Today I am five years old! Not personally, you understand, but as a blog. So crack open the champagne and have a slice of cake with me. I can’t remember any more what it was  like not to write a blog: not to have a way of recording and thinking about the books I read and the films, plays and concerts I saw. Now, whenever I come across something wonderful, my first thought on finishing is to share my enthusiasm for it, and to hope that others will come to share their own thoughts and recommendations.

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Because, frankly, life is better with dinosaurs. Or are they dragons?

Rather incredibly, I’ve now been writing this blog for four years. It certainly doesn’t seem that long. Time flies: in fact, I actually entirely forgot the anniversary last year. Oops. My first cautious contribution to the blogosphere was in July 2011 and, in the three years since then, the blog has morphed and changed to keep up with my enthusiasms. However I hope my long-term readers still find things of interest.

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Today is this blog’s second birthday and so I just wanted to take a few lines to say thank you to all the lovely people who read The Idle Woman, leave comments and send me emails. You have no idea how much it brightens up my day to hear from you, so please keep it up!

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A short post just to celebrate the fact that the blog has been going for one year. I’ve had a great time doing this, especially in the last few months, as people have started to post comments and to email me directly. Special thanks to those who have shared their thoughts on the Lymond Chronicles and who have welcomed me into the Dunnett fold. I look forward to meeting some of you in person in November.

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This is not, obviously, me. But I feel a certain kinship with her

Let’s kick things off with an introduction. I’m in my twenties*, I live in London and I’m keen to find a new way of making contact with other people who share my interests.  At the moment this blog is going to be dictated by things I’ve seen or read or visited recently: a way to share reviews and recommendations of books, films, CDs and anything else that I think should be appreciated by more people.  To find out a little more about me, please visit the About page.

* Or at least, I was when I wrote this. Sic transit gloria mundi.