Spent the day at the cat show (working, not showing either of 'the boys') and had some time to take a few photos. (I am still trying to improve my ability to take photos of cats being judged in halls where the lighting isn't great, without the flash. It looks like it might be a long process.)


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I like to think I'm a minimalist but perhaps I'm faking it. The house looks fairly uncluttered but the wardrobes and hall cupboards tell a different story. On the positive side I am in the middle of a project to declutter the library wardrobe but in the process I ran into a quite unrelated little hoard - more saved birthday cards.

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The fifth and final title in this author's Glamourist Histories will be published on 28 April 2015. Admittedly I haven't read the fourth one, yet. I'm a bit of a wimp and they always seem to be in such dire situations!

Hardback and Kindle editions required. ;o)

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11 August 2015 is the publication date for Between the Living and the Dead, another in Bill Crider's excellent Sheriff Dan Rhodes series.

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On Boxing Day (26 December) just passed Gary and I celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary ( Read more... )

Books Bought = 18 : Books Read = 15

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Gauthier, Gail ~ Hero of Ticonderoga, The ~ 2001 ~ C
~ Children's

Matthews, Laura ~ Aim of a Lady, The ~ 1980 ~ A ~ Re-read ~ Keeping (e-book)
~ Romance

Dunn, Carola ~ Lavender Lady ~ 1983 ~ B ~ Re-read ~ Keeping (e-book)
~ Romance

Heyer, Georgette ~ Toll-Gate, The ~ 1954 ~ A ~ Keeping ( Read more... )

9 June 2015 is the publication date for Superfluous Women, number twenty-two in Carola Dunn's excellent Daisy Dalrymple series.

I'll be buying a Kindle edition as this is my first 'Kindle collection'.

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24 March 2015 is the publication date for the latest in Jeanne Birdsall's delightful Penderwicks series, The Penderwicks in Spring.

Lovely series - like Elizabeth Enright's stories but in a modern setting.

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17 March 2015 is the publication date for Gail Carriger's Prudence from her new series (one hopes) The Custard Protocol.

Looking forward to these but am regrettably behind on the Finishing School series with Waistcoats and Weaponry not even purchased yet!

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07 July 2015 is the publication date for Lord of the Wings, Donna Andrews' 19th Meg Langslow mystery.

I've just caught up with the last two in the series (The Good, the Bad, and the Emus and The Nightingale Before Christmas) and have started a re-read of the whole series after chatting to other friends who reminded me about how much we enjoyed the ( Read more... )