currently reading ‘The Offset’ by Calder Szewczak
currently reading ‘The Offset’ by Calder Szewczak
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 …
What is the “Essence of the North?” That is what is being asked by The Northerner Blog in the Guardian today. They are asking for contributors to post an image that captures the essence of the North. Whose North? There is always the chocolate box image of Dales and Moors, unbroken wilderness, apart from James …
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 …
Another good and productive month, my reading plan is a minimum of six books a month and again I’ve achieved that though I stalled a bit at the end of the month and just couldn’t get into anything for over a week, so rather than beating myself up about this I just did other blogging …
After watching that brilliant trailer for Villeneuve’s adaptation of the Dune saga by Frank Herbert I felt that I should really read the whole saga including non-Frank additions before I see the film. I’ve been reading the original saga since the late 70s and it was one of the first series of books that I …