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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanging my head in shame...I didn't read anywhere near as much as I would have liked!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEDj777XkeSRXlS9Ww3Y_R2T5zLHSb7fBs7WNspCNi3WDkNbGvE8DeTSpxFOzpAR2Kw5KdOxbOol-fvhpp9hq_rnI6dFoTx8qrYaMfJT_Z_eZEsm3X-UaJY0dFGAPW2ODAOYoZ8hzPrm4/s1600/book+list+march.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEDj777XkeSRXlS9Ww3Y_R2T5zLHSb7fBs7WNspCNi3WDkNbGvE8DeTSpxFOzpAR2Kw5KdOxbOol-fvhpp9hq_rnI6dFoTx8qrYaMfJT_Z_eZEsm3X-UaJY0dFGAPW2ODAOYoZ8hzPrm4/s640/book+list+march.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...despite the fact that I spent many hours trapped in a tin can over the pacific ocean and north america!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what I managed:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean - fiction</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Good as it Got by Isabel Sharpe - fiction</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hector and the Secrets of Love by Francois Lelord - fiction</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...oh yes, a deep and meaningful reading month that was! I'll try to do better in April...after all there's an Easter break perfect for lounging about reading. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't rave about any of these books although I suspect I might have been more inclined to do so about Hector etc if I hadn't had to read it on the iPad. No matter how hard I try I can't embrace this way of reading. But I'm going to have to...I've downloaded some real goodies and they MUST be read! I'll need to get over my aversion to snuggling up with a bit of technology as opposed to bits of paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the reading was more than a bit light on...I did see six movies! What a pity I can only remember five! Again, courtesy of QANTAS...they were...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaCDLchkzHGj1qY6-8tcILGzZ4SZ47PmOi0zvhIJmHMUtWaTEfetz2VwGBme4smJ97V3R0oeam8NsrGQ6uBNjLSEhAqNDUtDf5MlI4mCKMxxLYvsT74iW1XQVeNMLnx3w7lsZQodTURXf/s1600/movies+collage+march.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaCDLchkzHGj1qY6-8tcILGzZ4SZ47PmOi0zvhIJmHMUtWaTEfetz2VwGBme4smJ97V3R0oeam8NsrGQ6uBNjLSEhAqNDUtDf5MlI4mCKMxxLYvsT74iW1XQVeNMLnx3w7lsZQodTURXf/s320/movies+collage+march.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed Red. Who doesn't love Helen Mirren. I mean, really...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>

what I read in march 2011

Hanging my head in shame...I didn't read anywhere near as much as I would have liked! ...despite the fact that I spent many hours trappe...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">February...over already. That's ludicrous. Have I told you that ludicrous is my favourite word? Well it is.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, we know February is a short month, and I'm back at work...and back to working full time for a while (yes, it's unfortunately necessary) so you won't be surprised that I haven't read as many books this month as I did in <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-i-read-in-january-2011.html">January</a>. That may become a record, even for me!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what I managed though...six...not bad for a short month.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieS_uwcJrYvr3W49XnzKhBOicNU1g5tdy4V9IGRVtcXZh0AAF_HA38vzqYs-s84dMm-FcYKjOwqfeU5-7leDQmnCuOvhRVSG7rOjGzf6idlfYrZ-g1Rvb_MvZHKz8OqKyxLXFd7oHLOLQI/s1600/book+list+collage+feb+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieS_uwcJrYvr3W49XnzKhBOicNU1g5tdy4V9IGRVtcXZh0AAF_HA38vzqYs-s84dMm-FcYKjOwqfeU5-7leDQmnCuOvhRVSG7rOjGzf6idlfYrZ-g1Rvb_MvZHKz8OqKyxLXFd7oHLOLQI/s640/book+list+collage+feb+2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aunts up the Cross by Robin Eakin - memoir</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope - fiction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Married Man by Catherine Alliott - fiction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon - historical fiction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - fiction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Details by Lili Diallo - design</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how did I go? There's quite a bit of 'fluff' this month isn't there? But that's ok...perhaps February can be official fluff month in future :) And all of the fiction is Brit fiction...how on earth did that happen! And speaking of all things Brit...that gorgeous possum Colin...ah. Here's part of his off stage press conference after winning the Oscar...</span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0JGXhRUtSM" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now where was I after that momentary distraction? Of course I loved looking at all the beautiful pictures in Details...secrets of styling indeed..it was delicious. And yes, I did read all the text as well...I'm not a cheater!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aunts up the Cross is so quirky...what a family. Eccentricity redefined. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think my favourite though was The Men and the Girls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZzRdRVePuEM8bptbwmUDrNYyOkl88LX28pgTBa3RCfnHukmIwLNtRM9qqopvtB_opQc1VNsHf8N4DqHUwynIQgn2rg07gt2z0r5Cq7czN70LbvMdsPYhn9vnXL6uuiM5BXVGvK67rYgo/s1600/book+cover+the+men+and+the+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZzRdRVePuEM8bptbwmUDrNYyOkl88LX28pgTBa3RCfnHukmIwLNtRM9qqopvtB_opQc1VNsHf8N4DqHUwynIQgn2rg07gt2z0r5Cq7czN70LbvMdsPYhn9vnXL6uuiM5BXVGvK67rYgo/s320/book+cover+the+men+and+the+girls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think I've ever read a Joanna Trollope book that I haven't loved. Her characters always have the most wonderful flaws; but there's always something to love about them. This is a story of two women living with older men. The main character is Kate, married to James, and then there's Julia, married to Hugh. Hugh and James are old friends. Beatrice Bachelor </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(isn't that a fab name)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a feisty 'spinster', comes into their lives when James knocks her off her bike, and she becomes a catalyst for enormous change. Trollope never ends her novels in quite the way you would expect, but when you're done, you nod your head and go...yep, that's just as it should be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two very long plane trips coming up for me this month...I've gone to the dark side and will be reading off this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqfm9EjTq5ee5yJHFCYi_P8n6iKbJjuUmB80eZQ1GsMkv4q-P8ZCGx2PH3z30lr5KUf-b3gvwwlc3TESYiYQNoghCfEuHa_ehVkJnOyk_srCnT4r6BkLFLKsaQ_BUU_Lsjr_MY7CIDo-s/s1600/ipad+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqfm9EjTq5ee5yJHFCYi_P8n6iKbJjuUmB80eZQ1GsMkv4q-P8ZCGx2PH3z30lr5KUf-b3gvwwlc3TESYiYQNoghCfEuHa_ehVkJnOyk_srCnT4r6BkLFLKsaQ_BUU_Lsjr_MY7CIDo-s/s640/ipad+book.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Could this be the end of the world as I know it. Doesn't bear thinking about :)</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

what I read in february 2011

February...over already. That's ludicrous. Have I told you that ludicrous is my favourite word? Well it is. So, we know February is a sh...