Author Archives: andyq

Book Review: Alice Munro’s The Moons of Jupiter

Posted on 6 December 2025 by andyq

The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m reading through Alice Munro’s books: all of them. Most of them I’d read before, but a number are completely new or I only read a story … Continue reading →

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Book Review. Alice Munro’s Friend of My Youth

Posted on 6 December 2025 by andyq

Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro My rating: 4 of 5 stars I return to this page, and see, a surprise to me, that I rated it three stars in 2011. I actually don’t remember reading it before. It … Continue reading →

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Come dine with me: Restaurant Evett, Seoul

Posted on 19 July 2025 by andyq

When we travel, we try to choose at least one special restaurant, and since our trip to Seoul coincided with my 56th birthday, I was excited to choose Restaurant Evett. I follow a winner of Masterchef Australia, Nat Thaipun, on … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lorrie Moore’s The Collected Stories

Posted on 15 June 2025 by andyq

The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think I was in university when I first discovered Lorrie Moore, reading Like Life (1990) and then liking it so much that I read Birds of America … Continue reading →

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Book review: Alice Munro’s The Progress of Love

Posted on 10 January 2025 by andyq

The Progress of Love by Alice Munro My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve decided to get all of Alice Munro’s work and go back and read them all … eventually. Previous to this one, I finished ‘Something I’ve Been … Continue reading →

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2024 in lists: Musicals, theatre, concerts, books and exhibitions

Posted on 31 December 2024 by andyq

Musicals and theatre An Evening With: The First Ten Years, Hayes Theatre: What a night! Chockful of Hayes Theatre’s most talented and established performers in a celebratory concert and cabaret. & Juliet: This was awfully fun, and we had to … Continue reading →

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2024 in lists: Television

Posted on 28 December 2024 by andyq

Television The Crown, Season 6. We finally finished the last season of the Crown. While I appreciated the acting, particularly of Elizabeth Debecki and Imelda Staunton, it all felt a little too intrusive to me, the fact that many of the … Continue reading →

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2024 in lists: Movies

Posted on 24 December 2024 by andyq

Movies: seen on TV, probably on a streaming service, or on an airplane Maestro: First film of 2024. Choices are always to be made in telling someone’s complex life but I enjoyed this interesting telling of the famous composer and … Continue reading →

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Alice Munro’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You

Posted on 5 October 2024 by andyq

Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by Alice Munro My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m slowly buying all the Alice Munro collections that I haven’t got on my shelf (except for the collected works, as I reckon all … Continue reading →

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Come dine with me: Kuon Omakase, Sydney

Posted on 10 July 2024 by andyq

For a few years, I did a lot of food blogging. It was a fun way to share my passion for eating! And the website Zomato gamified it, so the more reviews I did, the higher I would rank on … Continue reading →

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