A book mememe lifted from Iliana, nice and straight forward. A book you’ve read for every letter of the alphabet. Now I had to do a little bit of fiddling, dropped ‘The’ from a few titles and I am stumped by ‘Y’ and ‘X’. Perhaps something to work on in the summer. American Psycho Brideshead [...]
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I got the results back on two of the essays I slaved over a few weeks back. I did really well, like 2:1 well!!!!!!!!!!! Considering these were my first papers of the course I’m super chuft. Plenty of positive feedback from the tutor, things to work on and must write more! I am feeling geed [...]
Wonderful Electric was shooting the breeze about tipping cabbies, and it got me thinking about my favourite taxi related story. I left several things to the last minute in the run up to our wedding, flowers were one and the other was booking cars. I ended up using a private hire car firm (aka taxi [...]
Brought to you by way of Reading Matters. Name your three favourite children’s series. Although, I cut my teeth on Ms Blyton’s serial creations it is the Just William collection by Richmal Crompton that will always be number one with me. I remember when my Mum introduced me to William and the Outlaws, Elizabeth Bott [...]
Poldark marathon, nothing cures a back like 6 hours of Robin Ellis riding thru the Cornish country side and poking about looking for veins of copper. I now have saddle sores and the inclination to go smuggling French brandy from the Customs men. Obsessively tracking my completed course registration forms (yeah!) on their merry way [...]
Whilst I sit here fuming that there is nothing in any of my mail boxes (virtual or actual), I shall answer Fi questions. A big thanks for taking the time to come up with some questions and giving me something to mull over today. 1) What was you favourite part of your visit to Boston [...]
The topic of kids birthday parties has been kicking around my head today, and it just brought back so many happy – middle class – childhood memories. My mum must have worked very hard, so I am giving her a cyber hug (she did all the catering, entertaining, decorating and cake baking whilst being a [...]
and clammy to think for myself, so I am going to half inch this me me from Book Girl. List five books you liked well enough as a teen to read again as an adult. Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Collector by John Fowles The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks [...]
three physical things you like about yourself: 1) bad eye sight 2) excellent hearing 3) long hair (still a novelty) three physical things you don’t: 1) potential double chin 2) tendency to slouch 3) the effects of gravity three things that scare you: 1) water 2) boats 3) aquariums three of your everyday essentials: 1) [...]
