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Foolish Fancy by Dawn Lindsey
In Foolish Fancy Dawn Lindsey weaves a wonderful regency tale of two people whose social status, needs and desires seem worlds apart, yet actually match. Fancy is a school ma’am and the niece of a celebrated feminist scholar. She is struggling with a dismal future of poverty and an arid, loveless life. Trey, is a…
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Old favourites–category romances
Manuka Fire by Mary Moore makes me cry every time I read it. Not bad for an old Mills and Boon. Megan is sensitively drawn, strong but vulnerable. Her family has left her insecure, and the explanation of the reasons are why I cry on each read. Megan’s new home in a remote New Zealand…
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Women blog
Hardly startling news that women blog, but are we better bloggers than men? Spike, Meanjin’s blog, is well worth a look.
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W S Gilbert
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are enormously fun and fresh despite their age. So are W S Gilbert’s poems–and they’re free online. Try Bab Ballads. “The Yarn of the Nancy Bell” is fantastic. But my favourite is “The Nightmare” from Iolanthe. When you’re lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose istaboo’d by anxiety,I conceive you…
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A new tag?
I’ve noticed I’m sliding into the habit of posting personal opinion. Do I need a new category for posts, one titled “Rant”? or just some self-control?