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| next stop flushsville | February 28, 2009 | I’m currently having a debate with myself over how to write a book review that is due tomorrow. The book is about television and by a well recognised author in the field. My problem is I really don’t like it, didn’t get anything out of it, thought it was repeitious of previous work, and was […] |
| a little stack of books | January 3, 2009 | The lovely Kate (my brother’s fiance) brought me a little stack of books to try. Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Go-Betweens by David NicholsEveryone Worth Knowing by Lauren WeisenbergerWillie’s Bar and Grill by Rob HirstTheft by Peter Carey In return I loaned herSaint Maybe by Anne TylerThe Jane Austen Book Club by (i forget) I don’t […] |
| a little stack of books | The lovely Kate (my brother’s fiance) brought me a little stack of books to try. Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Go-Betweens by David NicholsEveryone Worth Knowing by Lauren WeisenbergerWillie’s Bar and Grill by Rob HirstTheft by Peter Carey In return I loaned herSaint Maybe by Anne TylerThe Jane Austen Book Club by (i forget) I don’t […] |
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| “what’s that about?” | December 17, 2008 | Quote of the night from bookclub last night came when we were discussing what film we would see for our first meeting of next year. The conversation turned to Australia and there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm (and even some mild groaning I believe) from everyone in the room. It’s only redeeming feature as […] |
| "what’s that about?" | Quote of the night from bookclub last night came when we were discussing what film we would see for our first meeting of next year. The conversation turned to Australia and there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm (and even some mild groaning I believe) from everyone in the room. It’s only redeeming feature as […] |
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| mild mannered philosophising | November 15, 2008 | Sometimes, particularly before bed, I just have to read books that don’t require me to think too much. And in this way, Alexander McCall Smith fits the bill perfectly. That being said, I didn’t take to the Botswanan detective agency series where it seemed to me that he hadn’t quite struck the balance between his […] |
| mild mannered philosophising | Sometimes, particularly before bed, I just have to read books that don’t require me to think too much. And in this way, Alexander McCall Smith fits the bill perfectly. That being said, I didn’t take to the Botswanan detective agency series where it seemed to me that he hadn’t quite struck the balance between his […] |
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| on reading | October 26, 2008 | ‘The Well of Lost Plots is where we interface the writer’s imagination with the characters and plots so that it will make sense in the reader’s mind. After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colours of the sky […] |
| on reading | ‘The Well of Lost Plots is where we interface the writer’s imagination with the characters and plots so that it will make sense in the reader’s mind. After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colours of the sky […] |
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| you can hire the A-Team | October 3, 2008 | My mother and sister kindly presented me with this book this morning. They found it on the marked down table at the newsagent. It’s written from a cat’s point of view with chapters including “Too fat to groom”, “My water dish is a stagnant pond”, “Climbing the curtains because they’re there” and “I crave a […] |