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Voracious reader, vegetarian foodie, mostly armchair traveler, and frequent online shopper. I love to talk about all these passions (and other things happening in my life) in this blog.

    Tags, Wordless Wednesdays03/19<09/20

    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…

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    Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills, Tags, Teaser Tuesdays03/18<05/28

    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….

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Literary Fiction, Wellness03/15<05/28

    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…

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    Books, Literary Fiction03/12<01/26

    Breaking Down The Casual Vacancy: A Detailed Review

    The Casual Vacancy is a book about the idyllic town of Pagford and its people. Councillor Barry Fairbrother suddenly dies, and elections are on…

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Tags, Teaser Tuesdays03/11<08/29

    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…

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    Photographers in Action at Ranganthittu
    Travel03/10<06/10

    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…

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    Books, Memoir/Biography/Non-fiction03/08<08/29

    Things Your Mother Never Told You About Love

    We all know that girls love boys who love girls, and then they turn into women who love men who love women. And no…

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    The littles playing by the bare windows
    Art, Tags, Wordless Wednesdays03/05<05/09

    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…

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    Books, Dystopian fiction, Fantasy / Mythology, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Tags, Top Ten Tuesdays, Young Adult03/04<08/29

    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…

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    Books I Received Last Week
    Asian Fiction, Books, Mailbox Mondays, Memoir/Biography/Non-fiction, Tags03/03<08/29

    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….

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      Yeah, we are pretty confident we can pay off this house regardless of my job situation. We kept our budget low, and live in a quiet, semi-rural area. It helps…
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      Congrats on the new house. I admire your courage in taking this step amid job insecurity but it does seem like the right choice. Condolences on the loss of Coco.…
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      Looks like I should watch The Americans. Yours is the second comment here raving about it. I think your mum can be excused. I keep lecturing my daughter about the…

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