintillating brilliance of Pigeon's first outing Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus, Mo Willems' story here exposes the machinations of our mini-Machiavelli Pigeon as he tries to wheedle, threaten, demand, charm and skive his way into staying up late. Line destined to become a classic: "You wouldn't say no to a bunny, would you? Links to this post.
