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Friday Links

Posted on January 8, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday. It has not been the best of weeks, the shock of going back to work, the horror of discovering that I had mice in the house! Here are this week’s links…. I read 164 books in 2015, this … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on reading.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

I was going to include this in the links post on Friday but I seem to have a lot more thoughts about this than I realised, so best I put it here. This is the thing I read on Monday that … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on June 26, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Here’s some reading for the weekend! Mind Your Own Damn Business…An Ode to Tact. Fix the housing crisis by banning non resident ownership I’m not sure that’s the only thing that needs to happen but what the govt is … Continue reading →

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Library Love

Posted on March 25, 2015 by nicdempsey

Before Christmas, I finally got my act together and prompted by the knowledge that I was going to severely restrict my book buying this year, I re-joined the library. Although the primary reason was selfish, I also wanted to show … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – February 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015 by nicdempsey

Roman Holiday – Ruthie Knox (Kindle TBR List) Apparently, Ruthie Knox can’t write a book (or two books) I don’t enjoy. I liked that both people had stuff to work through. That the hero was black and while it wasn’t an … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – November 2014

Posted on December 3, 2014 by nicdempsey

November has not been a month of reading, I’m putting it down to the ‘November effect’ which is basically as it gets so much darker, my brain shuts down and I have just enough mental energy to deal with work … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on June 6, 2014 by nicdempsey

Hello. Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, there is a lot of stuff about it floating around. I remember when I was 19 talking about WWI and how it was almost outside of living memory and we’re entering that … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on March 14, 2014 by nicdempsey

It’s not a terribly happy Friday. We woke up to the news that Tony Benn has died. It’s been a bad week for the left in this country. Much will be written about him today and I’m sure that I’ll … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – January 2014

Posted on January 30, 2014 by nicdempsey

Consider the Nightingale – Rumer Gooden So we read Thursday’s Child and then I remembered this one. It’s a little fairytale-ish but none the worse for that. All Change – Elizabeth Jane Howard The last of the Cazalet books. Much … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on December 27, 2013 by nicdempsey

Hello, it is Friday even though it feels like the weekend, I’m working today and I have a feeling I’m going to get a lot done because there won’t be any interruptions or emails to deal with! I hope everyone had the … Continue reading →

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