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THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX
To my shame, I had never heard of Maggie O’Farrell, even though she is a prize winning Scottish author. This story of Esme and her family sat neglected in my bookcase for over a year after the book wa ........
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE. (WITH SPOILER ALERT)
I finally got this out of the library. I was quite looking forward to reading it as it has had a lot of positive hype.The first page put me off a bit as I didn’t fancy another dysfunctional female pro ........
HOLIDAY READING
I don’t seem to get through as many books in the holiday season (prolonged in Australia), as most people but I have recently finished ‘Damascus’ by Christos Tsiolkas. This book has had very fa ........
NAUTICAL TALES
Well, I’ve just finished the twenty-fifth book of the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series, written by Dewey Lambdin.I don’t know what that says about my personality, especially as I have also read my w ........
AN ACTIVIST LIFE
My latest ‘read’ has been Christine Milne’s Autobiography, ‘An Activist Life’. I suppose outside of Australia, or inside it for that matter, she would not be a familiar name. But she should be, as she ........
‘THE WEEKEND’
I recently finished reading ‘The Weekend’ by Charlotte Wood, an Australian author, and overall, I really enjoyed it. I had the sort of pleasant surprise which comes with familiarity. Not because the c ........
PROUST
My writing group started an on-line discussion about our favourite descriptive writing. I chipped in with a few quotes from Hilary Mantel, but then I thought about Proust. I have read the C.K S ........
CRY BABY AND SOME OTHER RAVINGS.
Now that I finally have my very own Website I suppose it will be a good idea if I put something on it.Being a bit of a competition addict, most of the things that I write have been sent out into the w ........