R Cawkwell

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

This book is creepy.

Found on flickr.com, used under Creative COmmons, noncommercial refuse licence. — Found on flickr.com, used under Creative Commons, noncommercial refuse licence.

On one of my too frequent trips to Grimsby last month I found a copy of this classic novel in The Works. I’ve heard about The Stepford Wives; hasn’t every body?

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Bookish Pet Peeve #7: Buying Books I Don’t Read

I do this all the time, though I have read the majority of my books, there are still a few that I’ve never even opened. I got distracted by the blurb and a pretty cover, and have et to find the time to read the book.

I will eventually.

101 Books

Today’s bookish pet peeve is about me. I am my own pet peeve.

But let me first clarify. Reading through the Time list has immensely helped me with this problem because the only books I buy right now are books on the Time list.

So I’m very purposeful, rarely experiencing one of those bookstore binges in which I buy 10 books, only to read 2 of them before the next bookstore binge.

You know how it goes, right?

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Busy morning, trying not to get my hopes up.

Re: last night’s post. I went to visit the bungalow this morning after a drive by to look at a couple of other houses.Continue reading “Busy morning, trying not to get my hopes up.”

July reviews: part 2

Just a few books this time round. There’s a bit of variety in this set of reviews. Enjoy.
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And here we have another government organisation that have no understanding of mental health problems.

So, yesterday my sister made me leave the house to go see the Home Options Team in Grimsby.
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Israeli Soldier Leaks Accounts of Revenge Attacks Against Civilians by Troops in Gaza

I’ve refrained from commenting about current events recently, but this is disturbing.

Rise Up Times

A member of the Israeli group ‘Breaking the Silence’ has published accounts of Israeli soldiers being authorized by their commanders to carry out revenge attacks against civilians in the Gaza Strip “to enable the soldiers to take out their frustrations and pain at losing their fellow soldiers”.

by Celine Hagbard IMEMC News July 29, 2014

Parents grieving the loss of their children at the attack on a UN School on Monday

Eran Efrati reports, “Soldiers in two different units inside Gaza leaked information about the murdering of Palestinians by sniper fire in Shuja’eyya neighborhood as punishment for the death of soldiers in their units. After the shooting on the Israeli armored personnel carriers, which killed seven soldiers of the Golani Brigade, the Israeli army carried out a massacre in Shuja’eyya neighborhood.

“A day after the massacre, many Palestinians came to search for their relatives and their families in…

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Saturday

Morning, hope you’re having a good weekend?

I am; I’m having a little holiday – spending the weekend at my sister’s while she’s away visiting her in-laws. Someone needs to look after the animals; the rabbit who has his own room, the hamster named Loki who only surfaces for hamster-chocolate, and the new resident hamster – acrobatic Sophie. There’s a children’s picture book in there somewhere, I’m sure.

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‘Are you really going to eat that?’ Yes, and it’s nobody else’s business http://t.co/SPskrglffY

— EverydaySexism (@EverydaySexism)

After my late morning nap and snuggles with the hell hounds, I had a quick trawl through Twitter and came across this Tweet from the Everyday Sexism project. Read the linked article, it’s interesting.
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