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DMIO: Favourite Books


This is a Do More In October post... more details on Fab's blog.

I am not much of a reader.
I don't read fiction books at all.
Nor do I watch movies.
(I 'll happily watch quiz shows, sports, documentaries...)


My favourite books are:

The Oxford Dictionary of English.  I love to look up the origins of words, and discovering new 'quirky' words.  Kerf?  Why, that is the indent or notch made with a saw to mark where to cut.  Twitten?  A narrow path or passageway.

Raptors of The World... or pretty much any other bird book!  I am a bit of an ornithologist, I don't retain tonnes of information but that is fine because I get to learn it again!

The Bible NCV.  It feels right to give this book a mention, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I find it quite useful :)



This Do More In October post is a series run by Fab.  You can see all my posts by clicking 'Do More In October' but for lots of other bloggers head over to Fab's blog for the link-up.

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  1. Hi Laura, Dad and I use to go birding.

    Bet your Bee book is interesting.

    Hope you've had a good day. Sue

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