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The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt. Continue reading Currently Reading…
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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
I have a piece of paper on my right which lists the numerous lines of thought I embarked on after reading McShandy’s post about reading. Here is another one of them. I believe very strongly that there is an engagement between reader and book. I think about it not only as an emotional and intellectual engagement but as a physical ‘docking’; two parts designed to connect, their coming together producing a synergistic bigger whole. I love that idea and also that reality. Books are precious to me in their physical form and although I don’t judge other people on how … Continue reading It’s a book thing
…the Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi Continue reading Currently Reading…
…Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt and considering a move to Savannah. Continue reading Currently Reading…