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Between by Cyndi Tefft

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Birth & Battle by Paul M McGreal

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Heavy Bags of Soul by K.D. Rose

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Old Boys by Charles McCarry

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Family Pieces by Misa Rush

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The Slave by Pauline Montagna

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Goodbye Lullaby by Jan Murray

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The Last English Village by James Ignizio

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The Spanish Revenge: A Craig Page Thriller by Allan Topol

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Reverberation: The Novel by V.B. Holmes

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'one accord' Volume I One Mind, One Body, One Team by Bridgette Brown

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Manic Streets of Perth Anthology by Dave Franklin

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Girls Like Funny Boys by Dave Franklin

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Trans-Human by David Simpson

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Inklings by Aparna Warrier

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Belfast Girls by Gerry McCullough

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jesus freakz + buddha punx by Mike Purfield

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Sleeping Kings by John Prentice

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Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer

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Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

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Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

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• Authors
  • A Little Note on Interviews
  • Author Interviews
    • Interview with Carrie King
    • Interview with Dave Maine
    • Interview with David Simpson
    • Interview with Gary William Murning
    • Interview with Helen Simonson
    • Interview with Jon Renaud
    • Interview with Lisa Lipkind Leibow
    • Interview with Teresa Geering
    • Interview with Tristan de Chalain
    • Interview with U.L. Harper
  • Author Profiles
    • Carrie King
    • David (Dave) Maine
    • David Simpson
    • Gary William Murning
    • Helen Simonson
    • Joanne Ellis
      • Guest Post by Joanne Ellis
    • Jon Renaud
      • Writing For A Cause! A Commitment To Wounded Warriors.
    • Kate Rigby
    • Lisa Lipkind Leibow
    • Lorena Bathey
      • Guest Post by author Lorena Bathey
    • Pamela Callow
      • Guest Post by Pamela Callow – The Inspiration Behind Damaged
    • Peggy Tibbetts
      • Guest Post – TV Tie-ins
    • Shalini Boland
      • Guest Post – My Glob
    • Teresa Geering
      • Guest Post by Teresa Geering
    • Tristan de Chalain
    • U.L. Harper
• Bali
  • 20 November to 3 December 2009
  • 7-14 December 2008
  • Back from Beautiful Bali (Feb 2010)
• Books
  • Book Reviews
    • 61 Hours by Lee Child
    • A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
    • Across Eternity by Aris Whittier
    • All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song by Rebecca Foust
    • Amandine by Marlena de Blasi
    • Beatrice Munson by Lorena Bathey
    • Book of Lost Threads by Tess Evans
    • Chewing Gum in Holy Water by Cheryl Hardacre & Mario Valentini
    • Clutter by Donna Butler
    • Damaged by Pamela Callow
    • Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
    • Dereliction of Duty by Jon Renaud
    • Double Out and Back by Lisa Lipkind Leibow
    • Downburst by Katie Robison
    • Dragon’s Heart by Nicki J Markus
    • Drama Queens with Love Scenes by Kevin Klehr
    • English Toss on Planet Andong by Dave Franklin
    • Five Star Fraud by Margaret G. Cahill
    • God, Seed: Poetry & Art About the Natural World by Rebecca Foust and Lorna Stevens
    • Hard Girls by Martina Cole
    • Hidden by Shalini Boland
    • If I Never by Gary William Murning
    • In All Probability by Steve Morris
    • Indefensible by Pamela Callow
