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I’m going to shamelessly steal an idea from this book to describe how I feel about this story. You know when you’re younger (Or, OK, when you’re not so young if you’re anything like me) and you’re on a set of swings in your back garden? And I’m not ta...more |
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I feel it would take quite a bit to make me want to scramble around on Parisian rooftops. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not scared of heights in any way, and the views… well, they’d be pretty incredible, wouldn’t they? But the more you think about, the less...more |
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Darkwater is a languid, atmospheric novel about murder and coming of age in 1970s Australia. It draws much of its strength from Blain’s use of setting; she paints an authentic and vivid picture of life in that time: summer days swollen with heat,...
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Andrew Smith reads my reviews. Actually, OK, that’s definitely a lie. That probably… fine definitely doesn’t happen. But all I’m saying is that it’s a massive coincidence that he knows all the things that I harp on abou...more |
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So, I have to admit, I’m extremely underwhelmed by this book. I’ve never read My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece but I’ve heard it’s great. It never really appealed to me though, I’m not sure why. But Ketchup Clouds appealed to me, really it did. I wa...more |
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added a status update: On the blog: On Writing || Beta the Devil You Know (featuring Courtney Summers)
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Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't always this. That's not necessary a bad thing. But to conclude, no Miranda, it's not just you. |
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"Thanks Sam! I absolutely adored it :)"
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| When I’m feeling pretty shoddy I have this thing I do where, basically, I get in bed and watch comedy panel shows. Sometimes it’s QI (XL if I’m feeling proper sad) , sometimes it’s Have I Got News For You…. Occasionally Mock the Week, depending on wh...more | |
“I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies
“Mum says when wanting collides with getting, that's the moment of truth. I want to collide. I want to run right into Shadow and let the force spill our thoughts so we can pick each other up and pass each other back like piles of shiny stones.”
― Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
― Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
“I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
“When wanting collides with getting, that's the moment of truth. I want to collide.”
― Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
― Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
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