Beowulf has kicked me to the reading curb. Or rather, Tolkien's commentary on it has - which is one part fascinating and two parts here-lemme-gouge-my-eyes-out. Some things are easy to read in the early mornings. Other things aren't. It's isn't that I'm lacking in intelligence [well ...] it's just that some things are not meant for… Continue reading Beowulf and I are at loggerheads.
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five books imprinted on my young mind
*and by imprinted I mean 'impress or stamp (a mark or outline) on a surface.' Twilight, what have you done to the modern tongue?! I had to define a word and am too lazy pained to think of another title! Good or bad, the books that you read when you're young stay with you. Here… Continue reading five books imprinted on my young mind
Recountings: how do you reform a rake?
Instead of sorting out bookshelves, I'm reading what is on other bookshelves. Dashing and arrogant heroes? Abductions? Intrepid and brave, take-no-nonsense heroines? Fabulously funny side characters? Hilarious dialogue? It can only be a Heyer. ***This Post is Lengthy But Contains a Life-Changing Answer.*** Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer The Marquis of Vidal (whose father is… Continue reading Recountings: how do you reform a rake?
Books and Monstrosities [February’s Flutters]
I can't spell February. It's a really awkward word and is off my 'what I'll name children/pets/inanimate objects' list. (Rejoice, Future Thingies! I've spared you a lifetime of misspellings!) Also: I'm sorry, but this post is a little long. I planted the seeds and boom! the words just leapt upwards. books read The Huntress of… Continue reading Books and Monstrosities [February’s Flutters]
Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)
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)
of words & books 