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Please help, I’ve lost my way in the bookshop…

December 29, 2019 By Ellen 2 Comments

My usual mode of book consumption is audiobooks, whilst driving, doing boring domestic things or walking. Generally whilst ignoring other people… Occasionally I want a real one to turn the pages on (even pretend e-reader pages would do). The other day I started browsing for inspiration. A long time ago, I hazily remember, this used […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: books, joy, library, My Life, reading, Something happened in my life

Night manoeuvres, book choices and shower of criticism, things l’ve learned lately.

February 27, 2019 By Ellen Leave a Comment

How to bring an edge of thrill and novelty to a perfectly ordinary walk. This one’s simple – just do it in the dark in the company of quite a lot of cub scouts. A wee variation on the usual Wednesday gathering made especially good because of the company. I also learned that it turns […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: baby shower, books, boys, children, family, George Saunders, humour, in my life, in the world, Lincoln in the Bardo, Meghan Markle, reading, scouts

The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis de Bernieres and other books to make you cry.

July 3, 2018 By Ellen 4 Comments

A very long time ago, about two days before Boy One was born, I finished a book by Louis de Bernieres. It was called Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and it made me cry. Not just a slight dampness, but proper snotters and heaves. A pile of soggy tissues balanced on my belly bawling. Normally, I’m not […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: books, crying, fiction, library, Louis de Berneries, on my mind, reading, Reviews, slacker's guide, sobbing

The sexiest men in books

May 9, 2018 By Ellen 2 Comments

When you think of hot literary heroes, perhaps the first fellows to come to mind are the obvious ones – Mr Darcy, Rhett Butler or even Christian Grey if that’s your bag.    But you can keep Soggy Shirt, Don’t Give A Damn and Captain Cable Tie, I’ve just fallen for a new leading man […]

Filed Under: Atticus Finch, books, Boris, Donna Tartt, Edward Cullen., Frenchman's Creek, other things I have learned, reading, review, sexy, Twilight Tagged With: books, heroes, reading, sexy men

Right ho, it’s the slackers’ guide again.

August 25, 2017 By Ellen Leave a Comment

In the continued interests of avoiding actually writing anything of my own, I thought it was high time I bothered the internet with some of my thoughts on what other people wrote. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lovely language and fantastical ideas. The mythical town of Macondo is a means of telling […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: books, in my life, in the world, reading, slacker's guide, Something happened in my life

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