Author Archives: Barbara Good

Book Review – The Boy on the Bridge

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Barbara Good

I’ve been contemplating a few things to write about today in an effort to get into something of a regular blogging habit again and I finally settled on a book review. Given it’s been quite a long time between book-related … Continue reading →

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Slow Cooked Thursdays – Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Casserole

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Barbara Good

I thought as a way of re-invigorating my blog and looking back on the many things I’ve written about in the last 7 years I would re-post some of my old, but still popular posts.  This post from August 2012 … Continue reading →

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One Step Closer

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Barbara Good

Yet again it’s been a quiet six months on the blog – though with a few odd days where my stats went through the roof (relatively speaking consider this little blog is no high traffic site) for no apparent reason. … Continue reading →

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The Charming Books of 2017 (so far)

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Barbara Good

When I came back to blogging this year I was sure I’d be able to do weekly or even twice weekly book reviews to catch up on all the fantastic and few not so great books I’ve been reading.  Clearly … Continue reading →

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TV Review – The Handmaid’s Tale

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Barbara Good

Way back in the summer of 1996/7 I spent a solid two or three afternoons lying on my bed absorbed entirely in the world of Gilead and Offred, swept up in Margaret Atwood’s already-classic novel The Handmaid’s Tale.  The previous … Continue reading →

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A New Good Life….

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Barbara Good

I’ve had a kind of tricky six months or so, a bit of a crisis on identity you might say.  I’ve floundered a bit, I’ve changed my mind about what to do next roughly 300 times and I’ve really missed … Continue reading →

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Recipe – Country Garlic Chicken

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Barbara Good

Wow, how long has it been since I last posted a recipe or anything really food related?  There are reasons for this – firstly I went AWOL for over a year, secondly my kitchen has been a most uninspired place … Continue reading →

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Litsy – “It’s like Tinder for books”

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Barbara Good

I’ve written a bit lately about the downside to too much social media – FYI my detox has been a bit hit and miss, I still find myself sucked into a wormhole at times – but today I want to … Continue reading →

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My Out of Control Reading Life

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Barbara Good

Remember how I posted last time about Warren Buffet reading 500 pages a day and that switching off from social media and devoting that time to reading would allow the average person to read 200 books a year?  Well, I … Continue reading →

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Stealing the Moment

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Barbara Good

As I was scrolling through Facebook last night I came across an article posted by The Book Club (ABC).  The heading was simple – Warren Buffet reads 500 pages a day AND if you spent as long reading as the … Continue reading →

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