The Quick Reads scheme is one well known in the inner sanctum of the world of libraries and reader organisations and groups...and I wish to share my love of them . Quick Reads were launched in 2006 and since then there has been over 50 titles published under the brand, the latest 10 being published … Continue reading In Praise of the Quick Reads
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Sonnet VII – Hartley Coleridge
Sonnet VII Is love a fancy, or a feeling? No. It is immortal as immaculate Truth, 'Tis not a blossom shed as soon as youth, Drops from the stem of life--for it will grow, In barren regions, where no waters flow, Nor rays of promise cheats the pensive gloom. A darkling fire, faint hovering o'er … Continue reading Sonnet VII – Hartley Coleridge
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep – Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Do not stand at my grave and forever weep. I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn’s rain. When you awaken … Continue reading Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep – Mary Elizabeth Frye
BookElf’s Top Reads Ever (so far…)
It's the evening shift and I'm on my own. The shelves are neat, and shelving done. The New Book List is updated, the gate count inserted onto the spreadsheet. The students are happily tapping away, and all I have to do is relax and decide once and for all my Top Reads which I would … Continue reading BookElf’s Top Reads Ever (so far…)
Not Waving, But Drowning – Stevie Smith
Not Waving, But Drowning NOBODY heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larking And now he's dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. Oh, no no … Continue reading Not Waving, But Drowning – Stevie Smith
On Not Judging Books By There Cover and Other January Tales…
Now I will be the first to admit, when it comes to books, as with most other things in my life, I am a bit of a backwards snob. I like classics, well some classics, and keep meaning to read more of them (especially the Russian greats of which I have shamefully read none- sorry … Continue reading On Not Judging Books By There Cover and Other January Tales…
Book Club the Forth
Book Club the Fourth - AVIDREADER - 07-02-2010 Agreed on: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland (BookElf) Agreed on: Firman by Sam Savage (AvidReader) Discussed: - The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak - The Company of Liars by Karen Maitland - 'Alice in Wonderland' 2010 Tim Burton Film - I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume … Continue reading Book Club the Forth
BookElf Reads 2009
Finally found the scrap of paper I wrote all this on at 2 o'clock in the morning on New Years Eve (if that is not tooooo much of an oxymoron).Not published this year, just read this year, savvy? Discovery of the Year John Irving - The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany Why … Continue reading BookElf Reads 2009
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night – Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night DO NOT go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not … Continue reading Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night – Dylan Thomas
The Stolen Child – WB Yates
The Stolen Child WHERE dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we've hid our faery vats, Full of berrys And of reddest stolen cherries. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, … Continue reading The Stolen Child – WB Yates
