Archive | December, 2009
11 December 2009 · Uncategorized · Comments { 1 }

After 11 months in front of a computer screen, I am taking some time off. Many thanks for all your wonderful, thought-provoking comments over the year, and wishing you all a happy holiday season and a great 2010. See you next year!!

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Monday morning inspiration

Monday morning inspiration

7 December 2009 · Thinking · Comments { 2 }

“Set your life on fire.  Seek those who fan your flames.” – Meulana Rumi (thanks to Elaine for the suggestion!)

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“Netherland” by Joseph O’Neill

6 December 2009 · Reading · Comments { 2 }

The narrative style was very interesting in this book. In the present, Hans van den Broek is at home with his wife Rachel in London, receiving a phone call to say that his old friend Chuck Ramkissoon has been found murdered in New York. The novel is written more or less as Hans would have [...]

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Prize draw to win books

4 December 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 3 }

OK, I haven’t done any self-promotion on here for a while, so here goes: BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! Thank you. The reason for this outburst is that my publisher is running a special promotion today – if you buy On the Holloway Road through their website, you get entered into [...]

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“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga

2 December 2009 · Reading · Comments { 0 }

I didn’t like this book when I started it. Even when I was browsing it in the bookshop, I wasn’t that keen – I only bought it because it was half-price and it had won the Booker Prize. Surprising, then, that it ended up being one of the best books I’ve read in recent months. [...]

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