Last night I found my copy of The Custodians, so I read "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" in the bath today. I thought I had a copy. It was on my dining table, and bought in Windsor in 2001. I have no memory of being in Windsor then. Ah, Windsor, Melbourne. Good job I checked.

Reading:

LII: Richard Cowper, Twilight of Briareus (1974)Thriller set ( Read more... )

Today was very much a reading day - although I'd hoped to get one more read as these are all rereads, and tend to come in at the 160 rather than 200 page count.

XLIX: Richard Cowper, Kuldesak (1972)
L: Richard Cowper, Time Out of Mind (1973)
LI: Richard Cowper, The Road to Corlay (1978)

Kuldesak is the real disappointment - postholocaust humans ( Read more... )

Much of today was taken up with London, and a cunning plan to go to a bookshop in Blackheath en route. It would also yield four hours of travelling (and thus potentially reading), plus time in coffee shop. What I hadn't reckoned on was they close Wednesdays - I'd not thought to look for opening times on their website, which are helpfully hidden on ( Read more... )