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Walkabout: February 2013

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The Hobbit safety video. And now Bear Grylls. And in case you're wondering, the rather large bird is a moa.they're (supposedly) extinct. Last year the lovely Cyphomandra. Who I am lucky to call a good friend, wrote a novella for Yuletide. It is based on The Bagman's Gambit. By The Decemberists. I finished it this morning and.oh it's good. I loved the characters and the plot twists.and if you feel like reading something different I would definitely recommend it! Which leads me to. Marvin. Yesterday I fini...

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Walkabout: April 2014

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Metal Heart (Meredith Shayne). Before I begin this review I want to make it clear that I am friends with the author. Good friends. I have tried very hard to not let that friendship influence my thoughts on Metal Heart, but I feel it best to disclose the friendship and let each of you decide for yourselves whether my review justifies the rating. Oh, and isn't the cover gorgeous? It totally fits the book IMHO! Wellno. It actually made sense. Sometimes things get in the way, you keep waiting for the right m...

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Walkabout: Metal Heart (Meredith Shayne)

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Metal Heart (Meredith Shayne). Before I begin this review I want to make it clear that I am friends with the author. Good friends. I have tried very hard to not let that friendship influence my thoughts on Metal Heart, but I feel it best to disclose the friendship and let each of you decide for yourselves whether my review justifies the rating. Oh, and isn't the cover gorgeous? It totally fits the book IMHO! Wellno. It actually made sense. Sometimes things get in the way, you keep waiting for the right m...

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Walkabout: July 2013

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I haven't posted since the end of April? Where did the last 2 and a half months go? Hm I think I need to do some dusting.and write a 'This Is Where I'm At' post *grin*. Pulls out feather duster*. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Currently Reading @ GoodReads. Boston Harbour Part 1. The 2014 M/M Romance Challenge. The 2014 Big Book Challenge. View my complete profile. Impressions of a reader. The Happily Ever After . . . Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Books.

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Walkabout: When To Read

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So I've had a book on my Currently Reading shelf at GoodReads that I have yet to start. Instead, I've been re-reading scenes from various books.a 'whatever takes my fancy' kind of thing. It's not that I don't want to read the book. I. I think part of the problem is that I consider the author a close friend and I don't want to not like it. Do I think I will not like it? So, are there ever times when you plan to read something, but just end up reading something else. 8 February 2014 at 4:00 PM. I absolutel...

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Walkabout: April 2013

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In February, which seems like forever ago, I wrote a post entitled. In which I mentioned that I had decided to add an 'Unread' category to Stanza (my iPhone reading app). Well I did that. And the count was 127… * faints. And then I went out and bought two more books! Which is, of course, totally the correct response when one has 127 unread books on the reading device! So, spillage time! How many unread (I originally wrote undread….LOL! Books do you have? The Earth Isn't Flat. No sirree it's not. Whic...

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Walkabout: December 2012

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The 2013 Big Book Challenge. Edited to add: Link Title means your username :). Tis the season for Book Challenges! And since it's the season I thought I would.play *grin* So, I hereby bring you: The Big Book Challenge (yes, again). And when I say big I mean really big, because in this challenge, size really does matter. You see, even after reading a number of 'big' books last year, I still panic when I see them. They are so big I'm afraid they will eat my alive! The challenge rules are simple:. For me, i...

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Walkabout: Where's Wally?

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For those of you not in the know, the Where's Wally? Books are detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens of people doing a variety of things at a given location. The challenge is to find a character named Wally hidden in the group. I was always terrible at finding Wally. And sometimes I wonder if I don't have the same problem with time. Soit's been almost a month since my last. 5 March 2014 at 3:29 AM. Oh, funny, our version of those books is Wheres Waldo? 9 March 2014 at 7:50 PM. Thank ...

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Walkabout: March 2013

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Books 2013: February Update. Total: 10 books (five books in February: m/m [four books]; urban fantasy [one book]). The 2013 M/M Romance Challenge. Total: eight books (four books in February). A list of all the books I've read to date (from 01 January 2010) can be found at GoodReads. Favourite book in January? I don't know if I had one. Currently reading: Collision Course (KA Mitchell). And the books I'm most looking forward to reading this month? Dirty Laundry (Heidi Cullinan). And more Sterek fanfic!

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Walkabout: September 2013

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You can be forgiven for not knowing what the America's Cup is. I think it only matters to New Zealanders (and that's a generalization) and sailors (another generalization). The America's Cup. Also known as the 'Auld Mug') is the oldest international sporting trophy. (And it's a beauty! So, do you watch sport and, if so, what the weirdest sport you've ever watched? Olympic sports [as in sports you watch only while the Olympics are on] don't count as there are some sports I only watch at the Olympics :).