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I’m linking up with my friend Amy Palko for her Summer Read-along. We are reading The Time Traveler’s Wifeby Audrey Niffenegger. Amy has read the book before, several years ago and says that it had a profound effect on her life. I have not yet read the book, nor have I seen the film. However, I have heard good reports about both the book and the film from a wide range of friends.

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Roomby Emma Donoghue

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This week’s Girls Talk is all about our all-time favourite books.  I have to pick my one and only all-time favourite.

I’ve read a lot of books that I can truly say I’ve LOVED.  However, there is one book that stands out from all the others.  One book that still haunts me.  One book that gives me goosebumps.  What is that book?  Well, here it is…

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Halloween is almost upon us!  Have you got your costume organised?  Do you have your spooky decorations up?  Is your cupboards stocked with Halloween goodies for *guisers coming to your door this weekend?

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This week’s Girls Talk at Beauty Queen Gene is all about thrilling page turners.

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The King's Christmas List


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Today, I’m hooking up with The Beauty Queen Gene to chat about the funniest books we’ve ever read.

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I’m a bookworm!   I love to read, but can’t find as much time to do so these days.  In recent years I have spent more time online, or reading text books and magazines.  I joined a book group a few months back, to help incentivise me to read more quality fiction.   I sometimes struggle to finish the book in a month!  Here’s ten of my favourite novels:

1. The Help
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Trilogy)
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium Trilogy)
4. Roots
5. Bridget Jones’s Diary: A Novel
6. The Catcher in the Rye
7. The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Classics)
8. Lord of the Flies: Educational Edition
9. Diary Of An Ordinary Woman
10. The Heartsong of Charging Elk

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The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Book


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The Boy Who Changed The World by Andy Andrews

I am privileged to have received a review copy of this wonderful and inspiring book by New York Times best-selling author, and in-demand public speaker, Andy Andrews.

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The Butterfly Effect by Andy Andrews

I am privileged to have received a review copy of this wonderful and inspiring book by New York Times best-selling author, and in-demand public speaker, Andy Andrews.

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A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury

This is an inspiring story of a couple who are rebuilding their marriage after finding themselves on the brink of divorce.  Their newly-strengthened relationship is put under strain by problems at work and a catastrophic event which not only tests their relationship and their faith, but also shakes the entire community.

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“A 31-year-old woman has given birth to sextuplets at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire.

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I love this:

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Long live the book!!

Today is both World Poetry Day and World Forestry Day.  As a member of Bloggers Unite, I thought I would pay homage to both of these days by sharing a poem about trees, as well as some of  the photographs I have taken of trees in my neighbourhood.

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On Tuesday I launched another great giveaway. This time, I’m giving away another enchanting item from Barefoot Books.  The prize is a Bear on the Go First Puzzles box worth £7.99 (GBP).

Audience participation is required – ie. tweeting, blogging, stumbling the relevant post, subscribing to this blog or ‘Fanning’ me on Facebook.

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