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I finally looked at the CBCA Awards shortlist today and looked forward to reading the books on the list. I read most of the shortlist last year and totally enjoyed them. It’s great to look forward to winter with a list of books to read that are almost guaranteed to be great. I have included a new tag “CBCA Awards” in my blog. I’ll have to go back and add it to all the books I read from the list and mentioned on this blog last year. My apologies to readers with feeds who may get these posts reposted.

I have already had the pleasure of reading “Red Spikes” by Margo Lanagan. It is a collection of amazing and wonderful short stories and is my favourite so far! There is a great story ‘Under Hell, Over Heaven’ in there based on the Catholic concept of Limbo. I wonder if the Pope read this story too as he has recently made some changes.

Kazakhstan and ‘The Zahir’

April 12, 2007

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I have to admit, I had barely heard of Kazakhstan before Borat the film came along. I haven’t seen Borat and I don’t imagine I will. It doesn’t sound like my kind of entertainment. I have noticed though that I have been noticing this place more and more in the streams of information that pass by me.

I have recently read a book that was in part set in Kazakhstan called ‘The Zahir’ by Paolo Coelho. I totally enjoyed the book. It was about relationships. I love Paolo Coelho’s books and have read all bar about three of them. I am contemplating rereading some of them actually because they have so much in them. This latest read was about obsession and love and I enjoyed reading it. There is more I want to learn about it and I have given a lot of thought to many of the ideas in the book.

I recently read this article on one of my favourite blogs:Inhabitat:Norman Foster’s Entertainment Centre in Kazakhstan

Rediscovering ‘The Invitation’

March 30, 2007

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Today when I got my email from Yasmin Boland about the days astrological weather, she included ‘The Invitation’ by Oriah Mountain Dreaming and that link. I remembered when I first read this peice when my children were little I had seen it in a Wellbeing Magazine and cut it out and put it on the wall beside my bed. I loved it and read it over and over. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

CBCA Awards 2007 Shortlist

Kazakhstan and ‘The Zahir’

Rediscovering ‘The Invitation’

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