I haven’t been terribly inspired writing-wise recently. My mind’s been occupied with a project I can’t really write about here, and I’ve been focusing on other things, like my Italian CD (io parlo molto bene l’italiano!)
We spent a few hours cleaning the house on the weekend and dealing with Horace’s latest habit of pissing [...]
When I was in Melbourne, I planned to spend a day strolling around the city, and so after spending a leisurely hour in my cousin’s apartment eating breakfast and straightening my hair, I walked out into the windy squally day, and thought, “Oh. Bugger.” Hopping off the tram on Flinders Street, my [...]
I’ve now returned to a very warm Brisbane and am still gathering my thoughts as to what to write about the funeral. It was lovely, and I very much appreciated the opportunity to grieve with my family. But for now, I plan to blather on a lighter note about my latest reading project.
I have always [...]
1. I think I am allergic to coffee. Whenever I drink it, I… um, feel the need to visit the bathroom. And it’s not because it’s a diuretic.
2. Wasn’t that a delightful little revelation.
3. I have a new re-reading project for the year - the Chalet School books. I [...]
The PhD student sent me a text message on Friday, as I was meandering around the library. “Book 5 of Obernewtyn is out! I just bought my copy.” I replied, “Argh! Thanks for the news! Am heading to bookstore now.”
I first read Isobelle Carmody’s book Obernewtyn when I was about [...]
In case you hadn’t guessed after that tortuously detailed post a week ago about my efforts to download an audio book, I’m very fond of listening to audio books on my mp3 player - in fact, recently, I’ve been listening to more books than music. It makes the 20 minute drive from the train [...]
I was awfully excited when I discovered that my local library has an online area where you can download entire audiobooks in a single file, including a whole lot of Elizabeth Peters’ books that the library doesn’t have in CD book format (I love listening to those books being read aloud). “Hoorah!” I shouted, [...]
I realised while driving in the car, and flicking frantically through the menu on my mp3 player (not as dangerous as it sounds, honestly - I was on a nice straight bit of road) that I had neglected to rip the ninth CD of Birds of the Feather, the 30s mystery novel I’ve been listening [...]
While 2007 hasn’t quite finished (and I think I will get another book finished before midnight), I’ve tallied up my books, and concluded that thus far, I have read 173 books this year. The most productive month, reading-wise, was October, with 20 books to its name (with November a close second at 19) - the [...]
Ahh, Christmas. Mangoes. Cards in the post. Presents. Family. A new straw hat. Surprisingly cool weather. And then back to work.
I was reduced to re-reading books off the shelves at Christmas, a terrible state of affairs, so I was happily surprised to find that the public library was [...]
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