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Forgotten Garden

In May I wrote a review of Kate Morton’s Forgotten Garden for the ABR — and I just saw the table of contents for their December/January issue, and–lo and behold–there’s my review! This book was a bit too Oprah-licious for my liking, so it is one of the harsher reviews I’ve written,* and I thought they…… Continue reading Forgotten Garden

YAY YAY YAY

I’ve finished the albatross of a review! The monkey is off my back! The other two reviews I’m doing for this journal are now conveniently not due until March — so I don’t have to think about them until post-Clarion! Yay yay yay yay and yay. I love the post-stress feeling (I’m repressing thoughts of…… Continue reading YAY YAY YAY

John of Saintsbury’s ‘Policraticus’

John of Saintsbury’s early modern motivation for writers:"…the loyalty, zeal, and diligence of writers triumphing over sloth transmuted them to posterity" (Policraticus).Yeah. It’s still relevant.(My review is at 815 words, and is in need of a conclusion.)

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It’s so nice to finally finish one of the longest review books you’ve ever read, and then discover that the review only has to be a mere 500-800 words. Yay!

Gettin’ jiggy with it

I’m up.Have had coffee.Have had fibre-filled brekkie.Checked emails; sent a few.Visited some of my favourite lj folk.Working on thesis.And it’s only 8:42 am. 

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Just realised I didn’t need my big whinge. The happy people at engrish.com have summed up today in a single image:

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Last night I dreamt that I arrived at Clarion and it was being held at a rickety old summer camp… Everyone was huddled around a campfire watching some sort of ‘Welcome to Clarion’ film (which was being projected, old-school style, on one of those white screens that all highschools had in the 80s). There wasn’t…… Continue reading Untitled