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Bookish and not so Bookish Thoughts!

746 Books has been a little quiet of late, for the usual reasons, but I am trying to get back into the swing of reading, commenting and tweeting about all your fantastic blogs. Bookish and Not So Bookish Thoughts, hosted by Christine at Bookishly Boisterous, is also a nice way to ease myself back in…

Putting Irish Women Writers back in the picture

Growing up in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s, anyone interested in reading would be familiar with the Irish Writers poster. My Dad had the poster framed in his study and I had one on my bedroom wall, along with a set of Irish writers coasters. For several years I even had an Irish Writers…

Throwback Thursday or A Long Long Time Ago in the days before Goodreads…

Last week I was having a bit of a clear out and came across a diary from 2007. Goodreads was just a twinkle in some web gurus’ eye in 2007, so I kept track of what I read the old fashioned way. By writing a list in the back of my Moleskine diary. It’s fun…