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Recommendation: Nation
I am not a Terry Pratchett fan. I enjoyed Going Postal on tele but I just have never been able to get into his writing. Just before Christmas I was encouraged by several students to try Nation: ‘It’s completely different, Miss’; ‘It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, Recommendation, Writing
Tagged class, Nation (novel), race, recommendation, Terry Pratchett, tidal wave
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Mumbled Humble Pie
My view is Life is too short to do something you don’t like if you don’t have to. Specifically, reading a book that, within the first chapter or so, just doesn’t grab you. I receive recommendations all the time and the … Continue reading
Mind Links
As a child it was drummed into me that I must eat everything on my plate. To leave anything was the most terrible crime after hurting someone. This lesson was one I carried with me through my teens, my twenties, pregnancies … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, New Author, Recommendation, Writing
Tagged basic needs, Dragon Tattoo, enjoyment, finishing things, food, hobby, life is short, pasttime, personal preference, reading, recommendation, Slap
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Banished by Bea Turvey
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 