Monthly Archives: February 2017

Thoughts: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Posted on 13 February 2017 by Dove

Just settled back in at home after a lovely long weekend in Amsterdam with my mam and sister, and I’ve brought back a bit of a backlog with me… I forgot how lovely it is to just read, without always … Continue reading →

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Secrets of the Private Eye crossword

Posted on 8 February 2017 by Spuggy

There’s something odd about cryptic crosswords. They appear in every newspaper as if they’re self-explanatory, yet they have extremely intricate rules and customs. As the many hours I wasted in the school library, staring at the back pages of the … Continue reading →

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German reading project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 1

Posted on 5 February 2017 by Dove

Because I want to go for German citizenship to retain my European Union citizenship, and because I want to do that while the UK is still an EU member so I can have dual citizenship (guess what, people who think … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughan

Posted on 4 February 2017 by Dove

Oh, you thought I only read fancy books? The Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughan first crossed my path last year, when Spuggy, best of husbands, bought me the second in the series (Kitty Goes to Washington) for Christmas, after … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: The Book of Longing, by Leonard Cohen

Posted on 1 February 2017 by Dove

And with this, poetry season is finally over. I find reading poetry as mentally tiring as reading in a foreign language, but I’m not sure if it’s just because I’m so comfortable reading English language prose that the difference jumps … Continue reading →

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