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Average rating: 4.37 · 46 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Name is Philippa 4.37 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name Is Philippa: A Memoir of a Life Lived in Two Genders by Philippa Ryder (Goodreads Author), Jackie Meloche (reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name Is Philippa: A Memoir of a Life Lived in Two Genders by Philippa Ryder (Goodreads Author), Jackie Meloche (reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I probably won't post much on this blog as I have a 'rudimentary' Wordpress site (which I've just updated today). If you're interested in my thoughts on science fiction, Star Trek and the journey to publish my memoir My Name is Philippa, the link is below

https://philippasjourney.travel.blog/

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Philippa rated a book really liked it Y: The Descent of Men by Steve Jones	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Philippa rated a book really liked it When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not really my type of book, it was recommended as part of a 'Buy two get one half-price' deal by a bookseller. It's a very sad but nicely written book about an elderly man coming to the end of his life surrounded by his son and his beloved dog in Swe ...more
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Philippa rated a book it was amazing Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ok ok full disclosure: I'm a geodetic (land) surveyor who worked in the Irish Land Registry (now Tailte Éireann) up to a few years ago. I qualified as a surveyor in the mid-90s and was surprised how much I remembered of the course, so much came back ...more
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Philippa and 11 other people liked Lee's review of Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey: "I know the exact moment I fell in love with this book. It came on page fifteen of the prologue, wherein Rachel Hewitt describes the debacle of a manhunt that followed the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. For want of a decent map of Scotland, England's fea" Read more of this review »
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Philippa rated a book it was amazing Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ok ok full disclosure: I'm a geodetic (land) surveyor who worked in the Irish Land Registry (now Tailte Éireann) up to a few years ago. I qualified as a surveyor in the mid-90s and was surprised how much I remembered of the course, so much came back ...more
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Philippa rated a book really liked it This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I had the pleasure of meeting Miriam some time ago and we had a brief chat as she was preparing to film a tv programme with Senator Lynn Ruane for RTE. The three of us ended up swapping and signing copies of our books, a memorable moment for me certa ...more
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Philippa rated a book really liked it Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir by John Banville	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A really lovely book that brings back so many memories for me of the city of my birth. Banville's writing, as you would expect, is wonderful and I kept quoting passages to my wife after I'd stopped laughing. He takes us on a tour of the city, all the ...more
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Philippa rated a book it was amazing Yes In The 1980s by Stephen Lambe	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a fan of Yes since the 1970s I was delighted to see this book in Tower Records here in Dublin, particularly at half-price! I hovered between a 4* and a 5* in my rating before finally settling on a 5*, the only negative thing about it is the someti ...more
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Philippa rated a book it was amazing The Blind Astronomer's Daughter by John Pipkin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A beautifully written (oh! the language!) novel set in Ireland at the time of the 1798 rebellion, flitting between London, Ireland and featuring some historical figures (William and Caroline Herschel) and some excellently drawn fictional characters, ...more
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Philippa and 5 other people liked Alarie's review of The Blind Astronomer's Daughter: "This is not only an enjoyable read, it’s good literature. Pipkin's historical novel is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and primarily focuses on the big advances to astronomy at the time, from new discoveries in space to how to build you" Read more of this review »
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