… reasonably priced love, and a hard boiled egg; those were the stated aims of The People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road on May 25th when the Glorious Revolution was at hand. Given the nature of revolutions they didn’t actually get any of them. Not even the egg. If you understood those sentences then you’ve … More Truth, Justice, Freedom …
I have to say that, so far, this challenge has been both enjoyable and very easy to stick to. I’ve not yet found myself feeling as if I don’t have anything I want to read and having the list to work through has added a purpose to my reading that I’m finding very helpful at … More A Year of Reading Frugally: The First Two Months
This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do. – page 10, Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett How I think about choice has made … More Outdoor Advent Day 16
‘There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.’ ‘It’s a lot more complicated than that-‘ ‘No it ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re … More Outdoor Advent Day 15
Well, I dithered for a while and then decided that I would, in fact, share the whole list on here. Mainly because it’s another way of keeping myself accountable but also because I like sharing lists of books and hopefully some of you will have read some of these and can rec them to me … More A Year of Reading Frugally: The List
I’m still not sure if this is the right title for the challenge I’ve set myself but since it does involve me not spending one single penny of my money on books for a year it will do for now. That said, the challenge doesn’t come from a place of wanting to save money (that’s … More A Year of Reading Frugally
Review: The History of Magic by Chris Gosden – Francis Young — Read on drfrancisyoung.com/2020/07/18/review-the-history-of-magic-by-chris-gosden/amp/
My rating: 4 stars Book Blurb(from Pen & Sword): The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the first full biography of Sir Terry Pratchett ever written. Sir Terry was Britain’s best-selling living author*, and before his death in 2015 had sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide. Best known for the Discworld series, … More Book Review: The Magic of Terry Pratchett by Marc Burrows
Magical because it’s the first of September. Very Magical because it’s 1st September 2017 and thus the day on which the epilogue of the the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, is set. This means that my thoughts started off, this morning, at Kings Cross Platform 9 & 3/4 and are currently slowly … More Today is a Very Magical Day indeed …
Kizzia Mildmay 