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the writing diaries

the broken shower didn’t dampen my writing retreat | writing diaries #2

March 26, 2025 nesskingsley

The shower ran ALL night.

Tagged book-review, books, fiction, reading, short stories, the road, travel, writing, writing diaries, writing retreat2 Comments
undertones of war by Edmund blunden
books misc, ness talks books, reading log

the god of small DNFs | reading log #4

January 28, 2025December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

I've been reading nearly all my life, saving those few years when I was impossibly lazy and also under the age of four.

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photo taken from a boat on the Lake District of a green hill
books misc, ness rambles

unconscious planetary suicide: losing eden by lucy jones

January 6, 2025January 1, 2025 nesskingsley

The politicisation of taking care of the world we live in is a great tragedy; it should be a natural priority to us. Taking care of it, takes care of us.

Tagged environment, losing eden, Lucy jones, natural world, nature, reading1 Comment
reading a book whilst sitting at a table with a cup of tea, a teapot, and a book on it
books misc, ness talks books

2024: book snapshots

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 nesskingsley

Did it make me want to abandon the world to retreat to peaceful lands and a barren room with a cross and the ever present scent of feral cat pee? No. Did it plant a book idea in my brain? Oh yes, yes it did indeed.

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the custom of the country by Edith Wharton
books misc, deffo my cuppa

the most appalling ‘heroine’ you ever did read

November 15, 2024 nesskingsley

Her actual desires are, to put it bluntly, as shallow as a flattened teaspoon.

Tagged american literature, book reviews, book-review, books, Edith wharton, fiction, reading, the custom of the country10 Comments

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