Classic Blog vs Magazine Layout
I’ve been conflicted about my blog appearance for some time now. While I played around with its appearance quite a bit jumping from theme…
New and Juicy
Wordless Wednesdays: House Inspiration
It’s too bad that now after I have finished building my house, I see wonderful architecturally inspiring homes everywhere on the web. All images…
Teaser Tuesdays: Under the Dome
March so far has been devoted to King’s March, and I am reading Under the Dome by Stephen King as part of this challenge….
And The Mountains Echoed – My Review and a Health Update on Snubnose
I read And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini over an entire night and day spent at the hospital waiting for Snubnose to be…
The Casual Vacancy – My Review
The Casual Vacancy is a book about the idyllic town of Pagford and the people who live there. Councillor Barry Fairbrother drops dead suddenly…
Teaser Tuesdays: And the Mountains Echoed
This is such a beautifully written book with some lovely quotes, it’s hard to choose just one to feature on this blog but I…
Different Age Groups, Different Ailments
In many cases, one’s age influences the onset or outcome of a disease. Many chronic diseases, such as cancer, occur more often in older…
In Search of Tigers
Last weekend, Snubnose and I did a short road trip to celebrate her birthday. We went with some of my office friends and even…
Things Your Mother Never Told You About Love – My Thoughts
We all know that girls love boys who love girls, and then they turn into women who love men who love women. And no…
What a Difference Drapes Make
The corner window in Snubnose’s room has always been problematic. It was large and let in a lot of light, but there was zero…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Popular Authors I’ve Never Read
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list the Top Ten Popular Authors We’ve Never Read. This is…
Garden Ideas for Sport Lovers
If you have a garden, no matter how small, you can turn it into a place to play sports. Sport is a fantastic activity…
Mailbox Mondays: March 3, 2014
Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. I received the following books over the last couple of weeks….
King’s March
For the past couple of months a giant-sized tome has been giving me the dirty look from the back of my bookshelf. The book…
Predator – A Book Review
Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, digs into a case more bizarre than any she has ever faced, one that…
A World of Ice and Fire
As promised, here is some more awesome imagery for A Song of Ice and Fire fans. George R.R.Martin really created an amazing world with…
Cover Reveals
There’s a lot of book cover news floating around the interwebs these days, and while normally I don’t talk much about book covers, there…
Tuki’s Grand Salon Chase – Book Review
For most hair stylists, the move from the dingy Lovely Beauty Parlour to the upmarket Nancy’s Factory would be reward enough. Gifted, young Tuki…
Dinner at Yauatcha
I’ve been wanting to visit the restaurants in the spanking new 1 MG Road mall for ages, and I was beyond thrilled when we…
Winners of the Literary Bloghop
Apologies for posting this late. I got tied up in non-blog related stuff and just missed posting the update. The winners of the literary…
The Thousand Names – Book Review
Captain Marcus d’Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire’s colonial garrisons, was resigned to serving out his days in a sleepy, remote outpost….
Happy Valentine’s Day
Wishing all of you a great day full of love and luck!
High-tech Health
One of the perks of being a blogger is the opportunity to test out new things and thanks to an extremely generous blog sponsorship…