Wednesday 4 January 2012
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I was very impressed with myself yesterday. I managed to pop into a library with a handful of books and only come out with one. I certainly do my bit to keep the lending figures up but, with a slew … Continue reading
Thursday 3 November 2011
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I have just finished re-reading Peter Robinson’s Friend of the Devil after having seen the recent ITV adaptation. It confirmed my suspicion that the the screenwriter and casting director were playing fast and loose with the source material. As well … Continue reading
Friday 21 October 2011
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The Gospel according to Philip? No, there is one of those already in the Nag Hammadi library of gnostic texts, which Pullman mentions in his afterword before concurring with the opinion of MR James (who published a translation of them … Continue reading
Thursday 8 September 2011
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I have recently finished re-reading A Year at St. Yorick’s by Adrian Plass. What was most interesting on this run through was to spot several bits of material which later made their way into the Yorkshire Pudding DVD (a series … Continue reading
Saturday 13 August 2011
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How many short stories would you expect in a collection? You get plenty with Nancy Jane Moore’s Flashes of Illumination because many of them are extremely short, sparking with bright ideas. A few hundred words is not enough for a finely … Continue reading
Wednesday 13 July 2011
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How do you categorise a book like this? It has crime, action and horror but I think I would expect to see it on the humour shelves. Perhaps weak humour, although categorisation systems tend not to be that specific. The … Continue reading
Wednesday 22 June 2011
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I have not actually got a wall lined entirely with bookshelves but, if I had copies of all the books I have borrowed and read from libraries, friends and family over the years I think I would need to. I … Continue reading