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Those queues are justified 💕

Yay! So excited that you and @sonomalass.bsky.social are going to read it! Hoping you both like it!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 💕

Thank you 💕

TBR Challenge – Vintage: Reading Note 96 It has been a sweltering, wet, gluggy February, and I am not enjoying the humidity. Breathing thick muggy air is not conducive to good sleep. The consequence of less sleep is more reading and I hav…

This month's #TBRChallenge achieved. The theme is Vintage. I loved Matthew Norman's Grace and Henry's Holiday Movie Madness. 2 widowed protags grappling with their grief & growing friendship through nostalgic pop culture films. Top shelf!
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TBR Challenge – Still here: Reading note 95 and Observation Note 119 I am still here but in my own rushed interpretation of the SuperWendy’s TBR challenge, I am posting super-late (so late that it is February). I have also decided to change up my book review t…

I am super late to @superwendy.bsky.social TBR challenge for January themed "Still here". I will add "Still late".

I read Sangu Mandanna's A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping. I also get a bit ranty about the book's library metadata.

#rombkblog #romancelandia

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Pink flowers with sharp edges abd pueple thingy in between all the sharp petals. Surrounded by green leaves.

Pink flowers with sharp edges abd pueple thingy in between all the sharp petals. Surrounded by green leaves.

Pink flowers with sharp edges abd pueple thingy in between all the sharp petals. Surrounded by green leaves.

Meanwhile, my bromeliads are divine! 4 in one year at the same time is astounding 💕🌸

My 2025 Year of Reading Happy New Year, everyone! I want to start out by thanking all of you who read my blog. I know that I only have a small(ish) group of subscribers, and I also have regular commenters and I want to co…

Thanks to some bluesky friends for the prompt to post my annual reading blog post.

My list of favourite books read in 2025. 53 books read, with 14 of them being 5 stars. I discuss some of them here:

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Thanks, Wendy!

My 2025 Year of Reading Happy New Year, everyone! I want to start out by thanking all of you who read my blog. I know that I only have a small(ish) group of subscribers, and I also have regular commenters and I want to co…

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Brrrr! Stay indoors and stay warm!

The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.

Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/

2 bright, spiky, pink flowers with thick green stripey leaves against a sandstone wall in a black pot.

(Photo taken from above) 2 bright, spiky, pink flowers with thick green stripey leaves against a sandstone wall in a black pot.

A bright, spiky, pink flower with tiny purple tips and thick green stripey leaves in a black pot.

I know that I am in a different phase of life as my most enjoyable lead-up-to-Christmas event has been watching four (!!!) Bromeliads emerge.

I hope you all have a calm and slowly revelatory Christmas 💕

My friend is auctioning her late husband and late son's substantial Dr Who collection. It would be lovely if you could share this with any fans you may know. #drwho
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I am in again!

Thank you!

"It's the standout for affordability."

Houses in Melbourne are now more affordable than in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth & Adelaide - so how did Victoria do it?

Hear more on the latest Dollars & Sense with @grogsgamut.bsky.social. #auspol

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Green variegated thick leaves with two pink flowers with pointed tips peeking out.

Double bromeliads peeking out.

Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions? Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them

AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.

I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker

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A post in which I get a bit annoyed about the Greek stereotype in romance fiction but still enjoy the novel.

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Ooops! I just saw this. And yes - that is the antipodean joy especially if you are travelling to avoid the cold. The flowers are still blooming, I scored two gladiolis this year but the heat has started to cause some wilting.

Thank you! Every November is a delight!

I know! It is so special!

Daisy and agave.

And this one daisy that has emerged from the agave comes to my shoulder. Incredible!

Flowers in front of a greek statue.

Flowers, lemon tree and lattice.

Daisies, irises and a fig tree.

Impatiens, cotrus, red flower, lillipilli, columned stairs and the statue

My garden is in full bloom, including my 30 year old daisies which are waist high.

Thanks for sharing my posts, Wendy! Only 2 more to go!

Looking out a window to trees and clear sky. A plane is in the sky.

It all looks ok. I think there was hail damage elsewhere.

Blue skies today!

French windows, bookshelves. Looking out to dark greenery.

A wild storm. Hail, startling thunder and lightning. I shut down all my computers and stopped marking. I am waiting it out with the lights turned off.

TBR Challenge – Friend Squad and Here There be Monsters: Reading Note 93 So I am going to cheat here and I am going to use two (yes two!) TBR challenge themes for the one book. WILD! Has this ever been done before? I don’t know but maybe SuperWendy will know. Am I…

I have finally caught up to the TBR challenge. Though I cheated.🤷 Two themes for one book. And there are a ridiculous amount of detailed spoilers.

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Write to the editors, Ned! Ask for corrections & let them know where you stand on this issue. I was speaking to a library journal editor about this & was told that their journal policy was very strict on AI & checking sources. If the publishing journal has a policy on this, point that out too.