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LapReader
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Last Thursday I couldn‘t get to work as the trains were down. It‘s never happened in my 20 years at my current job. I made it a treat myself day. First stop was the local Little Free Library. I also visited St Paul‘s Thrift Shop Stockton and Starter Stories, the yummy sourdough bakery there where I spent $60 on treats! My tummy was sore the next day after dieting for so long for my showgirl performance. It was a shame it was windy and rainy.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
How To Make Gravy | Paul Kelly
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Spotify would struggle to find an artist I was less interested in seeing tbh.

I‘m posting this here because my Mum has already endured my rant about How To Make Gravy coming 9th in the recent TripleJ Hottest Australian 100 of all time.

CarolynM I thought it was just me 😆 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, did you see he‘d taken out an obituary for Joe because he‘s written a follow up song 🙄 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, I‘ve been in the Paul Kelly haters club since 2006 when his book of lyrics appeared on the English syllabus. (My Tim Winton dislike stems from having to read Lockie Leonard for English a few years before that). Usually it‘s all “Sharni, no. How can you say that?!” So, always nice to hear the opposite 🤣 (edited) 2w
CarolynM I did see the obit 🙄 I just don‘t like his lyrics. His songs people get excited about sound trite to me. 2w
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arlenefinnigan
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Teresereading
How To Make Gravy | Paul Kelly
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Eggs Well done🎹 3w
Teresereading ‘Gravy‘ has become an iconic Christmas song here. PK has now written a sequel Rita Sent a Letter. 3w
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Bookwormjillk
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Autumn Comfort Swap is in the mail @thebacklistbook

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Chopper | Mark Brandon Read
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Everytime I come across a mention of Chopper, I flash back to my most terrifying library enquiry which started with a man asking if we had Chopper on DVD and then, unprompted, while I was looking it up on the catalogue, added that he‘d been in Pentridge Prison at the same time as Chopper. Different cell block though.

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LapReader Oh dear 4w
tpixie Yikes! 4w
CarolynM A friend of mine was Chopper‘s neighbour in Clifton Hill for a few years. 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, 🫣 that‘s a bit too close for comfort! 4w
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Teresereading
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#artist
Barbara Blackman's memoirs and letters are fascinating and a favourite of mine. Her former husband was a great artist 🎨
#charactercharm
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🖼️ 1mo
Eggs Looks wonderful! 1mo
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IReadThereforeIBlog
Open the Cage, Murphy! | Paul O'Grady
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Paul O‘Grady was a comedian, actor, TV presenter, chat show host and British national treasure.The last of his autobiography quartet picks up shortly after the death of his mother and tracks his career transition from drag queen host of the Vauxhall Tavern to TV presenter and national treasure set against a back drop of personal tragedy as the AIDS crisis strikes close to home. Told with his wit and warmth, it‘s a bittersweet testimony to the man.

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LitsyEvents
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repost for @BarbaraJean

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead So, I had talked about us reading the 400-ish-page-long novel-in-verse Aurora Leigh after we read Emily Climbs. Ultimately I decided I have enough on my plate and am not that ambitious right now. 😂 BUT, after seeing references to “The Alhambra“ in Emily of New Moon (+ LMM has talked about it in her journals), I thought that might be a fun one to add. Who's in?

#BuddyRead

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RowReads1
A Fine Old Conflict | Jessica Mitford
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