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.All 57 of them. Doubtless a few more I neglected to record. I regard reading as one of the fabulous joys of life, plus something essential to my growth as a writer. IMHO, a writer who doesn’t read ends up … Continue reading
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Yesterday was such a bad day for half a dozen different reasons, that I didn’t feel like blogging. Shan’t talk about it today either, in the futile hope that the bad things will thus disappear…sigh. Just finished The Secret Scriptures … Continue reading
. The right to not read The right to skip pages The right to not finish The right to re-read The right to read anything The right to escapism The right to read anywhere The right to browse The right … Continue reading
Today I went to the “Why-Isn’t-There-an-SFF-Bookclub” bookclub meeting. That’s right, Malaysia now has an SFF bookclub, which – who knows – might one day expand into an actual society and … be running an SFF convention? Hey, let’s set our … Continue reading
…in order to remind you what happened in the previous book(s). 45% Cleverly inserted reminders41% Synopsis at the beginning29% Glossary at the back22% Don’t need reminders – I reread the previous books 3% Don’t need reminders – I remember everything … Continue reading
I like the advice over on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog this morning: Go buy a Tobias Bucknell book. Or two or three – the guy has just become the father of twins. He probably needs all the help he can … Continue reading
People can bomb the guts out of kids in one part of the world while most of the rest of the world turns a blind eye… …Meantime, in another part of the world… …they talk of banning kids from libraries……or … Continue reading
You all probably think there is nothing much of interest happening tomorrow, on the 20th. So I am about to tell you differently. My pal, David B.Coe has a new book out. It also has a great cover. That’s right, … Continue reading
Sharon over at Bibliobibuli drew attention to this, a list from the Telegraph of 100 novels everyone should read. Hmmm. Apparently in reverse order of importance. Ok, let’s have some fun – have you read ’em all? The bold are … Continue reading
I read 66 books in 2008 or 1.3 books a week. Possibly more, as I may have forgotten to record some. ( I am sure that at certain times in my life I have done a lot better than that.) … Continue reading