Day Three: A Book that completely surprised you Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey was often published in the same volume as Persuasion, both being the final novels of Austen. It’s a self-referential Gothic novel starring a Gothic fiction obsessed Catherine Morland who goes to Bath for social engagements and ends up staying withContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Three”
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Two
Day Two: Your Least Favourite Book Professor Midnight by Lynn Santa and Peter Andrew Wright This is simply the worst book I have ever read. I wrote a review for it and posted it under a different name on Amazon in 2006. The other reviewers seemed to have read a different book, for they allContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Two”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day One
Day One: Your Favourite Book Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847. I love the flaws in this book: passion, the selfishness, the grief of the main characters. I love that it’s set in a very small location over a few generations – it’s a family epic, and I love that. I love that it’s toldContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day One”
Childfree By Choice – Does It Make Her Less Feminine?
At the risk of revealing too many spoilers, I feel the need to talk about something very close to my heart. In February, an ex Australian politician declared that “Anybody that chooses a life without children cannot have much love in them.” He was having a go at Australia’s currently childless female Prime Minister. ThisContinue reading “Childfree By Choice – Does It Make Her Less Feminine?”
So many choices
So today I have three four five options. Write some more of Chasing Liberty. Write some more of the half-planned Dreamwalker (sequel to Dadewalker) Edit the shit out of Dadewalker’s electronic copy. Edit the shit out of The Edge of Darkness’ hard copy. Play Pokemon. Guess which one I’m doing?
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