"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
It’s been 40ish years. I’ve been involved with tabletop gaming since the early 80s, leaving the working class area where I was brought up and the only entertainment I had was football and boxing, I started hanging around with a group of middle-class college kids. and that’s where I discovered Rogue Trader and Dungeons and …
and a round-up of what I did in July. Which saw the reading block well and truly break! Between March 15th and 2nd July I had read only two books, two books. This month I’ve read eight and didn’t feel pressured by any of it. There was also a good hit rate as well two …
It’s August and that must mean it’s Women in Translation Month. “Women in Translation Month is all about appreciating the great women writers who do get translated – and of course the people who bring them to us, their translators and publishers. It’s an opportunity to join in a worldwide conversation about outstanding writing from …
I know I’ve just posted a blog on books for July 2021 but I’m trying to get this recommend post out a couple of months in advance so here’s August’s and I’m now going to be working on September’s if there are any books you want me to highlight. As always these are my personal …
Over the last couple of years I’ve skirted around the edges of Women in Translation Month as I read a lot of translated fiction anyway, but this year I decided that I would like to read nothing but this area for the whole of August. (There is an error in that initial picture as The …
Getting back into blogging about books now that I’ve had a few moments of clarity on my projects and got quite a bit going on them. It also seems that I’ve started reading at a reasonable pace once more, mainly middle grade but it’s a start. I’ve been working away solidly at the Indie Publisher …
It’s been a terrible 39 days, I know this as I keep a reading diary and that’s been how long it’s been since I actually opened a book. Not bought a book, I’ve bought several in that period that’s not the problem, the problem is I haven’t read a line from any of them. I …
That’s been a bit of a year then hasn’t it. Though there have been some ups and downs, personally and at work, thankfully the ‘worst’ that has happened to me has been an extended period of furlough. Though even this ‘worst’ has had a lot of upside. I’ve been able to get on with a …