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Book #47 is pure nostalgia

Book #47 is The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles “Sparky” Schultz.  I never realised how incredibly adult these Peanuts kids are.  I read most of these comics as a child, loved every page, but I guess I missed much of … Continue reading

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Book #46 is…I forget!

If you forget a book in your 50 book challenge, doe sit still count?  If it doesn’t, I’m cheating anyway. But I will list the books I’ve started in the past month or two and given up on: Tishomingo Blues … Continue reading

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Book #45 – Deadbeats beware

D is For Deadbeat, by Sue Grafton.  You know how I love my Kinsey Milhone! But i have to admit that, as always, Sue left me deeply disturbed.  I can take a lot of things in my fiction, but the … Continue reading

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Freaked out over Superfreakonomics

Book # 44 was great fun.  Superfreakonomics: Global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should get life insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.  I’m not usually one for non-fiction, but I had a great time with … Continue reading

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Naughty Uncle Oswald

Book #43 is My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.  I’ve read so many of Dahl’s books to my children (and loved it along with them) that I decided it was high time I read one for me.  In true Dahl … Continue reading

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Book #42 is full of bubbles

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Natural Soaps by Sally W. Trew and Zonella B. Gould was very helpful.  If the Everything Soapmaking Book was like a recipe book teaching you how to bake cakes, this book taught you the … Continue reading

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Book #41 took a looong time to read

Why did it take a long time to read?  Because I just read a few minutes a day, if you catch my drift.  It’s Uncle John’s Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader, one of a gazillion tomes designed solely to keep you … Continue reading

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Bella, you tire me out

Book #40 is New Moon by Stephanie Meyer.  Okay, so I staunchly defended Twilight, asking why everyone was saying the books were so bad when to me, it was okay.  Now I know why.  New Moon is wordy and quite … Continue reading

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The Magicians

Book #39 is The Magicians by Lev Grossman.  I wouldn’t say it was bad; on the contrary, quite well written.  I just think it overstayed its welcome in my brain.  It took 2 weeks to read, and by the end … Continue reading

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Newbie soaper

Book #38 is the Everything Soapmaking book, by Alicia Grosso, which had me soaping within days.  It’s very helpful, clear and easy to follow.  I’d personally have enjoyed watching some more photos, although that’s basically eye-candy. Maybe I’ll just buy … Continue reading

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