Elizabeth ‘The Reaper’ Gaskell
Rather like the end of Jurassic Park, when the survivors are leaving the island in a helicopter, dirt-streaked and bruised but glad to be alive, or the end of Independence Day, or any… Continue reading
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Next up on the Dickens Challenge – The Old Curiosity Shop
My last Dickens Challenge book was the Mystery of Edwin Drood, which I did enjoy, and thankfully, although it was unfinished without the murderer being revealed, Dickens did write a letter to a… Continue reading
View over the top of a book #2
Unlike the last picture that was taken during work hours, this is during an actual break. I have a habit, like a lot of people, of just eating at my desk and looking… Continue reading
I have nothing in common with that carrot, take it away.
I have just finished ‘In The Shadow Of Young Girls In Bloom’ by Proust, and of course, it’s full of deeply insightful nuggets about human behaviour, especially the utter insanity of being in… Continue reading
The Things We Do For Love
I’m 46 years old and should know better than to be growing out a mid-70’s homage to Bowie haircut. I may be a million miles away from looking like the thin white duke… Continue reading
Which Dickens to read next?
It’s time to start a new Dickens, as part of the Dickens Challenge. I’ve decided to read one that I know very little about, nothing I have ever seen on a screen, or… Continue reading
Samuel Richardson: Blessed with the ability to cram 100 pages of action into 750 pages
I bet that’s his writing hat. I need a writing hat. I shall knit one forthwith. But more importantly, 750 pages is halfway! Hot dog! The end of the second longest book in… Continue reading
Half Price Sale in the Oxfam Bookshop – Bring a Wheel-barrow!
Oh man! I have had such a magnificent haul in the Haverfordwest Oxfam Bookshop. There’s something soul-restoring about secondhand book-buying. It has all the benefits of retail therapy but without the subsequent emptiness… Continue reading
Happy Birthday Charlie D!
As it’s Dickens’ birthday today (203 years old – looking good, Charlie boy!), I could hardly let such an important date pass without celebrating it, especially as Lucy has recently raised the gauntlet… Continue reading