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NTTVBG 3: Vanessa and Virginia – Susan Sellers (2008)

Hello, good evening, and welcome to the third meeting of the Not the TV Book Group! Following the impeccable example of Lynne and Simon before me, I have been baking, tidying, and brewing more tea than you can possibly imagine in preparation for my virgin voyage into the world of the internet book group.
We’ve already [...]

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March 7, 2010 by Kirsty in fiction, not the tv book group, review
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Thanks for the memeries

Because I just can’t resist a book meme.
Total number of books owned:
According to LibraryThing, 1654. This is just my books, not FH’s. At last count he has around 300 or so, mostly music-related non-fiction, some modern history, a lot of Peanuts.
Last book bought:
As recently reported, I splurged with birthday book tokens recently and [...]

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March 2, 2010 by Kirsty in memes, personal
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Flush: A Biography – Virginia Woolf (1933)

“The true philosopher is he who has lost his coat but is free from fleas.”
I hadn’t planned to read Flush last night. I blame Dovegrey Reader and her post yesterday, which reminded me it would have been Virginia Woolf’s 128th birthday yesterday. Given that I had already celebrated yesterday’s other famous literary birthday boy on [...]

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January 26, 2010 by Kirsty in auto/biography, fiction, review
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Black Books

I freakin’ love Black Books. For those not in the know, it’s a sitcom starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, and Tamsin Grieg, who are individually brilliant as well as being an excellent ensemble. Channel 4 has prevented people like me from embedding clips from YouTube, so you’ll have to click on this link to see [...]

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November 23, 2009 by Kirsty in bookshops, places, television
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