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Jun.16.2009
I was exhausted. After 20-some hours of travel, I was exhausted, and I was really looking forward to a good shower, a cup of coffee, and just being off of the plane. I had made arrangements to stay at Avarest Bed & Breakfast in large part because it is about 10 minutes away from Shannon...
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Jun.15.2009
An Interview with Lexi from "Another page is used" blog spot
As anybody who has read me reviews interviews or heard my comments on either my own radio program or where I have been a guest, you will know I am a great believer in what I call the "Small Blogger". These are the...
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Jun.11.2009
Am delighted to say that my review of Jill Dawson's novel about Rupert Brooke, The Great Lover is now up at the Vulpes Libris review site. Additional extras are the brief appearance of my grandfather, Justin, and the strange facts of honey, teabags and soft fruit. Go on - how can you resist?......
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Jun.05.2009
THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER received a starred review from Publishers Weekly! Use the link at right to read the review.
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Jun.05.2009
I'm blogging early today as I really must be away to London in an hour (of which more later), and I haven't eaten lunch yet, sigh. I must say though that the really thrilling thing about today is the lovely review I've received from Clare London on Amazon UK aboutMaloney's Law, which you can read...
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Jun.03.2009
I think I’m going through my monthly slump at the moment – feeling very flat and low, but have taken my usual supply of Happy Pills this morning (where would I be without them, eh?) and am hoping for easier waters soon. Talking of which, here’s today’s meditation:
Meditation 141
The boldness of...
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May.30.2009
Far More Than A Poetic Experiment
By
Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States)
MULTIVERSE by Cheryl Snell is a short collection of poignant poems that edge the idea of a MULTIple universe replacing the concept of a simple UNIverse. But lest the reader be afraid that...
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May.28.2009
My first review as a fully-fledged Book Fox for the Vulpes Libris review site is now up and is the gloriously dark and deliciously chewy Kill-Grief by Caroline Rance. Read and enjoy - it's a classy book.
Speaking of words, I must say how utterly wonderful yesterday's programme on Milton's Paradise...
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May.22.2009
I've now read Ingrid Trobisch's book, The Confident Woman (sub-title: Finding Quiet Strength in a Turbulent World). To be honest, I was hoping to get more from it than I actually have, but in fact it's been rather a struggle. Her particular brand of Christianity seems so terribly wholesome and...
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May.18.2009
America, the National Catholic weekly, includes a great review of The Samaritan's Secret, the third of my Palestinian crime novels, this week. "Rees masterfully concocts another claustrophobic tale from the occupied territories that takes us deep into the Palestinian experience even as it...
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