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    The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

    in Book Buying

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    Just read your review Will, I don't think the writing is florid at all (which you've quoted some reviewers as saying), and I like the quirkiness that it has too, and there's some sly humour in there, and great characters, especially Cracknell with his earwigs (and moles, ugh).  Certainly not the usual Victorian novel.

    What's Up in April 2017?

    in General Chat

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    I don't have much luck with seeds either Athena, I have a few growing at the moment but not sure how far they'll get!  Good luck with yours.  I've bought some proper plants as a back-up, although it's still too cold to plant them outside.

     

    Congrats on your graduation, Virginia, and meeting up with your friend after all this time.

     

    I went away for the holiday weekend, to Norfolk for a few days, it was nice but short breaks aren't really a holiday, I find I'm just starting to get into the holiday, just when it's time to come home again!  But it was nice to have a few days by the sea and in the countryside, away from London.

    Madeleine's Book Log - ongoing

    in Book Blogs - Discuss your reading!

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    Just finished "A trail through Time", the 4th in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, and whilst I enjoyed it, I did find the constant going along the  timeline a bit confusing, and the return of a former enemy wasn't that convincing ( and a bit like going backwards to me, that storyline had been dealt with, and resurrecting it just feels a bit lazy) - however apart from that it was another enjoyable adventure with some very funny episodes; suffice to say that I will never look at the Empress Matilda's escape through the snow in Wallingford (Oxfordshire) in quite the same way again, thanks to the St Mary's re-enactment, which as usual goes horribly and hilariously wrong.  7.5/10

    Athena's Reading List 2017

    in Past Book Logs

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    He was a very good age, I don't know much about goats and how long they live ,but if the vet was surprised then he obviously had a good long life and was well looked after.  I hope your other goat is Ok.  There were some baby goats on a vet's programme last night and they were adorable, like puppies with great long ears!

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