I confess to playing around with Facebook at work (strictly as a learning experience, of course!) and really like the Virtual Bookshelf feature I found on a colleague’s page. It lets you build a personal library with links through to Amazon, but it has a separate shelf for books you have read, are reading or would like to read. Tried … Continue reading Fun and games
My past, as far as reading goes, is another country. I read things differently now, because I want to know how a novel works, and if I like it, why I like it. Sometimes I realise I like it despite what I can see are failings, in which case there’s some over-arching strength that makes up … Continue reading Salvaged from the Garden
I’m indebted to a writer friend for pointing me in the direction of Mark Mills’ The Savage Garden, which I opened in some trepidation, guessing that the plot might be pretty similar to Landscape. Initially I was certainly unnerved as one early scene bears a remarkable similarity to one of my own, testimony to the amazing power … Continue reading Savaging the Garden
Following comments from Nicola and other critical friends, I have reinstated the original opening chapter, which is now posted on the Read page. If you like, you can still read the alternative opening (Word document, 35 KB, opens in new window), which now occurs later in the novel. Do leave your comments on any aspect of … Continue reading Changes to the ‘read’ page
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