samvara

Genius!

Dora and Nora, the illegitimate daughters of an eccentric family of acting greats were raised by their landlady Mrs Chance. This is the story of their lives as showgirls and the bizarre and humorous intertwining of their lives with the family and father who is never quite theirs.

Their uncle Peregrine is a fabulous character, a man who drifts in and out of our tale - frequently fabulously rich and with an attention span that -might- fill a gnats navel.

Thank you again to juipitah who has fabulous taste in birthday presents. I haven't read all her books yet but I'm working on it.

Are completely justified by sunrises, now if I could appreciate them on the porch with the woofer and a gently steaming cup of tea my life would be complete.

T1's bf was brave enough to insinuate that he probably own more dodgy books than me. This led to a bit of a showdown and categories are now open in 'dodgy religious texts', 'dodgy self help books', 'dodgy fantasy titles', 'dodgy non-fiction', 'dodgy fiction' and 'dodgy comic novels'. The winner has to provide chapter headings for the forthcoming 'Dodgiest novel ever'

Having impulse bought books 3&4 of The Windhover Tapes by Warren Norwood for $2 hoping book 1 will magically appear next week, I know my taste can only improve. Original decision to buy book 2 entirely based on title Flexing the Warp and picture of woman with three breasts.

Much much adoration to jupitah, who also impulse buys books and gave them to me as a b'day present. Angela Carter is a genius and Black Venus + The Bloody Chamber were inspired, the latter moving into the 'buy and give to friends' category at once.

Finished Earth by David Brin and when I say 'finished' I mean chose to finish out of loyalty to the man who wrote Startide Rising. Loved the nice little segues into geological history, liked a couple of characters, was quite fond of the elemammoth (mammophant?) but was very disappointed about the aliens thingy.

Finest moment was newly sentient planet singing 'I AM I AM I AM' and hearing the universe saying 'SO WHAT'. Planet stops and contemplates the meaning of existence in a sarcastic universe.

Woofer 1, squeaky fish 0