The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco This has been lying in my to-read pile for about three millenia and I finally picked it up last night. I am still reading A.S Byatt but I felt I needed something else. Every once in a while I read something I wish I had written. I have only read the first chapter of TMFofQL, so can’t yet say I wish it were mine, but I do wish I had thought of a character who wakes from a coma with no memory of himself or his life but who does remember … Continue reading Currently Reading …

The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt. Continue reading Currently Reading…

There is one book in my to-read list which has been relegated to the end of the queue as I am currently using it as a wrist rest for my mouse. The volume in question is Dramatic Romances,Volume 5 in a series of 11 ‘uniform editions of the works of Robert Browning’ published by Smith, Elder & Co in 1889.  So that is the wrist; for the mouse … well I am using a collection of 8 uncirculated coins sponsored by Benson & Hedges cleverly called ‘Pieces of Eight’. I won’t bore you with why I had to throw out … Continue reading Childe Roland to the Mousemat Came