Ah, 2008. How wonderful to start off a new year with being unwell (hence the ‘no update’ bit). I spent most of New Year’s Eve in hospital and have spent all of 2008 (so far) being unwell. This ranks as possibly the least promising start to a year.
But I am at home in my pyjamas, [...]
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After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
— Italian proverbKarie Bookish
Asides
- Bulgakov Goes Glasgow
August 26, 2008Franz Ferdinand - Love & Destroy - inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master & Margarita (which you should absolutely read).
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
August 22, 2008Gorgeous version by Kira Skov and Marie Fisker.
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Planned books:
- Old Men in Love by Alasdair Gray
Current books:
Recent books:
- Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre
- Arabella by Georgette Heyer
- Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
- The Devil in Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel by Mark Gatiss
- The Calligrapher by Edward Docx


