Hello lovely readers! I’m working to a rather daunting deadline just at the moment and am not attending to other things. This blog among them. I don’t like “apology for not posting” posts, so I will instead say, expect me back next week. Monday if i am on track, Wednesday if I am way […]
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Writing for Dusted Magazine
posted by lisathatcher
I promise I won’t do this every time there is a review posted, but I am pleased to let my readers here know that my first review for Dusted Magazine is up, and you can check it out here. I’ve been following Dusted Magazine for a while now and am thrilled to be a part […]
Announcing changes to the Lisa Thatcher Blog
posted by lisathatcher
Good morning my lovely readers. This is a post to let you know there will be some changes to the blog from today forward. I want to thank everyone for your encouraging readership. In terms of daily hit statistics and people signing up, the blog has been a great success in my little world. Many […]
The Booker Prize Long List
posted by lisathatcher
Well – it’s that time again. Reading up on the long list to make our choices about who should and who shouldnt hit the short list for the Man Booker Prize. The longlisted books were selected from a total of 145 titles, 11 of which were called in by the judges. The 2012 longlist includes […]
Books that make you undatable
posted by lisathatcher
The H Post ran an article today called “9 Books that make you undatable” that set my mind to wondering. Is there a book that, if seen on a potential lovers night stand, would have me running for the hills? I mean books are very important to me. Are they are worthy barometer for those I want […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 91 – 95
posted by lisathatcher
If this group of five albums had to be given a theme I guess it would have to be dance and / or electronic, the unheard Jean C. Roche not withstanding. I have waxed lyrical at many intervals on this blog about my appreciation for electronic music and the artists below give an excellent argument […]
Piet Mondrian – Line over Form
posted by lisathatcher
Please note: this post is not written by me. I have taken the Wikepedia article, on Piet Mondrian and added in images to enhance appreciation of what he was doing. I don’t own the images nor do own the words. If anyone sees anything here that they feel they need acknowledgement for, please contact me […]
Farewell Nora Ephron
posted by lisathatcher
“Like most of my contemporaries, I first read The Fountainhead when I was 18 years old. I loved it. I too missed the point. I thought it was a book about a strong-willed architect…and his love life….I deliberately skipped over all the passages about egoism and altruism. And I spent the next year hoping I would meet […]
SFF: On the Road – Salles takes Kerouac for a spin
posted by lisathatcher
One great thing that this film version of On The Road did for me was get me onto excellent whiskey. I must say, after watching the film the desire for one was intense. Was it watching these youths swill it for two hours or the desire to forget these youths that switched me onto it? […]
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