As well as non fiction, I love to read a bit of chick-lit too. Not too much, but enough to make me smile. Especially Marian Keyes - I have several of her books. So when I went to Whitcoulls on Thursday looking for the special edition King Kong set and saw her new novel…. I had to get it.

One thing I have always loved about her books is the ones she writes about the Walsh Family. I read Rachel’s Holiday first and that is still my favourite so it was really nice to see a bit more written about her character this time, even though she was sort of in the background. And getting to know one character at a time has been fun. Especially with later books as you get a pre-conceived notion about them… then the book changes that.
(and it’s not available on amazon.com until June 1? hmmmm…)

No passing go. No collecting $200.00.

Now back to plotting how I can get my hands on those eight songbook CD’s that Ella recorded in the fifties and sixties….

Tardy… tardy…. tardy.

The Marjorie Main biography that I won recently arrived last week. And it came with a little surprise… namely Children of Hollywood: Accounts of Growing Up as the Sons and Daughters of Stars. It’s been a rather pleasant introduction to Michelle Vogel’s books.

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I’ve pre-ordered both Season 3 of the Doris Day Show and her first CBS TV special.

I have been enjoying watching Doris’s television show since I got the first 2 seasons on DVD last year. It suits my attention span when it’s too short to watch a movie and it’s vastly different from what I normally see on TV.

I wonder when that boxed set promised by Warner Home Video is going to materialise too?

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