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  • The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman

    January 4, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    A collection of speeches, book introductions, and editorials by Neil Gaiman. All bundled together as The View from the Cheap Seats.

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  • New Year – New Leap Planner Unboxing

    January 3, 2020December 18, 2020Organization
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    I'm starting 2020 with a new Leap Planner and unboxing. It's less goals and more productivity. Fingers-crossed it works.

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  • 2020 – how did that happen?

    December 31, 2019Bianca's Life
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    2020 is nearly here and promises to be just as bookish. Here's my 2019 year in review and plans for 2020. Spoiler: it involves books.

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  • Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse? Highway Bodies by Alison Evans

    December 22, 2019December 21, 2020Book Reviews
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    More than zombies, Highway Bodies by Alison Evans is a story of dealing with death, friendship, battles, and ... zombies in Melbourne.

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  • Choosing a book for Jólabókaflóð – the Book Flood

    December 22, 2019Bookish Things
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    I'm trying to decide what to read for Jólabókaflóð - the Book Flood celebration on Christmas Eve. Here's my short list.

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  • Discovering Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village

    December 13, 2019December 13, 2019Melbourne
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    This week I visited Melbourne’s Gingerbread Village. It's literally Melbourne landmarks made from gingerbread and lots of marzipan.

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  • Two best friends in Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall

    November 11, 2019Book Reviews
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    Skylarking is Kate Mildenhall's debut novel and the story of friendship, love and loss growing up on a lighthouse island.

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  • Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone

    November 3, 2019December 21, 2020Book Reviews
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    Justyce is heading to Yale and has a promising future, once he navigates growing up black in Dear Martin by Nic Stone.

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  • You Are Awesome… and this book will make you more awesome

    October 28, 2019January 20, 2021Book Reviews
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    You are Awesome is Neil Pasricha's new book and the first I read. It's filled with useful tips and reflections on how you can be more awesome

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  • The Boy Who Steals Houses – and stole my heart

    September 9, 2019Book Reviews
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    In her second novel, CG Drews tells of Sam, The Boy Who Steals Houses. It's a powerfully-written story of homeless brothers and family.

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  • Dread Nation: I’d say zombies and Post-Civil War but it’s so much more

    July 29, 2019June 7, 2020Book Reviews
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    Dread Nation: A post-civil war historical novel, with added zombies. Justina Ireland has written a mostly historically correct novel.

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  • Why Wizards Unite isn’t for Harry Potter fans

    July 16, 2019July 17, 2019Bookish Things
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    Wizards Unite was meant to be the new Pokemon Go, but it misses its potential and leaves nothing for Harry Potter fans.

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  • A semester of reading. Fluffy, non-academic reading

    July 13, 2019January 13, 2021Book Reviews
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    In among my grad school work it was a semester of reading fluffy books. These novels helped me get through my first semester.

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  • The end of the world is on Saturday in Good Omens

    June 1, 2019December 24, 2020Book Reviews
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    Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens is an amusing end-of-the world telling of an 11-year-old Antichrist, whom they lost.

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  • Producing babies at The Farm

    May 6, 2019December 31, 2020Book Reviews
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    The Farm by Joanne Ramos is a story of women trying to make their way in life. By commercializing childbirth.

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  • Finally, I’ve answered the Ask Me questions

    April 10, 2019April 11, 2019Ask Me
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    I'm back in Melbourne and it's been a whirlwind of school, new jobs, catching up and reorientating. Here's an Ask Me questions post as an update.

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  • Someday Is Not a Day in the Week – new book review

    March 11, 2019January 20, 2021Book Reviews
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    Do you have a dream that needs a nudge? Someday Is Not a Day in the Week is that nudge. Sam Horn tells why you shouldn't delay and chase your dream today.

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  • Wise Guy: wisdom and learnings from Guy Kawasaki

    February 26, 2019December 24, 2020Book Reviews
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    In Wise Guy, Guy Kawasaki shared the wisdom he gained through working with Apple, choosing college, learning from his kids, and surfing.

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  • Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic—a memoir from a comedian with autism

    February 18, 2019December 24, 2020Book Reviews
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    Michael McCreary is a stand up comic, and now a published author, and an advocate for those with autism, and he's also on the spectrum. And he's funny.

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  • 5 Things I Love About Living in a Hotel

    February 17, 2019February 17, 2019Bianca's Life
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    I've been living in a hotel for nearly two months. It's one of the best decisions I've made. And it's not even expensive.

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