Author Archives: Dove

German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 2

Posted on 15 February 2017 by Dove

(Translated by Sylke Hachmeister and Peter Klöss.) I’m going to try really hard not to make every one of these into little political rants, OK? Unfortunately, the German language is tied up in politics for me right now. Let me … Continue reading →

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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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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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Thoughts: Collected Poems by Lee Harwood

Posted on 29 January 2017 by Dove

A buzz from my phone woke me in the middle of the night and Guardian alerts nowadays are like little Gandalfs foretelling disaster, but it was the news that the US trying to deport people based on kneejerk racism has … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Lamentation by C.J. Sansom

Posted on 25 January 2017 by Dove

So, this technically wasn’t the next book on my list. The next book on my list was another volume of poetry, and this time a HUGE one. So I thought I’d treat myself to some lovely prose instead. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Collected Poems by PJ Kavanagh

Posted on 15 January 2017 by Dove

Every time I read poetry I say this, but I still feel the need to repeat it. Poetry is not really my medium, and I’m never sure if I’m reading it right. One at a time or one after the … Continue reading →

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First Terrible Poem of 2017

Posted on 13 January 2017 by Dove

I’m reading a book of poetry right now, and I guess I just couldn’t help myself.

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Thoughts: Learning to Drive, and other life stories, by Katha Pollitt

Posted on 12 January 2017 by Dove

I really wasn’t expecting this one to be anything special. I put it on the list because we got the film at Sneak sometime in 2015 (arghhh so behind) but I knew it was based on a short piece and … Continue reading →

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