poppy
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For Your Eyes Only ~ Sheena Easton
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Bette Davis Eyes ~ Kim Carnes
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Do you like to organise things?
(*ahem* a little matter of 'word from previous post', dear itsmeagain?
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Have you had enough time yet?
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Private Investigations ~ Dire Straits
(exquisite guitar playing by Mark Knopfler)
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Anybody Can Do Anything by Betty MacDonald
(Audiobook narrated by Heather Henderson)
Have discovered e-audiobooks are available from the online library I use.
They are wonderful for taking the mind off humdrum jobs like peeling potatoes, scrubbing pots and making cut lunches.
I was delighted to find this one, I've read most of Betty MacDonald's books which include The Egg and I, The Plague and I and Onions In My Stew but have never seen this one before.
Betty MacDonald is a very funny and witty writer and this involves her many varied jobs during the 1930's depression after leaving her husband and chicken farm and returning with her two children to live with mother, three sisters and brother. Sister Mary, in spite of Betty's total lack of office experience, propels her from one secretarial job to another with an indefatigable 'don't-take-no-for-an-answer' attitude. The results are hilarious.
The narrator, Heather Henderson, does a wonderful job making it feel that Betty is the actual one talking.
I thoroughly recommend this, or any of her books, for lifting the spirits and giving you a jolly good laugh.
★★★★
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Have you considered the Poll Angus in your speculations?
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Do you think we should have a poll?
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Tiny Dancer ~ Elton John
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I think it's always nicer to say yes than no, don't you?
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rambunctious
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The Messenger by Markus Zusak
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shilly-shally
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Do you really think I should be the arbiter in what is right or wrong?
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Scrumptious
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Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
Barbara Pym has been described as the most underrated writer of the century (presumably the 20th) and this is a delightfully humorous book set in the university neighbourhood of Oxfordshire in the 30's. My favourite character is Miss Morrow, a thirty-something spinster, who handles her demanding, interfering and gossipy elderly employer with a sense of ironic humour and common sense. Pym's characters are very well written and I thoroughly enjoyed this gentle read.
★★★ 1/2
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The Answer is a Question game
in Quiz Room / Thread Games Jokes etc
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Does organised like that?