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Friday, June 22, 2012

A couple of movies

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Our recent days-off have been cold and wet so we have enjoyed the chance to catch up on a few movies. We have seen two very different ...
Friday, June 8, 2012

Real Marriage

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Real Marriage , Mark & Grace Driscoll Those who are in touch with these type of things will know that this book has gained consider...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Book Spine Poetry

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I was tagged by Jean to do a book spine poem. I have decided to do one of the stages of a woman's life (or at least min...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Yes Prime Minister

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Yes Prime Minister I have delved recently back into some books from the 1980s, into the wonderful dry wit that is the series of of ...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Miss Potter

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This lovely movie is a delightful, gentle, whimsical telling of the life of Beatrix Potter, beloved children’s author. Starring Renee ...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

The Prodigal God

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The Prodigal God , Timothy Keller Some books become popular quickly and all of a sudden it seems that everyone has read them.  This wa...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

A wonderful gift

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I have just been the recipient of the most wonderful gift.   Time.   Time to rest, read, meditate & be refreshed. Time to l...
Friday, May 11, 2012

The Girl in Times Square

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The Girl in Times Square , Paullina Simons I have read this book 3 times over the last 7 years - I keep coming back to it. I love...
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Friday, May 4, 2012

Life interrupted

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Life often just goes along doesn’t it? Day to day, week to week, term to term. For ages my prayer point in various groups has been that w...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

The Year 1000

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The Year 1000 , Robert Lacey and Danny Danzinger I have spent a bit of time in history books of late – Christian women , history of t...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Reading - what and when?

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A reader has asked me a question: How do you decide what books to read? And how do you find the time to read them? I thought I...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Going Public

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Going Public , David & Kelli Pritchard This book is by David and Kelli Pritchard, a couple in the US who have 8 children, all of ...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Invictus

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This week’s DVD was Invictus . It’s 1995 and Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) is the newly elected President of South Africa after 27 ye...
Friday, April 13, 2012

The Slap

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The Slap , Christos Tsiolkas Sometimes when everyone is talking about a book or TV series, you feel you should try to figure out what a...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

The sufferings of Christ

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Was he flogged?      It was done so that "by his wounds we are healed" (Isa 63:5). Was he condemnded, though innocent?    ...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Feminine Threads

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Feminine Threads , Diana Lynn Severance Have you noticed, that sometimes as modern 21st century westerners we can be a little arrogan...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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I had the chance to see this at the movies the other night. It was a lovely, gentle film. Seven senior residents of the UK, all havi...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Jasper Jones

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Jasper Jones , Craig Silvey The briefest, yet most informative description of this book is that it's an Australian To Kill a Mockin...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Easter readings

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At Easter our family does 2 weeks of readings leading up to Easter, which concentrate on Jesus' last week from Matthew's gospel....
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Run ... Run

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Run Fat B!tch Run , Ruth Field It is with some trepidation that I review this book for you. Most of you are such nice polite readers...
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