    • Jumble Tales by Steve Morris
    • Letters to Juniper by Peggy Tibbetts
    • Loving Lucy by Noelene Jenkinson
    • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
    • Mania by Craig Larsen
    • Meltdown by Ben Elton
    • Missio by Tim Roux
    • Otherland by Maria Tumarkin
    • Post-Human by David Simpson
    • Searching for Grace by Carol Henderson & Heather Tovey
    • Seaview Terrace by Kate Rigby
    • Six Clicks Away by Bonnie Rozanski
    • Spoilt by Joanne Ellis
    • Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
    • Stop Looking for a Husband: Find the Love of Your Life by Marina Sbrochi
    • Suckers n Scallies (Formerly ‘Sucka!’) by Kate Rigby
    • The Book by M. Clifford
    • The Buried Covenant by Shawn P Keenan
    • The Cider House Rules by John Irving
    • The Constant Gardener by John le Carre
    • The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
    • The Eye of Erasmus by Teresa Geering
    • The Flesh Statue by U.L. Harper
    • The Gamble of the Godless by Dave Maine
    • The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O’Hagan
    • The Life in the Wood with Joni-Pip by Carrie King
    • The Long Glasgow Kiss by Craig Russell
    • The Tulip Virus by Danielle Hermans
    • The Wedding Gift by Kathleen McKenna
    • Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter by Jennie Coughlin
    • Venom by Joan Brady
    • Voice by Joseph Garraty
    • Wolf’s Paw by Tristan de Chalain
  • Books Read – Review to Follow Shortly
    • Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith
    • Arctic Fire by Paul Byers
    • Beatitude by Larry Closs
    • Crack the Spine Spring 2012
    • In Leah’s Wake by Terri Giuliano Long
    • Playing Havoc by Steve Morris
    • Poems that Might or Might Not Change Your Life by Charlie Clouse
    • Pretty Flamingo by Perry Martin
    • The Candlestickmaker by Dennis McDougal
    • The Chicken Thief by Fiona Leonard
    • The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
    • Three Weeks in December by Audrey Schulman
    • Where’s Unimportant by Daniel Shortell
  • Books to be Read and Reviewed
    • ‘one accord’ Volume I One Mind, One Body, One Team by Bridgette Brown
    • Belfast Girls by Gerry McCullough
    • Between by Cyndi Tefft
    • Birth & Battle by Paul M McGreal
    • Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
    • Family Pieces by Misa Rush
    • Girls Like Funny Boys by Dave Franklin
    • Goodbye Lullaby by Jan Murray
    • Heavy Bags of Soul by K.D. Rose
    • Inklings by Aparna Warrier
    • jesus freakz + buddha punx by Mike Purfield
    • Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
    • Manic Streets of Perth Anthology by Dave Franklin
    • Old Boys by Charles McCarry
    • Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
    • Reverberation: The Novel by V.B. Holmes
    • Sleeping Kings by John Prentice
    • The Last English Village by James Ignizio
    • The Slave by Pauline Montagna
    • The Spanish Revenge: A Craig Page Thriller by Allan Topol
    • Trans-Human by David Simpson
  • Browse the Book Blurbs
    • 61 Hours by Lee Child
    • A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
    • Across Eternity by Aris Whittier
    • All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song by Rebecca Foust
    • Amandine by Marlena de Blasi
    • Beatrice Munson by Lorena Bathey
    • Book of Lost Threads by Tess Evans
    • Chewing Gum in Holy Water by Cheryl Hardacre and Mario Valentini
    • Clutter by Donna Butler
    • Damaged by Pamela Callow
    • Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
    • Dereliction of Duty by Jon Renaud
    • Double Out and Back by Lisa Lipkind Leibow
    • Downburst by Katie Robison
    • Dragon’s Heart by Nicki J Markus
    • Drama Queens with Love Scenes by Kevin Klehr
    • English Toss on Planet Andong by Dave Franklin
    • Five Star Fraud by Margaret G. Cahill
    • God, Seed: Poetry & Art About the Natural World by Rebecca Foust and Lorna Stevens
    • Hard Girls by Martina Cole
    • Hidden by Shalini Boland
    • If I Never by Gary William Murning
    • In All Probability by Steve Morris
    • Indefensible by Pamela Callow
    • Jumble Tales by Steve Morris
    • Letters to Juniper by Peggy Tibbetts
    • Loving Lucy by Noelene Jenkinson
    • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
    • Mania by Craig Larsen
    • Meltdown by Ben Elton
    • Missio by Tim Roux
    • Otherland by Maria Tumarkin
    • Post-Human by David Simpson
    • Searching For Grace by Carol Henderson and Heather Tovey
    • Seaview Terrace by Kate Rigby
    • Six Clicks Away by Bonnie Rozanski
    • Spoilt by Joanne Ellis
    • Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
    • Stop Looking for a Husband: Find the Love of Your Life by Marina Sbrochi
    • Suckers n Scallies (Formerly ‘Sucka!’) by Kate Rigby
    • The Book by M. Clifford
    • The Buried Covenant by Shawn P Keenan
    • The Cider House Rules by John Irving
    • The Constant Gardener by John le Carre
    • The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
    • The Eye of Erasmus by Teresa Geering
    • The Flesh Statue by U.L. Harper
    • The Gamble of the Godless by Dave Maine
    • The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O’Hagan
    • The Life in the Wood with Joni-Pip by Carrie King
    • The Long Glasgow Kiss by Craig Russell
    • The Tulip Virus by Danielle Hermans
    • The Wedding Gift by Kathleen McKenna
    • Thrown Out: Stories from Exeter by Jennie Coughlin
    • Venom by Joan Brady
    • Voice by Joseph Garraty
    • Wolf’s Paw by Tristan de Chalain
• Misc
  • 10 books I own and want to read in 2012
  • Announcements
    • A Happy New Year wish and my plans for 2012
    • Aussi Connection to the World of Downton Abbey
    • Happy First Birthday to Mandythebookworm’s Blog!
    • Happy New Year 2010
    • New Page – Author Profiles
    • Off-line Until 1st of March 2010
    • The Big Apple’s ThrillerFest VI July 6-9, 2011
    • Two New Pages to Check Out
  • ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget
  • Awards
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    • The Versatile Blogger Award
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  • Books Read in 2011
  • I’m baaack……
  • I’m Published…….Well Kind Of!
  • R.I.P. Jose Saramago (via The Book Whisperer)
  • The 2010 Booklovers’ Best Top 101 Books
  • The Larry Closs Blog Tour for Beatitude – Two Roads Diverged: How the Beats did and didn’t inspire Beatitude by Larry Closs
  • TNBBC’s The Next Best Book Blog is Hosting the Larry Closs Blog Tour!!
  • UL Harper’s Interview With Me!
• Wordy Wednesday
  • January 2010 – June 2010
    • 10 February 2010 (quote)
    • 10 March 2010 (To Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity – email)
    • 12 May 2010 (quote)
    • 14 April 2010 (quote)
    • 16 June 2010 (Floccinaucinihilipilification)
    • 17 February 2010 (definition of Bumbu)
    • 17 March 2010 (quote)
    • 19 May 2010 (short story)
    • 2 June 2010 (joke)
    • 20 January 2010 (The Diamond by Vincent Lowry – short story)
    • 21 April 2010 (email – stress)
    • 24 March 2010 (Nasi Goreng Mawut recipe)
    • 26 May 2010 (email)
    • 27 January 2010 (quote)
    • 28 April 2010 (ANZAC Day)
    • 3 February 2010 (quote)
    • 3 March 2010 (Window Through Which We Look – email)
    • 30 June 2010 (email – How Could You?)
    • 31 March 2010 (quote)
    • 5 May 2010 (Old Farmer’s Advice)
    • 7 April 2010 (quote)
    • 9 June 2010 (Miss Me–But Let Me Go)
    • Apologies For Missed Wordy Wednesday
  • July 2010 – January 2011
    • 1 December 2010
    • 10 November 2010 (Murphy’s Law)
    • 12 January 2011 (The Richest Man in Babylon Seven Rules)
    • 13 October 2010 (Murphy’s Law)
    • 14 July 2010 (10 Canine Commandments)
    • 15 December 2010 (Murphy’s Law)
    • 15 September 2010 (loan)
    • 17 November 2010 (Murphy’s Law)
    • 18 August 2010 (The Scent of Freshness)
    • 21 July 2010 (joke)
    • 22 December 2010 (Merry Christmas!)
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    • 25 August 2010 (30 second speech by former CEO of Coca Cola)
    • 27 October 2010 (Murphy’s Law)
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    • 29 December 2010 (Happy New Year!)
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    • 4 August 2010 (fixed my computer joke)
    • 5 January 2011 (Au Fait)
    • 7 July 2010 (email – Think)
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    • 8 September 2010 (Psychopath Test)

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