false 335756 female The United Kingdom 09/2007 12/2009 80 352 351 true 5690482 read 0 true 704031 currently-reading 1 true 704030 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/257390-just-in-time-for-christmas http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1190130841p2/853.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:22:23 -0800
It snowed over here last Thursday - about 4 inches - highly unusual for Reading. Even more unusual is that it didn't disappear within a couple of days - by Monday there was still about 2 inches covering my back garden. Then Monday afternoon it started again - I had another 6 inches which is still lying on the garden. My son took 9 hours to do what should have been an hour and a half journey on the motorways on Monday. The rotary clothesline is covered,each line has at least two inches piled on it but my photos don't get the full effect - too much white around! The trees are still full of snow, bare branches look as if they have clods of snow balanced on them and this morning I've been out photographing a tiny weed on my patio that has developed long crystals hanging from each little part of it overnight. I'm hoping it will last till Christmas.....it's been a good long time since we've had snow around on Christmas day. ]]> Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul (Inspector Singh Investigates 2) by Shamini Flint]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81545931 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uRldLdbZL._SL75_.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:09:32 -0800 The House Gun (Paperback) by Nadine Gordimer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81467043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171759206s/118827.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:01:15 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/249158-december-birthdays http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1190130841p2/853.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:48:17 -0800
ricki]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/246092-gobble-gobble http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1190130841p2/853.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:02:49 -0800
I keep trying to remember by American roots over here but unless someone reminds me, Thanksgiving is the one holiday I almost never remember. (We have Harvest Festival which is similar and is held usually at the end of September so my brain is never with us for Thanksgiving.)

Anyway - have a good day.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/241572-literary-writers http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1190130841p2/853.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:58:53 -0800 I don't expect a literary writer to have something useful to say and teach me - it isn't about expectations, it's about the experience of reading a literary author. I learn more through reading them because in the very manner in which they write, in the content of the books, I learn more - not because I look at them as anything but another person because that is exactly what they are - incredibly good authors. Through their writing they just give more depth to the characterisation, to the description and with more writing ability than pop authors. And for me, above everything, they make me think. A pop author hands it to me on a plate and doesn't expect anything from me.
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I hope you have a great year.]]> Kafka on the Shore (Paperback) by Haruki Murakami]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78084779 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165515991s/4929.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:39:49 -0800 more...]]> The Sound of the Mountain (Paperback) by Yasunari Kawabata]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76679833 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170537419s/59950.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:52:16 -0800 The March: A Novel (Paperback) by E.L. Doctorow]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73519315 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544614s/24914.jpg 335756 Ricki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193164531p2/335756.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/335756-ricki Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:01:25 -0700 more...]]>