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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: Collected Poems Volume One
Where I live in Nottingham, trams and buses can be named after people from the city who have done great things. One of the buses is called Henry Normal. If you’ve seen The Mrs Merton Show, The Royle Family or Coogan’s Run, or you’re a fan of Gavin and Stacey, Red Dwarf, The Might Boosh…
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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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REVIEW: Michael Rosen’s A to Z
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…
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