I warn you now, I might gush... So, many many moons ago, when faces were fresh, and tummys always seemed to be growling - there was a girl a year or so older than me in school - Natalie - who had a knack with language. She was always scribbling stories, plays, poems and songs … Continue reading Natalie Williams
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Book Club the Sixth – Amended Order
Book Club the Sixth - BOOKELF - 05-05-2010 Agreed on: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (BookElf) Discussed: - The Island by Victoria Hislop - The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland - Dracula by Bram Stoker - Millenium Trilogy by Steig Larsson Right, down to buzz-y-ness. As I only completed our first topic book after … Continue reading Book Club the Sixth – Amended Order
Book Club the Fifth
Book Club the Fifth - BOOKN00B - 18-04-2010 Agreed on: The Island by Victoria Hislop (BookN00b) Discussed: - Firman by Sam Savage SPECIAL GUEST STAR - Lela - who is now 100 pages into The Book Thief! BOOKN00B hated the first chapter, which enraged her, resulting in her casting aside the book for about a … Continue reading Book Club the Fifth
Bloody Men – Wendy Cope
Bloody Men Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’re trying to read the destinations, You haven’t much time to decide. If you make a … Continue reading Bloody Men – Wendy Cope
Borrowed Books
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other people have lent me. - Anatole France One of the best things about being friends with other book lovers, is that you invariably start to swap (diversion - it pains me that swap is … Continue reading Borrowed Books
The Lake Isle of Inishfree – W.B. Yates
The Lake Isle of Inishfree I WILL arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee; And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping … Continue reading The Lake Isle of Inishfree – W.B. Yates
Sabrina Fair – John Milton
Sabrina Fair Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph that livst unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet imbroider'd vale Where the love-lorn Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well. Canst thou not tell me of a gentle Pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid … Continue reading Sabrina Fair – John Milton
Funeral Blues – W.H. Auden
Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe bows round the white necks … Continue reading Funeral Blues – W.H. Auden
Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton's 2010 3D extravagansa!!! The three book-clubbers, and honoured guest - Lela - ventured into the 3D world in order to see this film in all its glory...and whatever our views about the film, the 3D does not disappoint. In fact, the Doctor Who trailer was terrifying!!! I personally have always had a deep … Continue reading Alice in Wonderland
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
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