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Books Read 2011: Jasper Fforde – Shades of Grey
Years ago a good friend visited me in Copenhagen and somehow persuaded me into reading The Eyre Affair, an obscure first novel by a British writer. I had misgivings but my friend has good taste in things. Like countless others … Continue reading
A Year in Books: 2010
Here are two of the reasons why I blog: 1) I can keep track of things which would otherwise have disappeared through the cracks of time and 2) I am able to detect patterns. Through blogging I can keep track … Continue reading
My Big Read
Every so often I come across a list of 100 books – the result of a BBC project called The Big Read in which the British public was asked about their favourite books. The list is being circulated as part … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Literature, Popular Culture
Tagged bibliomania, books, Literature, love, personal stuff, reading
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Wordy
A linguist friend once told me about a second language acquisition theory: different people store languages in different ways. Some brains work like a giant filing cabinet: words, phrases, idioms and syntax are all neatly filed away so the brain … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Language, Personal
Tagged boo-hiss, Denmark, language usage, personal stuff, reading, self, wtf
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Books 2010: McCarthy/Dahl
I’m a footnote in an MA dissertation on Glaswegian author Alasdair Gray. I have arrived, dear readers, I have finally arrived! I finished reading Tom McCarthy’s C the other week. It is quite a conventional book despite the breathless reviews … Continue reading
Damaged Sentences
Tom McCarthy’s C is my current commute + night-time reading. Except that I am so scatterbrained at the moment that I only manage a few pages every other day and it is almost due back at the library. Still, I … Continue reading
In the Sea of Words
For some odd reason I appear to be catching up with myself at the moment. I am knitting things I queued years ago and I am reading a book I have been meaning to read for at least ten or … Continue reading
Coming Up For Air
I have been so busy lately that it is a wonder that I have managed to knit a single stitch. Note to self: don’t take time off just before your busiest time of year; it will come back to haunt … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Personal, Purls
Tagged books, personal stuff, reading, real life, self
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Beads
So, this is your almost-first look at Larisa, a little scarf I designed some months ago and which is currently out with various test-knitters. It is knitted in Kidsilk Haze and has beaded edgings. I’m currently one-third through the scarf … Continue reading
Books 2010: Faber – The Crimson Petal & the White
In my Copenhagen-dwelling days, one of my greatest pleasures was to tour the second-hand bookshops in search of English-language books. I had a favourite haunt – just around the corner from my home – which had pile upon pile of … Continue reading
