Pun: Prizes... High tea? I had a sudden craving on the weekend.. But that's really more of a prize for me hey :)
Ronni: Yeah concert was good, it was acoustic and they mainly played new songs to promote their new album but the songs were pretty good and they did do 'My Happiness' which was good :) Would like to see them properly in concert now.
Happy new year! As is tradition, my round up of reading for the year that was. In total, the number of (new to me) books that I read in 2024 was 83, up again on last year. When I was doing my 20 year book stats I got curious about re-reads- what would be my most re-read book? So for this year I can tell you I also reread 9 books, these were mainly childhood favourites that I read to the kids, as well as the complete Scott Pilgrim and Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers , which I just read last year but saw in the library and thought "why not read it in physical copy, since I read it in eBook form last time?" But as usual my list will not include rereads. And I got to read my kids The Railway Children , which was a joy for all of us and also made me cry. Anyway, let's get into it! Shortest book was The Great British Bump-Off by John Allison at 112 pages- I have been reading his comics since I discovered Scary-Go-Round in my uni days and they are always a t...
From my little black book. Sign outside Branxton: "Drive carefully, we have two cemetaries, no hospital" Tombstone, Tilba cemetary: "Whiffo gone fishing A free spirited man who is forever in our hearts" "Heinz tomato ketchup makes food taste KETCHUPPY" - tomato sauce bottle "I was just wondering how I ever could have laughed at you" "I hope you'll always laugh at me" The Day Will Dawn, cheesy movie from 1942 "Each man kills the thing he loves" The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde Ad outside Japanese restaurant in Sydney city "Sexy chicken on rice" "I don't own a house or a car, all I have is a borrowed tv, but that's what you get when you take off and travel." Random bus stop conversation “She had a voice with hormones” ‘A Woman’s Secret’, 1949 movie “Oolong Imperial: A work of tea art” Tea rooms in the city “The burdens and the joys of being chosen to be more than a flu...
Simon posted a fun meme over at Stuck-in-a-book the other day- he assigns a random letter and you have to pick some of your favourites that start with that letter. And my letter is N! Let's do this. Favourite book... number9dream - David Mitchell Image from Google Books This book made me really fall in love with the writing of David Mitchell- and still my favourite. Although Cloud Atlas is also amazing! And I can't believe it but it took me a while to think of it... Favourite author... E. Nesbit Image from Wikipedia I grew up with Five Children and It , The Phoenix and the Carpet and so on, but most of all with The Railway Children. My siblings and I read the book, and watched the movie, multiple times. E. Nesbit will always have a special place in my heart! Favourite song... No Light, No Light - Florence and the Machine Because I love Florence and the Machine! Though I have to say it was a toss up between this and No Aphrodi...
I found you! 1/4 down the photo, 1/5 across from the left.
ReplyDeleteDo I get a prize??
I see you! In the back, on the left, sort of next to a woman in black! Was the concert good?
ReplyDeleteGood work! :)
ReplyDeletePun: Prizes... High tea? I had a sudden craving on the weekend.. But that's really more of a prize for me hey :)
Ronni: Yeah concert was good, it was acoustic and they mainly played new songs to promote their new album but the songs were pretty good and they did do 'My Happiness' which was good :) Would like to see them properly in concert now.
I'm up for it, when when?
ReplyDeleteI see you! You are the only one looking directly at the camera, so you are the easiest to find.
ReplyDeleteWhen are you free for high tea? Any other correct guessers are welcome to join, but I'm not going to pay for you all... :)
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