...it's all I do. I am lax, I know, but you should all know that I read your posts. I'll comment on them if I can.

Still here, just silent.

Flashlight Worthy - book recommendations

...for being such a bad LJ-er. Not that anyone reads this anyhow...and I wouldn't blame you. I just don't have the mental capacity right now to deal with blogging here...sorry!

I'll still read and comment though, always. And the booker blog still is running...though I'm slow on that front too!

In A Free State

VS Naipul

Picador, 1971

Of all of the Bookers I have read so far, I found this the easiest to read. Perhaps it was because it was essentially three short stories, but I skipped through it in a couple of days with an ease that was almost joyful. I say almost because elements of the stories were hard to deal with and they were ( Read more... )

First thing. I'm mad at my Mum's boss. No further explanation. Just needed to say ( Read more... )

Eats my time ( Read more... )

I'm having a strange episode of not moving from my computer, not working and...writing poetry, looking up theories of temporality and time, and generally wondering about my sanity.

I need to sleep. I don't think I've been sleeping properly at all. My dreams have been odd, to say the least. One the other week felt so real.

Something cold, slimy, ( Read more... )

Everyone was doing it, so...

What's your bookstore?
Anywhere I can. But I love independent bookshops, want to own one, and wish that Black Books was real.

Hardback or Paperback?
Paperback. But I love certain things in hardback to look lovely.

Bookmark or Dogear?
Bookmark. Bookmark. Bookmark. If that fails, postcard.

Keep, Throw Away or Sell?
THROW AWAY? ( Read more... )

Jenny Walklate's Dewey Decimal Section:

843 French fiction

Jenny Walklate = 0544531212105 = 054+453+121+210+5 = 843

Class:
800 Literature

Contains:
Literature, criticism, analysis of classic writing and mythology.

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I just finished it and ...wow.

I'm literally so happy that I don't even think I can critically analyse this book at the moment. But I love it. I actually cooed at it after I finished it!