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Tales from the Readin Room

Tales from the Readin Room

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I'm an academic at a UK university writing about literature, recovery from ME and the trials of writing a book.

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  • The Ones That Got Away

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 11:21 in books, review, literature, reading

    I really hate it when I can’t finish a book, and, particularly since the summer, I’ve put down an unprecedented number. I think I’ve been feeling unusually hard to please and looking for something specific in what I’ve been reading. But it st...

  • Best Books of 2009

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 10:27 in books, review, literature, reading

    I reserve the right to add to this if a book between now and New Year’s Eve blows me away, but here’s the round up of the best books I’ve read this year (a couple still pending review!). Fiction Best Literary Fiction Gabriel Josipovici – Aft...

  • From Blog to Book

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 in books, review, blogging, literature, reading

    So here’s what happens: you’ve been writing your blog for many months now and your readership has grown and grown and the comments pour in and, one day, that phone call or email finally arrives from the publishers telling you you’re...

  • Me and Chick-Lit

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 11:24 in books, review, literature, reading

    I consider myself a literary omnivore, consuming just about any kind of book unless it’s horror or science fiction (although I do want to read John Wyndham and Octavia Butler). And chick-lit has made its jaunty entry into my reading stacks, even if...

  • The Prisoner’s Return

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 11:08 in books, review, literature, reading, history, writers

    Waiting is an important element in stories about women. They are often obliged to demonstrate their patience in the way that men in stories are called upon to demonstrate their physical or mental strength. Women must wait until men are finally able t...

  • A Mini Book Gratitude Meme

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 11:25 in books, Personal, literature, reading, meme

    In honour of Thanksgiving, which we don’t celebrate in the UK, here is a very short little meme, which you are most welcome to do if it pleases you. What reasons do you have to be grateful for books? Without any undue exaggeration, books have been ...

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