07:00 - Another morning and another session with Ox-Tales: Fire (Profile Books). This morning was the turn of Sebastian Faulks with his story A Family Evening. Not a bad story, and Faulk’s rationale for creating it seem to centre on his need to … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wednesday 29th July 2009
July 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Well it’s been a few days since my last reading journal entry, which for something that I’d envisaged being a daily thing, isn’t all that great. Fact is the unexpected (friends from university) and the distracting (any number of insignificant … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Thursday 23rd July 2009
July 23, 2009 By 2 Comments
Last night - Finished off Who Knows?, the Maupaasant story I’d set for myself to read earlier in the day. This is rumoured to be the last story that Maupassant ever wrote, because soon after this he was committed to the asylum. I’ve got to say, … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wednesday 22nd July 2009
July 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
08:00 - Just finished reading Beryl Bainbridge’s Goodnight Children, Everywhere, which takes me two-thirds of the way through Ox-Tales: Air (Profile Books). I rather enjoyed the story which is all about Thomas, and a freaky old radio that can … [Read more...]