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February 2012 Blog Posts (4)

Book clubs join in the party to launch NYR 2012!

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Added by Merilyn on February 15, 2012 at 12:30 — No Comments

Love to laugh in February

There’s nothing like a good laugh to make you forget your troubles. Whilst jokes may be fleeting (and often in bad taste) a humorous book can keep you laughing for days. The National Year of Reading’s…

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Added by Merilyn on February 7, 2012 at 14:30 — No Comments

The Infinite Wisdom of Roald Dahl

Here's a neat little poem to brighten this rainy afternoon. If this had a melody, it could be the theme song of libraries world over!

Television- By Roald Dahl

The most important thing we've learned,

So far as children are concerned,

Is never, NEVER, NEVER let

Them near your television set --

Or better still, just don't install

The idiotic thing at all.

In almost every house we've been,

We've watched them gaping at the…

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Added by Kate on February 2, 2012 at 14:18 — No Comments

New Marian Keyes novel coming soon!

If you are a die-hard fan of Marian Keyes, as I am, and have read everything she's ever written, then you will be excited to hear that she has all but finished the "Helen" novel! Helen is the youngest of the five sisters in the Walsh family, whose lives have featured in Watermelon,…

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Added by Kate on February 1, 2012 at 14:26 — No Comments