Last year, my last Monday Musings of the year fell on Christmas Day, so I did what I called a little recap post. This year, my last Monday Musings occurs the day before my big two end-of-year posts - Reading Highlights and Blogging Highlights - so I've decided to do another little undemanding Recap Post. … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some little recaps (2)
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Some little recaps
It's Christmas Day, so the the question was, do I do a Monday Musings post or not? Will anyone be looking at blogs. If you take part in this holiday season, I hope you are enjoying it in the way you most enjoy - with family, on your own, at the beach or in front … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Some little recaps
Books given and received for Christmas, in 2019 – sorta
Regular readers here will know that on my Boxing Day I usually publish a post on the books I gave and received for Christmas. However, this year I'm doing something different. I've just read a link that Paula (Book Jotter) posted in her latest Wind-up Post. It's from The Guardian and is about the challenges of book gift … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas, in 2019 – sorta
Books given and received for Christmas, in 2018
In what is becoming a Boxing Day tradition - I have many end-of-year traditions it seems - I am doing, again, a post on the books I gave and received this Christmas. There weren't many as it's becoming hard to pick the right books for people, somehow, even though we are a reading family. Here are the … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas, in 2018
Carson McCullers, Home for Christmas (#Review)
As you will guess from the title of this Library of America (LOA) Story of the Week, I meant to post on it closer to Christmas Day than I have in fact achieved. I chose it for two reasons - firstly the obvious seasonal one, and secondly because my first Carson McCullers post was an unusual piece and … Continue reading Carson McCullers, Home for Christmas (#Review)
Books given and received for Christmas, in 2017
In what is becoming a Boxing Day tradition - I have many traditions it seems at the end of the year - I am doing, again, a post on the books I gave and received this Christmas. For Ma Gums, who has worked as a lexicographer, another word-oriented book (giving her such books is becoming another tradition!): … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas, in 2017
Books given and received for Christmas, in 2016
I did a "books given and received post" last Boxing Day, and decided to do it again, but after Boxing Day because this year Boxing Day coincided with Monday Musings, and I have another tradition for the last Monday Musings of the year. Anyhow, here goes with the books I gave and received this Christmas. There are not … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas, in 2016
Books given and received for Christmas, in 2015
I did a "books given and received post" last Boxing Day, and decided to do it again. It's a useful record for me to keep, and may just interest you, so, here goes. For Mr Gums, who is often up for a walk: Walking and cycling Canberra's Centenary Trail For Ms Gums Jr, in her … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas, in 2015
Books given and received for Christmas
Here at the Gums, we like of course to give and receive books for Christmas. Like you, I'm sure, I love choosing books for those I love, albeit tinged with a little anxiety. Have they read it? Will they like it? That doesn't stop we readers giving it a go though does it? Anyhow, just … Continue reading Books given and received for Christmas
Humbook Christmas Gift to Stu of Winston’s Dad
I squeezed in at the last moment! What, you ask, did I squeeze into? Well, the Humbook Christmas Gift exchange. This is a virtual gift exchange that Guy Savage (of His Futile Preoccupations) and Emma (of Book Around The Corner) did last year. They enjoyed it so much they decided to invite their blogging friends … Continue reading Humbook Christmas Gift to Stu of Winston’s Dad
Whispering Gums 