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Little brother
Have you read The Children’s Story? Or ? Do you read xkcd? If you do, you might have noticed the name Cory Doctorow features. But you might not know who he is, as despite the fact that he lives in this country, his books are not easy to find here. Which is kind of odd,…
The longest day
A year ago today my youngest sister died. Today in her memory my other sisters have run in a charity race, more info here and here I’m not sure what to do in her memory. I seem to automatically be shedding a lot of tears, which isn’t actually the best way to remember someone, but…
I shall love because of you
K looked fabulous in her dress – she’s slim anyway, and blonde and can carry it off. S looked proud in his suit and there were hordes of little bridesmaids and page boys, as well as two adult bridesmaids. They had a ceremony done by One life ceremonies which was quite lovely, with a reading…
Absent friends
This wedding was supposed to happen last summer, but because my youngest sister died two weeks before the wedding date, K didn’t feel she could go ahead with it – not a surprise to anyone I don’t think. Then they went off to their honeymoon holiday as it wasn’t something they could get refunded, and…
Borrowed books.
Jonathan kindly brought me several books to the party, and is reading is something that I can do without feeling any more ill than usual, I’ve read them all over the past few days. I started with The Family Trade, then there’s The Hidden Family and The Clan Corporate. They romp along quite nicely, although…
some more reading.
Let’s see, there was The Telling, read this last weekend. Possibly wasn’t in the best state of mind for it – I think Ms Le Guin does undercurrents in her work, and instead of picking up any of those, I just found it rather inpenetrable. Shame. I might try it again another time – I…
Been reading again.
Finished off a couple of books this weekend. First there was The Ropemaker which I was reading to see if Big would like. I’m not sure she would, it doesn’t move fast enough with anything much happening, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I started reading Peter Dickinson because he’s Robin McKinley’s husband, but now he’s…
Mockingbird – book review
I usually avoid things labelled Masterworks, a kind of inverse snobbery I acquired from a boyfriend many years ago. He was terribly middle class and pretty much only read literature or Masterworks, and made me feel very stupid for not knowing about classical music (my parents listened to Radio 2, nothing with classical music on!)…
Books of the year
with a nod to Ann Aguirre, I’ve scanned back through the books I’ve mentioned this past year, and come up with 10 worth mentioning again, plus it meant I got to play with an Amazon widget 🙂 Amazon.co.uk Widgets I’m hoping this doesn’t do anything too horrid to the blog, please let me know if…
Reading is all I'm up to
Feels like someone has pulled my brain out of my ears and replaced it by slightly too much cotton wool, which is pressing uncomfortably on my ear drums and making thinking far too difficult. So I have done next to nothing yesterday and today, except a little light reading. I’m on a quest to find…