The theme at The Gallery this week is Books. I've been meaning to write about some of the presents I received on my recent milestone birthday. This birthday was was all about me. The celebrations were low key exactly as I wanted and the presents... well each one was perfect, exactly what I would have chosen myself.
Other friends bought me The Book of New Israeli Food. I love that book (I even featured it here) but I already have it (a birthday present from last year) so I exchanged it for a collection of smaller books.
Altogether quite a hoard. Thanks everyone who contributed to these two presents. Now I just have to find the time to read.
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| Books for my birthday |
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| This is the reason I don't have time to read like I used to |
what a great collection - I am expecting book reviews to appear on your blog soon!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!! sorry I missed it.
I don't think you missed it - it was already 7 weeks ago. I'm just still going on about it. Thanks though.
DeleteYour going to be busy reading that little lot! Enjoy them! x
ReplyDeleteThank you. Problem is I keep wasting valuable reading time online.
DeleteLovely, lovely collection - I'm itching to immerse myself in fiction again - it's finding the time!
ReplyDeleteI hear ya sista!
DeleteChildren and blogging - both barriers to having a good old read of a book!
ReplyDeleteYup, ain't that the truth.
DeleteRachel it looks like a delicious collection. I can't wait for your feedback and recommendations. As you know I LOVE books. I enjoyed The Lost Wife and Year Of Wonders is one of my all time favorites.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!
Gilly
Actually Gilly, I looked at your blog post about your 10 favourite recent reads before I chose. I probably got the idea of choosing those two from you. Thank you :)
DeleteBooks always make great presents.
ReplyDeleteI've decided to go ahead with NaNoWriMo. What about you?
Good for you! I'm still undecided.
DeleteWoo! I hope you like it.
ReplyDeleteOf course you should do NaNoWriMo. What have you got to lose?
It's not the month that scares me, it's that I only have four days to clean my house and organise my life in a way that it won't interfere with NaNoWriMo. I couldn't do it with housework hanging over me and lessons to plan, etc...
ReplyDeleteBooks are the best present! I hope you had a truly lovely day! :) x
ReplyDeleteI think I did - it was so long ago now I can't remember. I''m just milking it still for blog fodder. Maybe that means I didn't make a big enough noise at the time?
ReplyDeleteI mean Thank You, of course.
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