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oh so very tired
I really should be making things tonight, I’ve got PIFs to do (I have a plan 😉 ) and SS to think of and the normal ordinary S creeping up as well, and instead I’m going to do a couple of quick book reviews and go to bed. At the weekend I read Dragonhaven and…
I have money to spend…
at Amazon, in the form of a gift voucher for £11, and they have conveniently reduced super saver delivery to £5 and over! So what do I buy? Decisions, decisions. I have fancied The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections for a while, but I haven’t seen it. Has anyone out…
Talli's secret.
I have no idea whether this book, Talli’s Secret, actually describes what it’s like to be dyspraxic or dyslexic, but it is fairly accurate on being misunderstood, miserable and grieving. The child heroine has had all sorts piled on top of her, including losing her sister in a car crash, the same one that put…
Reading again
This afternoon I felt wobbly, weak and cold, so I retreated to bed, with a couple of books. First there was AK. I picked this one up because Peter Dickinson is Robin McKinley‘s husband and I wanted to know more about his writing. I didn’t regret it, even though in some ways it’s a depressing…
Last night I did read
I’ve been coming home and going to bed for a couple of hours, then getting up and coming down for something to eat. I’ve made it through the week because of this, and next week I’m off every day except Tuesday, so I should be able to recharge then. Last night I read books. I…
The Bells of Mazahan – Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley So, speaking of bells, here’s the first page or so of The Bells of Mazahan because it’s much too late to come up with an entry from zero. This is the beginning of the draft after I realised it wasn’t going to stay a short story, but you’ll notice its antecedents as an…
Yet more Tepper.
Somewhat under a week ago, I ordered The Fresco (Gollancz S.F.) from the library. Was quite impressed when I went in to pay off fines to discover it had arrived already. I like Tepper, I’ve mentioned that once or twice before, but even I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Spoilers below, though not drastically…
Acceptance
For the first time that I noticed today, I thought ‘my sister had epilepsy’ rather than ‘my sister has epilepsy’. I still wake up occasionally forgetting that she’s gone, but at some points of the day, she’s moved to my past. I’m sure that this is a healthy change, but I’m also sure you’ll forgive…
BBC NEWS | Health | Warning of epilepsy drowning risk
BBC NEWS | Health | Warning of epilepsy drowning risk People with epilepsy are up to 19 times more likely to drown than those in the general population, research suggests. A University College London review of 51 studies from around the world showed 88 deaths where five would be expected, adding many could have been…
more recommended reading.
Robin McKinley‘s book Sunshine has been recommended by NPR as an excellent book to take your mind of a gruesome plane journey. I’m looking forward to reading Dragonhaven if I ever manage to find it in a UK bookshop (it’s slightly embarrassing that she lives here in the UK and yet most ppl don’t including…