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On Chesil Beach (2)

I found that the first chapter is available online =D edit: annoyingly it doesn't have italics at the right places. But then I doubt anyone gets as worked up over italics as I do. I'm a bit special when it comes to typo…
On Chesil Beach

people not interested in my book rant can go see a panorama of the actual Chesil Beach... (takes some time to load) On Chesil Beach is a great book. I don't think any more quality can be squeezed into this 166 paged n…
First things first:bridge over troubled watertwo peas in a podping pong (gotta love this one)empire strikes backtea for twoThat's the dingbats done, no more games for a while =PSecondly I'm up at 3am xanga-ing because of…
The Child in Time

Such a good book =)I was told this book is about a man whose child was kidnapped, and how his life carried on (or didn't carry on). I thought that would make it unbearably tragic and harrowing to read, which is why I put…
Thanks for reading. Killing that (purely imaginary) cat has been therapeutic.So is reading Ian McEwan.In fact, on re-reading what I wrote yesterday, I probably read too much McEwan. I live by Enduring Love just as Better…
Little apology for this profusion of poems. But this one is great. (Thanks Shing) LOVE-MAKING IN THE HOME Jonathan Lamb In my home town, when I was young, A corner junkshop lay Beneath a hill, beside a park Wh…
As I was too bored to revise I decided to work out my exam timetable instead. Based on last year's schedule: - Ecology continues its preoccupation with 9 o'clocks. After giving me a full year of Mon/Wed/Fri 9 o'clocks …
For once I love Inland Revenue. They give me a tax code notice-- so finally, I could jump the hoop of bloody "address verification" with the Barclays Mandate Change Team.Charlene, if you decide to visit me, I can lend yo…
[Book review]Today's work has been sidelined by reading Kate Atkinson's "Case Histories". Although it is fiction, the setting happens to be Cambridge, and thus so recognisable that to me it took on an unnervingly realist…