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Ferney

Ferney, by James Long Jo suggested this one.  She said it was a story with a bit of time travel. Fab! I love science fiction. Only, it wasn’t.  It was more fantasy. What is the difference I hear you ask? Well, Science fiction usually involves a scientific idea, and/or an amazing technical feat or at least some sort of semi coherent explanation for the weird stuff that happens.  In fantasy, weird…

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Hey babe, call for you ..

Hey babe, call for you ..

Today you had a call from a recruitment company.  I was a little curt with the poor fellow .  I felt bad about it. But not so bad that I would be endlessly kicking myself, the way I normally do when I feel I’ve been unkind.. But he got me by surprise.  It was the last thing I expected. The first time they called (yesterday) I saw the 02 area code, and ignored it thinking it was another…

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Euphony

euphony  ˈjuːf(ə)ni/

noun

the quality of being pleasing to the ear. “the poet put euphony before mere factuality”

the tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation.

  I will name my next cat Euphony.

When I was required to read poetry for school, it was not a pleasant experience.  Chaucer, or anyone from the 18th century woulds’t doth mine own headeth in.  But, spoken…

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well, what can I say?

The clock is ticking, the cat is snoring - I should be in bed....but here I am. Just started this up so I could check out some nice little library posts...will probably delete this account in under a month.  We'll see.

The midnight bell

Little pink post-it gave K action. She was unusually quick to get back to us with a title for March. Normally she agonises about what to get – and normally picks great reads.  I wish she had agonised over this one a little. What a shit book. K hated it, and gave up on it at chapter 3. I hated it and gave up on it at chapter 6 – but that probably doesn’t count because I sped read those chapters…

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The Dry

The Dry, by Jane Harper I forgot how much I love a whodunit until my book club buddies started suggesting them way back at the start of this caper – with Adrian McKinty’s and his Sean Duffy series. Jo’s pick for this month hit the sweet spot.  This one is set in a rural township, drought stricken, tinder dry and unbearably hot. The locals are not necessarily welcoming.  A gruesome murder suicide…

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Another month, another thought....(just the one)

Time seems to fly  - it really does - we wonder where the days went, try to grasp what has happened? - but really, in actual fact it is not passing that quickly at all...I mean, it's only been a month since my last note..... about the time it took this moss to grow on the picnic table (took this pic a week ago...)

 I swear it feels like its been at least three months

Home with Alice by S Fallon

Home with Alice by S Fallon

I came across this title when I was shelving books at work – as I was walking by the travel books and having a quick squiz for something to read.  This book is more of a memoir than it is a travel book and that made it interesting for me. Full disclosure – I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Ireland since my first trip there in 2017, around the time of my last book “review”.  A lot of what I’ve…

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