Want to know when a book is seriously good? It is when a bookseller actually pays money to add it to their home collection. Enter Fairie-ality Style!
Filed under: Coffee Table Books, Design and Style, Gift Books, Non Fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged: David Ellwand, Fairie-ality, Fairie-ality Style | Leave a Comment »
If you follow this blog you will already know how much I love Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. I was most interested to see this week that the US Publishers Weekly magazine has chosen it as one of the 10 books that really stands out from everything else published this year.
Filed under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novel, Non Fiction | Tagged: book club, David Small, Stitches : A memoir | Leave a Comment »
Finally, we are allowed to talk about this book, and you can bet your life that QANTAS won’t be happy.
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This book is brilliant and I don’t know why it hasn’t been written before. I can think of half a dozen people in my immediate circle who would fall on this with gratitude as they try and navigate their way through the minefield of options and institutions when it comes to trying to get appropriate support for the ageing and carers.
Filed under: Non Fiction | Tagged: Lynda Bennett, Trish Stewart, What can I do? | Leave a Comment »
A Life on Pittwater is very warm and vibrant . This book is beautiful to look at, a treat to read, and an absolute celebration of community.
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I have absolutely no idea of what is going on in the world this week because rather than listening to the radio in the car, I have spent all my vehicular hours on the Julie and Julia Project
Filed under: Biography/Memoir, Non Fiction | Tagged: Julia Childs, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, Mastering the Art of French Cooking | Leave a Comment »
OK, it pains me to put this out there but have a look at this very cute clip put together by none other than Bradley Trevor Grieve extolling the virtues of dogs.
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