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Fri, 15:53: “They always put the napkin under the food. Which misses the point, don’t you think?” @mark_haddon, The Red House
Continue readingThu, 14:49: 3 of 5 stars to Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland http://t.co/lgwZIJMXeu Thu, 14:57: Awakening desire to read original old Norse Sagas: #review of Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland http://t.co/MX7vdo1buC #amreading Thu, 15:15: RT @Alicebentinck: Congrats to…
Continue readingBracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland From the beginning, the first book in Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Viking trilogy reads like an old Norse myth or saga. The language is, as you would expect from the author, beautiful and poetic, and he…
Continue readingBracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland From the beginning, the first book in Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Viking trilogy reads like an old Norse myth or saga. The language is, as you would expect from the author, beautiful and poetic, and he…
Continue readingWed, 16:56: Guess who? @ Parade Fish Restaurant, Swanage http://t.co/GAUTvjDtM5 Thu, 10:42: is trying to work out how to explain to the #Badgers currently partying nightly in our garden that this particular household are #anticull?
Continue readingTue, 08:31: On this day last year: 26/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/HtVGCYINW3 Tue, 08:37: On this day last year: 27/8 #knittedbusses #oneyearon http://t.co/2QG01MiLek Tue, 11:09: 5 of 5 stars to There Are Cats In This Book by Viviane Schwarz http://t.co/zAyr8i6GVL
Continue readingSun, 15:20: the voices inside my head are talking http://t.co/MrHt6aqxe1 #iceland #ideas #plotting #TheEndOfAllWorlds #amwriting Sun, 16:24: On this day last year: 24/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/iJxFInLmvk Sun, 16:26: On this day last year: 25/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/lr5rYFK0PU Sun, 17:01: “Words are bridges….
Continue readingFor many people, a statement like that might be a good enough signal to others to call the professionals in to sort me out. For me, though, it is normal. It’s as sure as sign as anything that another story…
Continue readingSat, 17:13: RT @GuardianBooks: Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper reviewed by @marcussedgwick http://t.co/ccHdOsQ9td Sat, 17:13: Damn it, just found another must read/must own book… Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper – review http://t.co/FDInvMqLoY via @guardian Sat, 17:38: On this day last…
Continue readingFri, 12:26: Stuck for summer reading? How about story of girl, her brother, their cousin defending Worlds from Gods & Capitalists http://t.co/MhxPhbIo0X Fri, 14:49: What Causes “Old Book Smell”? http://t.co/XLIIJqgr2N Something else that you just can’t get from eBooks… via…
Continue readingThu, 15:33: On this day last year, Europe’s most-powerful waterfall: 22/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/n8PN96oKMy Thu, 17:44: is now on holiday. No more work ’til September, yay! 🙂 Fri, 08:13: #Privacy debate from the historical context is food for thought @JBHist Everymans…
Continue readingWed, 19:50: Small first #harvest… @ Southwold http://t.co/iXjZT6aDeC Wed, 21:37: Oops, it seems I am 67% addicted to Facebook! http://t.co/Dne13L0jT5 via @oatmeal Wed, 21:47: On this day last year: 21/8 #oneyearon #nofilternecessary http://t.co/T3Qp4XncBo Thu, 09:12: BBC News – E-book revolution:…
Continue readingTue, 19:05: On this day last year: 20/8 #oneyearon #nofilternecessary http://t.co/wm8qyvwUpF Tue, 20:00: Aardman animates Pink Floyd trailer http://t.co/fwh7L7B9qY Tue, 20:52: “Polly getting married only meant one thing tho Louis. It meant the prospect of enduring yet another social situation…”…
Continue readingMon, 13:49: “For your music collection and mine, love Kathryn xxx” Music from and inspired by #MrTumnal… https://t.co/RrHiVSh5lt #playlist #TheBook Mon, 18:19: Mr Tumnal’s ecletic taste in music… http://t.co/LzlJw8t2MQ #inspiration #mrtumnal #music #playlist Mon, 20:38: On this day last year,…
Continue readingMr Tumnal has an eclectic taste in music. His music collection is entirely vinyl and (mostly) cassette, with some recent additions on CD, thus, Kathryn buys him an iPod which she has engraved for him: For your music collection and…
Continue readingMr Tumnal has an eclectic taste in music. His music collection is entirely vinyl and (mostly) cassette, with some recent additions on CD, thus, Kathryn buys him an iPod which she has engraved for him: For your music collection and…
Continue readingSun, 14:47: That nice feeling when you read something back months or years later and you think, I wrote that… #thequotableself Sun, 14:50: “Hospitals are for the old and the infirm,” clipped an aging Miss Leroy, “As I am neither,…
Continue readingSat, 12:08: On this day last year: 17/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/3kyz3pwGdT Sat, 12:09: On this day last year: 17/8 #oneyearon http://t.co/pTREBkEhtM Sat, 15:00: RT @DrAliceRoberts: I’ve designed a deckchair for Clevedon Pier! You can bid for it here: http://t.co/7TWcgl9Twr Deckchairs on…
Continue readingFri, 12:57: RT @TheStoryMuseum: Something for our cafe… Thanks @RosieErnst. Here’s our patron Michael Rosen on chocolate cake. http://t.co/gkp9uhOKNS Fri, 21:21: Hand-baked bread platter layered with a dairy spread and topped with a strawberry and rhubarb conserve… #breadandjam ° la…
Continue readingBeing as I am in that awkward space that a writer finds themself in, of having finished writing the one novel but not yet having started the next, my mind is, as I begin to read and revise Mr Tumnal,…
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