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Austria, May 2015

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First stop on our adventures was to Vienna. Mark and his choir had the amazing opportunity of performing Mozart's Requiem in St Stephan's Cathedral. They only allow 3-4 performances a year and 1,300 people turned up to see them!! So proud! Then we had the rest of the weekend to explore the city. There was lots of strudel...  He made it while we...

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BAILEY'S FICTION PRIZE LONG LIST CHALLENGE. BOOK #5

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So I feel I probably come across as pretty hard to please when it comes to books but I really loved A Spool of Blue Thread. I read this is one weekend in two sittings, partly because I hadn't got round to reading it on my holiday for book club, but also because it was that good. Our bookclub (Much Ado About Books...

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Baileys Fiction Prize Long List Challenge. Books 1-4

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Before embarking on this challenge I have already read 3 of these books. In a moment of potential madness, 3 out of 20 seemed an optimistic number to inspire me to venture on with the remaining 17. I then found I Am China in the charity shop and apparently it was a sign! It may be a slow progress through the year but...

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