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At long last my 2010 Book Poll
Late again with my book poll. It's posted here over on DW. If you can't comment there, and want to, do so here.
I love doing these polls as I'm always struck by the huge differences in what people read as well as by the huge volumes that some people read. Pun quite intentional! -
Musings on luck and cancer
Luck is a funny thing, often it can be a state of mind. Many people would regard me as horribly unlucky, but I prefer to see myself as incredibly lucky. It's just the way you look at it ( Read more... ) -
Reading not writing 2009 #7
I know, I know, I'm really late with this one., but at least I still have the list. For some reason reading Cotillion seems to have triggered a Georgette Heyer surge in me and I read a further 6 of her regency romances, mostly back to back. I'd read them all before of course, and most of them are old friends.
61. Beyond the pale by Donal Hickey. ( Read more... ) -
Books I read in 2009
Since I let my paid account lapse, I can no longer do polls on LJ. However, I do have a paid account on Dreamwidth, so that is where I have done the poll.
How many of these books have you read? -
RIP Kenneth Goddard
Mr Goddard was my next door neighbour for twenty years. In many ways, he was a strange man, single, with a very strong northern English accent, a bit prissy, and I suppose that's all most people saw of him. He had several floods from the flat above him, and was convinced, because of the colour of the water that had come through that the tenants ( Read more... ) -
Armistice Day
Time for some more poetry methinks. This one, by Herbert Read is quite long so I'm only going to quote the first stanza ( Read more... ) -
Reading not Writing 2009 #6
This is me just about up to date with these, and I'm not doing too badly overall.
51. Death of an Englishman by Magdalene Nabb. This is another contemporary crime novel set in Italy, this time in Florence, but I didn't like it nearly as much as I like the David Hewson ones I've mentioned before. This was almost a bit twee, and seemed very dated - ( Read more... ) -
More Food
By popular demand here is the pumpkin and parsnip cassoulet recipe I mentioned yesterday, or at least my adaptation of it ( Read more... ) -
Scrummy food
In a surge of creativity the other day, and quite by accident I came up with a soup recipe that was so delicious I had to share it ( Read more... ) -
Reading not Writing 2009 #5
Yet more catch up. I've been very bad at writing these up this year for some reason.
41. Revelation by CJ Sanson. As so ably reviewed by quippe the other week, this is a thoroughly enjoyable book. I do like the Matthew Shardlake series, set in the latter part of Henry VIII's reign. This one deals with heresy, and like all Sanson's novels is intricately ( Read more... )