I took a year off blogging. This wasn’t like other breaks I’ve taken from it, where I just forget to do it for two months. This was deliberate. I wanted to focus the time I had on working on my novel, and given the way life tends to squeeze writing time, I wanted to makeContinue reading “It’s Been a While”
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Another Post Where I Go On About Tom Drury
After deciding to spend the Christmas period reading The End of Vandalism again I think I can safely say that it is one of my favourite books. It’s hard to tell when you first read something if it’s a favourite or just fresh in your mind, but Tom Drury’s first novel was not only asContinue reading “Another Post Where I Go On About Tom Drury”
The Vague Days of 2017
This is my favourite time of year, the vague days after Christmas where all the urgency has gone out of everything, all the pressures of the festive period are lifted. There’s still chocolates and biscuits and cake, but I don’t want to eat them. Every year, by about the 27th what I really want isContinue reading “The Vague Days of 2017”
The Girl With Another Book on the Shelf
Mostly when I read what I am looking for is challenging, interesting, deep, thoughtful writing that affects and changes me by the act of reading it. But sometimes I am tired and there is only so much examination of the human condition a person can take. Sometimes you need a break, sometimes you need aContinue reading “The Girl With Another Book on the Shelf”
Looking In Both Directions, Autumn by Ali Smith
This week I finally got around to reading Autumn by Ali Smith. I have been meaning to read it for a while because over the years I have been hearing an increasing volume of good things about her but because this was known as being her Brexit novel I ended up putting it off. IContinue reading “Looking In Both Directions, Autumn by Ali Smith”
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