Christmas cards: why I don’t bother.

Or; my first ‘Bah! Humbug!’ of the season.

Strictly speaking the title is a lie; if you are a friend who doesn’t live nearby I might send a card. But family and close-by friends? Nope, not happening.

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And my next review will be

‘The Bride’ by Kacie Taylor. Ms Taylor contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing her take on the ‘beauty and the beast’ fairy tale. Of course I love to read new authors and I was intrigued by the premise so I said yes. So far I’m enjoying the story. I will post a review once I’ve finished the novel.
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Review: ‘Slavery’s Exiles; The story of the American Maroons’ by Sylviane A Diouf

New York University Press
11th February 2014

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http://www.sylvianediouf.com

Written by a scholar of the African diaspora, Slavery’s Exiles discusses the existence or otherwise of marronage among North American slaves. The maroons of Jamaica and Suriname have been extensively studied while evidence for maroons in the US (and the North American colonies before the War of Independence) is limited. This book looks at the evidence provided not only by former slaves interviewed in the early twentieth century, but at newspaper reports, court reports and legislation from the seventeenth century onwards.

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Daily Prompt // 15 minutes // What could I say

It’s been a whole week since I posted anything; I’ve been busy catching up with all the things I put on hold in November. I’m almost caught up on my crafts and I have a few books to review.

I thought, since I enjoyed writing for last week’s prompt, I’d have a bash at this week’s. The theme/prompt was 15 minutes to address the world.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/fifteen-minutes/

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“The Daily Prompt | Tattoo…You”, Or Rosie has a change of opinion on the subject of ink

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/prompt-tattoo/

Bored on my breakfast break at work this morning I read through the WordPress Daily Prompt post for today and thought I’d give it a go.

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