I was listening to Triple J yesterday when the culture report came on. Craig Shufton spoke learnedly about Proust and A La Recherche de Temp Perdu. Then he said that it was just like Boston's massive hit "More than a Feeling" which he proceeded to play for us. To think that Proust wasted 10 volumes describing the essence of memory when he could ( Read more... )

Had an excellent day meeting up with Edmund down in Freo. It's pretty special that we are still so close despite being so far apart. If you're reading this Edmund, I hope that you mum gets well soon ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted but I've been reading books which clock in at kilos so I'm allowed to take a bit of time on them ( Read more... )

Don't worry folks, I'm not suicidal. It's just the title of the latest book I've read. And it's hilarious ( Read more... )

I had never read an adult Anne Fine novel, indeed until Frances lent me this book, I didn't even know that she wrote stuff for grown-ups ( Read more... )

(I wrote this last night ( Read more... )

Frances will be very disappointed because it is quite her favourite book ever, but I stopped reading "The Anubis Gates" after 139 pages ( Read more... )

Having read "Memoirs of a Geisha", "The Tale of Murasaki" seemed an obvious successor. I have a book of paper dolls of famous women and Murasaki is one of them. I've never read "Tale of Genji", though I think that it is definitely on the list now ( Read more... )

Have just been given my new laptop intended to facilitate my effectiveness as a teacher. So at last I shall be able to watch West Wing DVDs in the bath as God and nature intended ( Read more... )

I only began this book out of a sense of duty and because it had drifted to the top of the pile, but I have neglected Genevieve shamefully in order read it ( Read more... )