"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
"I love the smell of book ink in the morning." Umberto Eco
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 …
We’ve been doing variants of this walk for a couple of years before last March but not really doing the full walk. We decided to explore it a bit more during lockdown to see where it all went (there are other bits to add but I’ll add these to other maps since they go off …
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 …
Twenty-one posts published this month, so a really good month for blog content as in my head as long as I write at least one post a week I’m on my schedule and I’m doing well. Twenty-one posts about gaming, cooking, art history, and writing, but not one book review… You know, the main reason …