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January reading round up
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…
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REVIEW: The Anthology of English Folk Tales
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…
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REVIEW: Miscellany One
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…
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