I set myself a couple of reading and writing goals for 2023. Nope, they weren’t New Year’s resolutions because I gave up on those a very long time ago; they’re just goals for the year. Among them were to read 200 books and attempt to write reviews for every book I have read, to read…
The book for this blog is a little more niche and I appreciate it’s probably not of interest unless you have some connection with Nottinghamshire, UK, or an interest in folklore. I have both. But I did say I was going to try to review every book I read this year and I’ve read it…
I’ve always been interested in folk tales, their origins, the art of oral storytelling etc etc, in fact I start a 10-week course next week – An Introduction to English Folklore – so when I saw this little beauty, I couldn’t resist buying it. First published in 2016 (my edition is 2019) and published by…
I have a question. Are you meant to be able to understand Dylan Thomas or was his whole raison d’etre to be confusing and obscure? In my quest to read more non-novels this year, I have just worked my way through Miscellany One, first published in 1963 (my version was 1976), that includes a selection…
I’m getting in quick this year with some poetry, as I only read two poetry books during the whole of 2022. Michael Rosen’s A to Z: The best children’s poetry from Agard to Zephaniah, also counts as an anthology, of which I read none last year. So ticks in two reading goal boxes already. Published…
It’s that time between Christmas and New Year when no-one knows what day of the week it is and I start itching to take the decorations down and get everything back to normal. I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and was well and truly spoilt – well as much as the fiscal climate allows.…
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