My second readolution is finished. The Three Musketeers was a hybrid read - I read about a third of it in paperback and finished the rest in ebook format. I know, I know. How terrible of me. I feel no guilt. I have loosely watched the BBC adaption of The Three Musketeers and so had… Continue reading Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)
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Tag. I’m it.
I've been tagged* - thrice tagged - and therefore it has been decided by the Grand Post Master of This Blog (that would be me) to choose three questions from each tag and answer them in a satisfactory manner. Because 'thrice' is my word this week. *a large thank you to those who did so.… Continue reading Tag. I’m it.
I’m ever so glad I’m not a mole [January’s Jumbles]
I didn't really enjoy January - or rather, I didn't enjoy parts of January. There was much illness and traveling to work in the dark. (I have nothing against traveling to work or darkness but put them together? There are reasons I am not a mole, my friends.) books read The Lunar Chronicles ... I… Continue reading I’m ever so glad I’m not a mole [January’s Jumbles]
Five [Other] Uses For Books
Books are all very well when used for their actual purpose - that of reading them. But what other purposes can they be used for? And - more importantly - which books would you use? 1. a weapon. There's an intruder into the house. What book do I throw at him? The Misinterpretation of Tara… Continue reading Five [Other] Uses For Books
Recountings: in memory of the elephants
Take a dash of daring do, throw in a bit of casual racism, a pinch of beautiful prose and a dollop of nail biting tension and what do you have? King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard ***There Be Spoilers Ahead*** Look, let's get the 'casual racism' out of the way. Yep, I know that… Continue reading Recountings: in memory of the elephants
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