This arrived in the mail for me today:

It's a first-edition Virginia Woolf My Moment. It is BEAUTIFUL.

It even came with some old newspaper clippings from the 1960's which are articles about Woolf:

It's pretty much the coolest thing ever. It has the yellowing paper, that delicious old-book smell.

It's golden-embossed spine has 'The Hogarth Press' on it which is just fantastic, and I love love that it is a first edition.

As some of you may know, I collect Woolf like she's going out of fashion. I have all her dairies, all her letters, all her books and essays, almost every biography written on her, and lots on other people in her life: Leonard Woolf, Vita Sackville-West.

I found this in a second-hand bookshop in Lorne (Fowlers, just a great store) when I went a few weeks ago. (Sadly, I was down to my ...

So I'm guessing everyone in Australia has been watching The Slap?

It seems everyone has been watching it - yesterday I was out having lunch in a cafe and three middle age men were behind me and they were talking about how 'bloody good' The Slap was.

The mini series, by ABC, has had generally positive reviews, and, if my Facebook feed is anything to go by, it well-loved by general viewers.

Me? I've been watching it (obviously!). I haven't watched last night's yet (Aisha) as I was out, but I plan on watching it tonight.

Can I be honest for a second?

I really enjoyed the first episode, Hector. Thought it was great. I also loved Anouk.

But as the weeks have gone by, I'm finding my liking for it has been dwindling...

Last week's, Manolis, I was on my phone for most of it and ...

WELL! It's been a long time for Obernewtyn Chronicles fans as The Stone Key was published in 2008.

Thankfully, The Sending, is out now!

The series, first published in 1987, has been a huge hit with devoted fans all over the world - and critics, with plenty of awards won too.

The Sending:

 The sixth book in The Obernewtyn Chronicles. The time has come at last for Elspeth Gordie to leave the Land on her quest to find and stop the computermachine Sentinel from unleashing the deadly Balance of Terror arsenal. But before she can embark on her quest, she must find a lost key. And although she has long prepared for this day, nothing is as she imagined. Elspeth's search will take her where she never thought to go, and bestow upon her stranger companions than any she thought to have. It will ...

Evangeline the toy elephant lies under the bed all day, waiting and waiting for something to happen.

If only she could be useful somewhere...

Will her wish be granted?

I am pretty sure (pretty pretty sure) that this is the cutest book ever.

I mean, if a dancing elephant in a dress on the front cover isn't enough - or the fact it's a beautiful hardback with special flowers and stars that shine in the right light - or the absolutely charming colour illustrations through-out, then the story will capture your imagination in a huge way.

Alderson writes beautifully about discarded toys who live dusty lives under beds, wishing of being a Constant Companion. They talk about the time they were the Constant Companion, only to be chucked aside in favour of a new toy.

It is, simply put, a charming book, one that will be ...

Sometimes, you sit back and think of something and get all stressed and worried.

Sometimes, you want to do something but you have no idea. (I think this is one of those times where I should leave that. I meant to write 'time' not 'idea' but hey - someone's trying to tell me something!)

Sometimes, it seems that there isn't enough time in the world to do everything you want to do, and when you have an inability to say no and take on too much: it's a problem.

Things I need at the moment:

Time Sleep My cold/hay fever to go away A massage, as my back is very sore at the moment from all the hunching over I do at work and on the computer Money to pay an over-due parking fine from the Marieke Hardy event To go to the gym, they are taking my money ...