Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Rummaging in the cyber past

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I retired over 11 years ago. After all these years of teaching English I found I was missing the discipline of writing - for when I set ...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Summer reading

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What have I been reading recently? Nice of you to ask - I have been reading more than I might, because it's been the kind of weather tha...
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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Warmth, light and love: the Advent journey

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If you're really old - a silver surfer par excellence - you might remember this book: Footprints in the Snow , by the author with the ...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Sacred Hearts and their secrets

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I've just finished reading Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - though I see they've brought out a new (and cheaper) edition with an unf...
Saturday, March 06, 2010

Illuminating the Lighted Rooms

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I've been reading Richard Mason's The Lighted Rooms - a book which might have appealed to me solely by its Larkin-inspired title ha...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The Book Thief

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I've just finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. And I mean "just finished", which means that I'm still steeped...
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Friday, February 06, 2009

Setting a President

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Just before I left home, I finished reading Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama. I had to finish it because I was gripped in a way I don...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Another good read

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I've been reading another book by Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother . Like his bestseller, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-tim...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Arthur & George

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I've just finished reading Julian Barnes ' book Arthur & George . Normally when telling people how to write a decent critical es...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Late hols, anyone?

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This rather miserable little image is partly the result of my not being chez moi - don't like to fiddle too much with a strange Mac to g...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

Interesting bedfellows

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Having submitted Mr B to the torments of the barbecue the other night, I feel moved to give pride of place to his bon mot of yesterday. Con...
Monday, May 14, 2007

Words, words, words:book tag

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Stewart tagged me about books. Quite daunting, in a way, but here goes: How many books do you own?: Far too many. I don't actually kno...
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