Category Archives: fiction

Recently read

Posted on May 30, 2010 by blogmywiki

I only ever meant my ‘Recently Read’ sidebar to have three books in it at any given time, but after a while I found myself reluctant to delete them as I liked having a record of my reading. I probably … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget to be awesome!

Posted on March 3, 2010 by blogmywiki

I forgot to put my book in my bag today, and so bought a new copy of Before I Die by Jenny Downham in Waterstones on my way in to work. Inside it there was a handmade, hand-written Valentines card … Continue reading →

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Hangover Square

Posted on November 5, 2009 by blogmywiki

Just started reading Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton this morning. It’s a much darker, more modern book than Craven House. So far, it’s wonderful. I stopped reading it on the train when I got to what I thought was an … Continue reading →

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In watermelon sugar the deeds were done…

Posted on May 21, 2008 by blogmywiki

Just took my Richard Brautigan anthology off the shelf and it looks like I haven’t read it in a while. The bookmark is one of the strips of paper BBC World Service studio managers used to write their shifts down … Continue reading →

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The Tree that Couldn’t Grow Leaves

Posted on May 13, 2008 by blogmywiki

(another short story, I’m afraid… look away) Winterlong the tall tree stood shoulder-to-shoulder with all the other trees beside the busy road that snaked through the forest. The tree spent the short days watching the ebb and flow of the … Continue reading →

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